Worldbuilding: Character Design Group
Learn techniques to breathe life into your world of animation. Unlock your storytelling potential with industry leading techniques for conducting research, creating authentic characters, and crafting captivating narratives. Populate your world with believable characters that feel tangible, but also allow your imagination to run wild. This course is a deeper dive into the world of Character Design for Animation.
Start Date: April 1, 2024
Enroll By: March 29, 2024 (midnight)
Begin this course at anytime with the Interactive Version
What You Will Learn
Embrace the art of crafting a captivating story through engaging written prompt exercises, with the guidance of Pixar's story spine exercise
Explore character development and learn to populate your narrative with essential, significant, and unique characters who feel like real individuals with authentic experiences, challenges, and motivations
Discover the proper methods for conducting research, allowing your story and characters to come alive with depth and authenticity
Delve into sketching ideas for your characters over several weeks, receive valuable feedback from the Animation Tutor when you choose the Interactive Course version
Explore creating genuine and believable character poses, rotation views, and expressive emotions, breathing life into your characters
Comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the character design process, surpassing what's covered in Animation Fundamentals 1
Whether you create an entire character lineup or prefer to focus on a single character, the choice is entirely yours!
-
Storyboarding
Research Methods
Character Poses
Character Movement
Character Emotions
-
Young artists who are looking to become powerful story tellers
Students who would like a much more thorough walkthrough of the character design process than what is provided in Animation Fundamentals 1
-
When you sign up for a Group Course you will participate in a course where pre-recorded video lectures and homework will be provided and assigned.
Each week, The Animation Tutor will review and provide feedback collectively, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Each student will receive a personalized group feedback video with 15-minutes of feedback each (totalling 2 hours of feedback throughout the course), along with corrected artwork files.
Your work will be evaluated in comparison to the rest of the group. Additionally, there will be designated office hours where you can have discussions with The Animation Tutor at specific milestones throughout the course.
-
All Animation Tutor Courses Require:
Zoom account for the online feedback sessions (Interactive and Group Courses)
Access to Google Drive to submit homework and to receive feedback files (Interactive and Group Courses)
Reliable internet speed, ideally offering at least 30 Mbps for both downloads and upload, ensures a smooth online experience
Drawing materials of your choice, life drawing is always best done traditionally
Access to a library or bookstore
Ability to seek out artists that inspire you
Willingness to learn and grow as an artist!
-
Explore Resource Library:
theanimationtutor.com/resourcesTextbooks Recommendations:
Invisible Ink - Brian McDonald
"Art of ________" books from animated productions and games that inspire you
