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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

Work with character concepts
Work with silhouette, shape, color
Understand how to work with poses, movement, character, emotions of the character
Techniques of visual communication with the audience
Create cool memorable characters
Arrange projects in a portfolio

How the Learning Works

01

Watch the lecture and complete the assignment

02

Get feedback from instructor and make revisions

03

Gain knowledge and build your portfolio

Who Is This Course For

1

Graduates of the 2D Middle and Stylization courses

2

Those who are interested in the animation industry and want to study the features of creating characters for animation

3

Those who want to learn how to style characters

4

Illustrators, concept artists, visual development artists

Course Instructors

Student Works

What Students Say

Анна Иванова

Егоренков Дмитрий

Юлия Некрасова

Христина Таймухина

Иван Скрынников

Юлия Феоктистова

Мария Докучаева

Анна Кузнецова

Юлия Кардонова

Григорий Капица

Черепанов Никита

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

Choose Your Format

Find the perfect balance between freedom and support

Online

Online

Follow the program with flexibility, but in structure — with streams and feedback every week.

3 months

What's included

  • Studying course material at convenient time within a week
  • Homework by deadlines
  • Weekly streams with a curator (according to schedule)
  • Feedback and interaction through streams and chats
$579$829

Cashback up to $12

Payment Methods

Russian bank card
Installment for 6 or 10 months
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Yandex Pay and Yandex Split
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Pay in parts 50/50

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Character design in animation
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Cashback up to $12

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