Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps

Overview

“We are going to analyze the concept of action line and how to use it to print dynamism. We will also discover the importance and strength of a good silhouette. Finally, we will create a list of important annotations to take into account when drawing our characters. And let's not forget that: less is more.”

In this video lesson Nicolas Castro addresses the topic: Acciones y anotaciones, 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

“Today we will put the characters in different situations and we will learn to live with its limitations and weaknesses, we will also generate a small guide where we will mark what things are due and should not be done when drawing them. As we raised the different views of our characters We can start working with your actions, movements and the fine details that will shape the style guide. For this we will work with two super-important concepts which are the line of action and the silhouette. These two aspects will help the characters stand out and obtain firmness by presenting yourself to t...”

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

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (119)
• 2236 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