Creative Character Design for Products

Description

In this course, you will learn:

Begin your project by creating mood boards and analysing the factors that go into creating a memorable character design.
Do they have similar characteristics and design elements? What distinguishes their personalities?
After you've built the foundation for the project, it's time to start fleshing out your ideas—first as rough sketches, then as computer files to edit, colourize, and prepare for printing.
Finish the course with a step-by-step approach to exporting designs and preparing files, keeping in mind the format in which your character will appear, whether it's on a t-shirt, a poster, or anything else you can think of.

Syllabus:

1. Introduction

   • Introduction

   • Influences

   • What Will We Do on this Course?
      

2.  Looking at and Understanding Character Design

   • Principles of Character Design

   • Let’s Keep It Brief and Identifying Theme

   • Researching Themes

   • Colour Considerations
      

3.  Making Our Ideas Come to Life

   • Sketching Ideas 1

   • Sketching Ideas 2

   • First Round Developments

   • Turning Digital 1

   • Turning Digital 2

   • Final Tweaks
      

4.  Prepping for Production

   • Prep for Tee

   • Prep for Messaging

   • Repeated Pattern for Fabric
      

5. Final Project

   • Creative Character Design for Products