This is an introductory course for Character Design for animation. In the 10 weeks, students will explore the full character design pipeline.This pipeline starts from learning how to create from initial sketches, developmental variations, and learning the basics of poses and costumes.Students will also have a finalized character design by the end of the course. The class will focus on how to use gesture, anatomy, stylization, and acting to support story driven design.
This course is 10 weeks in duration and meets once per week for 3 hours per meeting.
Each week, the online classes are live at the specified time (PST timezone) in a private GOTO-MEETING classroom. Classes are recorded and students can rewatch via stream for the duration of the term. Class links, teachers notes, class recordings along with homework submission will be hosted on a private class DISCORD. The DISCORD link will be sent approximately 5-7 days prior to your class start date to the registered email address.
KEY LEARNING POINTS
Story informed design
Iteration and shape exploration
Packeting such as: Expression Sheets, Pose Sheets, Turnarounds, etc.
How to make acting choices specific to their characters
