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==The Ingredients That Make or Break a Design==
 
==The Ingredients That Make or Break a Design==
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==Sharpening Your Observation Skills==
 
==Sharpening Your Observation Skills==
 
==Character and Design Ingredients Exercises==
 
==Character and Design Ingredients Exercises==

Revision as of 07:52, 8 January 2021

What is Character Design?

Character + Design

Character
A personality, a simplified/exaggerated representation of a person as presented for a story
Design
the organization of visual elements for a desired effect

therefore

Character Design
generating a personality with feeling through the organization of shapes

The character is the core of the story, their design is the basis for IPs (the legally protected identity of that story)

Getting to Know Your Character

Collect info about the character

  • Name
  • Sex/Gender if applicable
  • Age
  • Any specific appearance required
  • Role or occupation
  • Where do they live
  • What time period/genre
  • Personality
  • Attitude
  • etc. Anything to get you an understanding of what sort of character they are at the point they are being designed for.
  • Display format - the medium or show style determines how detailed is appropriate.

The Ingredients That Make or Break a Design

Sharpening Your Observation Skills

Character and Design Ingredients Exercises

Everyday Sketching Techniques

Drawing Exercises

Caricature Fun

Flip-It Tip

Bring Inanimate Objects to Life

Generate Dummies for Practice

Change Mediums

The Five Phases of the Silver Way

Story: Initial Premise

Gesture: The Thumbnail Process

Design: Rough Representations

Form: Model-Construction Breakdown

Details: Cleanup and Color

The Silver Way Exercises

How Animated Stories Get Made

It's All In The Gesture

Observation is Key

Be Loose and Clear

Verbadjectivity

Avoid the Ladder

How to Strike a Balance

PoseBook by Silver App (AD)

Gesture Exercises

Mastering the Art of Construction

Getting Down To Basics

The Golden Ratio

Look for Rhythm

Maintaining Volumes

Construction Exercises

About Face - And Head

The Dos and Don'ts

Facial Expressions

Cultural Features

The Female Face

Face and Head Exercises

From Cleanup to Color

Cleanup Tips

Drawing Through

Turnaround Tips

Let There Be Color

Cleanup and Color Exercises

Working With Kids and Animals

Let Kids be Kids

Animal Life

Kids and Animal Exercises