2D Character Design Magician
Learn the way to face a Character Design commission from scratch to the final art! Briefing, Documentation, Mood boarding, Rough Concepts, Color Tests, Clean Up!
Course Overview
Have you ever wondered how somebody works on a commissioned
project since the first email received? This course will teach you how
to face a Character Design for an animation project.
We will start since the client briefing and we will guide you through every step, since you start looking for references, building a mood board that
will inspire you to face the project and start with the first rough sketches, the style research based on cartoon basics and finding and doing the final art style that will define the whole project. We also will refresh a bit of basic drawing and color theory, taking references from very known
characters of the animation world.
We will apply all of this to our fancy characters, giving them a colorful
and modern look and seeing how they evolve from scratch to the final art.
Complete Production Pipeline
Refresh the basics of shapes and color theory. Learn how to face a character design project from the briefing to the final art.
Practical Tasks
We will go step by step starting from the basic task and ending up with the intermediate level. Learn how to add value to your character design. Find the final style and the best color palette for your project.
Real experience tricks
The course is based on the real video that was created for motion design school. Find out how the characters were designed. Learn to merge two different concepts into a new one.
CHAPTER ONE
What will I learn?
LESSON #1
Let’s talk about us!
A quick introduction about ourselves. We talk about our professional
background and show our personal artwork
LESSON #2
Briefing and Brainstorming
1.1.General overview and character’s definition
What is the general tone of the character’s context? We define where those characters will live, always thinking in the client requests,
defining the mood and attitude of every character before starting drawing
1.2. Moodboarding
GO CRAZY! Inspiration and graphic research. Moodboard and concept creation
Our students working in top companies
The lessons are great. You get what you’re looking for and a little more.
I work for Accenture and animated videos are on a daily basis. Our clients loved the few effects that I was able to learn at the course. Also, I still go back to the lessons and find something new to learn.
Great classes and I’m happy that invested in them. I definitely learned a lot of new ways of working that made me faster and better at my job.
I’ve watched some of the shorter classes and have loved them! The teaching style is fantastic and engaging ? I’ve also enjoyed seeing everyone’s work in the FB groups. Everyone seems to be excited to give helpful feedback and encouragement! I recommend your classes to my coworkers and friends all the time (am a full time sr. designer).
The Science of Character course was extremely helpful. It was easy to follow and the lessons were top notch. Your team produces high quality learning experiences that I haven’t found in other places when it comes to motion graphics. Keep up the great work!
Yes, I found the courses extremely helpful and well put together. I was researching online tutorials for my colleagues who are just beginning to learn AE and was testing out a MDS course to see if I could recommend it. I ended up learning a lot myself 🙂
Find the final style and the best color palette for your project
Learn to merge two different concepts into a new one
Learn how to add values to your character design
Refresh the basics of shapes and color theory
Learn how to face a character design project from the briefing to the final art
2D Character Design Magician
LEVEL
Basic
LESSONS
5
DURATION
5h+
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