Acerca de este curso: In this course you will explore concepts and approaches involved in creating successful character designs that can be applied to video games. Following a first week delving into some foundational concepts for successful character design, each of the remaining three weeks are structured as a "master class" where you will observe three professional character designers at work in the studio: Andy Ristaino (Adventure Time), Jacky Ke Jiang (Journey), and Robertryan Cory (SpongeBob SquarePants). Each designer will take on two different design challenges on the fly and address the various issues in designing characters for games, such as movement, expression, and technical limitations. At the end of each week you will have an opportunity to try out some of the concepts from that week's lesson on characters of your own design. This is a fun and engaging class especially useful for students interested in animation in film and TV as well as games, and is suitable for students of any drawing ability.
Enseñado por: Fran Krause, Faculty, Character Animation
School of Film/Video
| Información básica | Curso 4 de 5 en Game Design: Art and Concepts Specialization |
| Nivel | Beginner |
| Compromiso | 4 Weeks, 4 - 6 hours per week |
| Idioma | English |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
- Reading: About this Course
- Reading: An Important Question
- Discussion Prompt: Choose Your Own Character
- Vídeo: Density
- Vídeo: Mood & Story
- Vídeo: Proportion
- Vídeo: Week 1 Homework
- Reading: Introducing Andy Ristaino
- Reading: Resource: Andy's drawings
- Vídeo: Refining the Explorer
- Vídeo: Drawing the Alien
- Vídeo: Refining the Alien
- Vídeo: Week 2 Homework
- Reading: Introducing Jacky Ke Jiang
- Reading: Resource: Jacky's drawings
- Vídeo: 2D Tablet Drawing
- Vídeo: 3D Modeling
- Vídeo: Week 3 Homework
- Reading: Introducing Robertryan Cory
- Reading: Resource: Robertryan's drawings
- Vídeo: Refining the Pig
- Vídeo: Drawing the Sheep
- Vídeo: Refining the Sheep, Part 1
- Vídeo: Refining the Sheep, Part 2
- Vídeo: Working in Animation
- Reading: Introducing Robertryan Cory (again)
- Vídeo: Robertryan Studio Follow-Up
- Vídeo: Week 4 Homework
- Reading: Course Credits
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| Comprar curso | |
|---|---|
| Accede a los materiales del curso | Disponible |
| Accede a los materiales con calificación | Disponible |
| Recibe una calificación final | Disponible |
| Obtén un Certificado de curso para compartir | Disponible |
Loved the way Fran taught and laid out this course! The assignments were top notch; really required some creative thinking. And I enjoyed all 3 of the interviews. It was great to see the different perspectives of professional artists.
I'd totally recommend this course to anyone! It was a lot of fun!
I loved this course and super recommend it to any one who wants to either boost his own characters designs or who wants to hear inspiring interviews from successful character designers! The course is full of valuable insights about the character design itself and hints on landing the jobs in this field.
The best dude.
Great course, I am close to finishing it, and I've learned a lot. Thank you very much