Design Memorable Character With a Strong Personality and Learn How to Prepare them for Animation
Instructor2D Animation 101 Courses
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The curriculum integrates theory regarding how shapes and attitudes communicate personality through decision-making and environmental interaction.
Instruction focuses on breaking characters into specific parts to facilitate future animation and replacement setups.
Editorial course preview
These 3 complementary views highlight concrete, legible examples from the course presentation.
This character model sheet displays multiple angles of a male figure in pencil sketch form, including a front view with underlying geometric construction lines to define proportions.
An animated character demonstrates the concept of rigging by interacting with a floating, deconstructed model of his own body parts.
This interface view displays rough pencil sketches of mouth expressions labeled with phonetic letters to demonstrate the creation of lip-sync guides.
Some signals suggest the presence of unnecessary chatter and repetitive section transitions that can slow down learning.
The curriculum lacks instruction on creating consistent characters from multiple angles or handling more complex assets like clothing.
The curriculum aligns well with the target audience of aspiring animators using Adobe Illustrator for character construction.