Character Design for Video Games

Description

In this course, you will learn about the concepts and approaches that go into creating successful character designs for video games. Following a week of delving into some fundamental concepts for successful character design, the remaining three weeks are structured as master classes in which you will observe three professional character designers at work in the studio: Adventure Time's Andy Ristaino, Journey's Jacky Ke Jiang, and Robertryan Cory (SpongeBob SquarePants). Each designer will tackle two different design challenges on the fly, addressing various issues in game character design such as movement, expression, and technical constraints.

Syllabus :

1. About Character

• Density
• Mood & Story
• Proportion

 

2. Technical Challenges

• Drawing the Explorer
• Refining the Explorer
• Drawing the Alien
• Refining the Alien

 

3. Design with Purpose

• 2D Ink Drawing
• 2D Tablet Drawing
• 3D Modeling

 

4. Find Your Character

• Drawing the Pig
• Refining the Pig
• Drawing the Sheep
• Refining the Sheep
• Working in Animation
• Robertryan Studio Follow-Up

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