Retro Character Design for Animation

Overview

“In this lesson you will learn the main characteristics of the style of the 50-60 years. Let's talk about the United Pictures of America or UPA and Hanna Barbera.”

In this video lesson Venturia Animation Studios addresses the topic: Cubism cartoon. The "modern" cartoon., 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

“CUBISM CARTOON EL CARTOON "MODERN" This lesson begins with the story of some rebels, that was the UPA, of United Productions of America. It was an animation studio so rebellious that it challenged all laws of what could be done and was being done in animation. What did the UPA propose? The look and appearance of things changed a lot. They were influencing a lot of modern art, from Bauhaus, they were getting much closer to cubism and what was abstract. With the arrival of television everything changed. Budgets changed because production times changed. After the UPA left the field, who capita...”

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Course summary for: Retro Character Design for Animation

• Level: Beginner
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• 4567 students
• 6 units
• 18 lessons (2h 1m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation, Illustration

• Areas

  2D Animation, 3D Character Design, Animation