Character Design For Animation in Illustrator

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You have an idea that you want to turn into animation, and now you want to create the characters that will move the story.How do they look? Are they friendly? Aggressive? Stubborn?You decide your character should look friendly, great! You draw what you have in your mind and you feel proud. Good for you. But what if what you designed gets criticized and people say “With that smile, it looks naughty, not friendly”.Why? How can you make your characters communicate the personality you intent for them?This is where this course will help.In here you will learn the theory behind character psychology, how to make characters with a soul, with personality.And not only that, but you will also learn how to communicate all those feelings and emotions through your designs.You will learn how to establish different attitudes by using different shapes, you will understand the meaning of having round features, or pointy features.And then, after you know the theory, we will practice the whole process of putting the character you have in your mind into paper, by first establishing a strong pose that communicates your character’s personality.And then, once you have a memorable character with a strong personality, drawn on paper or on digital, what can you do with it?Well, because this course was created with animators in mind, we added a whole section covering how to prepare your character in illustrator and make it ready for animation.You will learn about the different angles needed to have what you need for your character, the importance of using a storyboard, and how to trace each part of the body so you have the character well connected and ready to be rigged in After Effects, or any other animation software you want.We will dive deep, step by step in a tutorial that will guide you how to ensemble the Character Brad, part by part.Learn how to design your characters and prepare them for animation.Enroll now!

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About this course

How to create memorable characters
The Theory behind character psychology
4 Basic areas of personality that will make your character outstand all others
How to define attitude
The basics of concept art
Understand shapes and meaning

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Subjects

  • Production
  • Development Psychology
  • Project
  • Illustrator
  • Design
  • Animation
  • Psychology

Course programme

Introduction 3 lectures 06:10 Introduction to Character Design for Animation Getting the Project Files How to Create Memorable Characters Introduction 3 lectures 06:10 Introduction to Character Design for Animation Getting the Project Files How to Create Memorable Characters Introduction to Character Design for Animation Introduction to Character Design for Animation Introduction to Character Design for Animation Introduction to Character Design for Animation Getting the Project Files Getting the Project Files Getting the Project Files Getting the Project Files How to Create Memorable Characters How to Create Memorable Characters How to Create Memorable Characters How to Create Memorable Characters Character Psychology 5 lectures 14:43 Character Development and Psychology What grabs your character's attention How does your character make decisions How does your character organizes hisher world Defining Attitude Character Psychology 5 lectures 14:43 Character Development and Psychology What grabs your character's attention How does your character make decisions How does your character organizes hisher world Defining Attitude Character Development and Psychology Character Development and Psychology Character Development and Psychology Character Development and Psychology What grabs your character's attention What grabs your character's attention What grabs your character's attention What grabs your character's attention How does your character make decisions How does your character make decisions How does your character make decisions How does your character make decisions How does your character organizes hisher world How does your character organizes hisher world How does your character organizes hisher world How does your character organizes hisher world Defining Attitude Defining Attitude Defining Attitude Defining Attitude Concept Art for Character Design 3 lectures 11:10 Shapes and Meaning Body Types Character Design in Action Concept Art for Character Design 3 lectures 11:10 Shapes and Meaning Body Types Character Design in Action Shapes and Meaning Shapes and Meaning Shapes and Meaning Shapes and Meaning Body Types Body Types Body Types Body Types Character Design in Action Character Design in Action Character Design in Action Character Design in Action Explanation of a Character for Rigging 6 lectures 20:48 Example of a Character Ready in Illustrator Body Breakdown Symmetrical Character in 5 basic views Importance of Using a Storyboard in Production Taking care of the Joints Getting Ready Explanation of a Character for Rigging 6 lectures 20:48 Example of a Character Ready in Illustrator Body Breakdown Symmetrical Character in 5 basic views Importance of Using a Storyboard in Production Taking care of the Joints Getting Ready Example of a Character Ready in Illustrator Example of a Character Ready in Illustrator Example of a Character Ready in Illustrator Example of a Character Ready in Illustrator Body Breakdown Body Breakdown Body Breakdown Body Breakdown Symmetrical Character in 5 basic views Symmetrical Character in 5 basic views Symmetrical Character in 5 basic views Symmetrical Character in 5 basic views Importance of Using a Storyboard in Production Importance of Using a Storyboard in Production Importance of Using a Storyboard in Production Importance of Using a Storyboard in Production Taking care of the Joints Taking care of the Joints Taking care of the Joints Taking care of the Joints Getting Ready Getting Ready Getting Ready Getting Ready Tracing the Character 7 lectures 43:01 Preparing the Frontal View Creating the Head and Neck Creating the Upper Torso Creating the Lower Torso Creating the Hips Creating the Arms Creating the Legs Tracing the Character 7 lectures 43:01 Preparing the Frontal View Creating the Head and Neck Creating the Upper Torso Creating the Lower Torso Creating the Hips Creating the Arms Creating the Legs Preparing the Frontal View Preparing the Frontal View Preparing the Frontal View Preparing the Frontal View Creating the Head and Neck Creating the Head and Neck Creating the Head and Neck Creating the Head and Neck Creating the Upper Torso Creating the Upper Torso Creating the Upper Torso Creating the Upper Torso Creating the Lower Torso Creating the Lower Torso Creating the Lower Torso Creating the Lower Torso Creating the Hips Creating the Hips Creating the Hips Creating the Hips Creating the Arms Creating the Arms Creating the Arms Creating the Arms Creating the Legs Creating the Legs Creating the Legs Creating the Legs Setting Up for Replacement Animation

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You need to know how to use Adobe Illustrator

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