Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps
Protagonistas y antagonistas
A course by Nicolas Castro , Illustrator and character designer
About the video: Protagonistas y antagonistas
Overview
“Through the structure proposed by Joseph Campbell, we will analyze the path of the hero and we will learn how to apply it to the development of the roles of protagonists and antagonists. Also, we will see how the design of characters in the plane of mobile applications is faced. ”
In this video lesson Nicolas Castro addresses the topic: Protagonistas y antagonistas, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps. Learn to create characters and show them in a style guide.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we will talk about protagonists and antagonists. When building a character's narrative, There are many roles that play an important role. But in this lesson we will talk about these two roles, the protagonists and the antagonists, the heroes and the villains so to speak, and we will see what aspects play in the development of these stories. As in movies, novels, comics and any means to tell a story, in video games we have present the figures of the protagonists and antagonists. Although there are many more roles that coexist in its substance, we will focus on these two to exp...”
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Course summary for: Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
App Development, Character Design, Digital Illustration, Game Design, Video Games

Nicolas Castro
A course by Nicolas Castro
Nicolás Castro is a Colombian illustrator based in Buenos Aires (Argentina), specialized in the design of characters with almost a decade of experience working in the field of video games for web, social networks and mobile platforms.
Among its clients are Disney, Cartoon Network and Lego, as well as developers in Russia, Australia and Singapore. He currently works as Game Artist in the company Etermax, studio responsible for the development of the renowned games Asses and Apalabrados.
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