Retro Character Design for Animation

Overview

“In this lesson you will learn the main characteristics of the style of the 40s. With this new current, later understood as 'volumetric', the cartoons acquired - in turn - more realistic characteristics, so that they could inhabit new spaces. ”

In this video lesson Venturia Animation Studios addresses the topic: Preston Blair The master of volumetric style., 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

“We now have our base character. the companion for our journey through this course. It is time to discuss the events of the 1940s. In the 1940s. a groundbreaking event took place that forever altered the course of animation history: the release of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This film achieved massive success. not just in the United States but across the globe. marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of animated cinema. This revolutionized animation rules. Previously. in Robert House. visual comedy prevailed. with elements defying gravity and physics. This shift marked a new ...”

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Course summary for: Retro Character Design for Animation

• Level: Beginner
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• 4652 students
• 6 units
• 18 lessons (2h 1m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation, Illustration

• Areas

  2D Animation, 3D Character Design, Animation