Retro Character Design for Animation

Overview

“In this lesson I will take as reference some iconic characters from the 20's and 30's and I will deconstruct them step by step, so you can follow the process and do it at the same time as I do. ”

In this video lesson Venturia Animation Studios addresses the topic: Time to deconstruct! Mickey vs. Felix | Popeye and Oliva., which is part of the Domestika online course: Retro Character Design for Animation. Learn to design characters by recreating the styles of the golden age of animation.

Partial transcription of the video

“Excellent! Now that you're familiar with the rubber hose rules. let's begin creating our initial characters together. If you own one of these. i suggest wearing a glove. It can be the official Wacom glove or any glove you like. The key is that it aids your hand in gliding smoothly. ensuring a seamless experience while you work on your Let's start. As I mentioned in our previous session. felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse belong to a similar era. though Felix predates Mickey slightly. Nonetheless. despite being somewhat older. felix did not achieve comparable commercial success because of one ke...”

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Course summary for: Retro Character Design for Animation

• Level: Beginner
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• 4811 students
• 6 units
• 18 lessons (2h 1m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation, Illustration

• Areas

  2D Animation, 3D Character Design, Animation