Character design in animation
On the course, you will work with silhouettes and form, emotions and poses of characters. You will have a lot of practice: you will explore and analyz
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About the Course
On the course, you will work with silhouettes and form, emotions and poses of characters. You will have a lot of practice: you will explore and analyze existing characters and, of course, develop your own. Special attention in the course will be given to how to make character design functional for animation. But the course will be useful to those who just want to create stylized characters.
What You Will Learn
How the Learning Works
Watch video lessons at your own pace
Complete assignments and reinforce your skills
Gain knowledge and build your portfolio
Who Is This Course For
Graduates of the 2D Middle and Stylization courses
Those who are interested in the animation industry and want to study the features of creating characters for animation
Those who want to learn how to style characters
Illustrators, concept artists, visual development artists
Course Instructors
12 courses
Rinat Khabirov
Concept artist
Instructor works
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Anna Ivanova
Egorenkov Dmitry
Course Program
Theory- •Character design: form language, silhouette, color, balance, contrasts, nuances
- •How does the story influence the design and how studying the character's personality helps in visual representation
- •Common mistakes in character design
- •Costume design: conveying personality, history, profession, and social status through a costume
Practice- •Analysis of an animated work: proportions, shape, silhouette, color
- •Design of two characters based on analysis
- •Stylization and analysis of brushes based on reference
- •A mudboard and a description of the idea for the main project
- •Silhouette sketches of the characters in the spot
- •Designing the costume, head, and hairstyle of the characters
Club video archive — available to all students
Dozens of lectures, masterclasses, movie nights and soft-skills sessions from school instructors. The archive keeps growing.
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Bonus video lesson
A lesson on the basics of digital painting. Drawing a pear
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