Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps

Overview

“Since we have our sketches ready, we will select two of them and we will learn to deconstruct them into simple geometric shapes. The idea is to generate a simple guide so that we, as well as other people, can draw them easily.”

In this video lesson Nicolas Castro addresses the topic: Volúmenes y formas I, 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

“Let's dive into creating the style guide. We will start in this lesson working with volumes and shapes. We are going to translate the characters into basic geometric shapes and I'll show you how to go from general to specific. Let's start with an exercise. Let's draw a circle. A circle has two dimensions. It consists of a Y axis, the vertical axis, and of an X axis, the horizontal axis. If we cross this circle with curved lines as I do now, we realize that our brain takes it out of two dimensions and makes it a three-dimensional object. We thus generate what is known as the Z axis, which is...”

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Course summary for: Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (119)
• 2242 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (2h 1m)
• 13 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  App Development, Character Design, Digital Illustration, Game Design, Video Games