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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Character Design for Video Games by California Institute of the Arts

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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

JJ

Jul 16, 2023

Concise coverage of fundamentals with great interviews and process from working artists. Could probably do with a little more about the application and styles in games but a great course nonetheless.

JM

Dec 21, 2016

As I said earlier, I recommend this course for everyone; doctors included (:

I like how this course was treated in a different way. We see people doing the job on there ground, that's interesting.

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By Emil E

Feb 13, 2018

The best dude.

By Felipe S L

Feb 2, 2016

Enjoyed a lot!

By Zetan L

May 25, 2017

Great course!

By Tajarae A G

May 1, 2017

It was fun :)

By 都瑞琳

Oct 25, 2017

good to go!!

By Lucky

Apr 17, 2016

really good

By Williams F

May 31, 2022

Very well.

By Rodrigo R

Jan 24, 2016

Compelling

By Пумо А М

Jul 18, 2021

amazing!

By Samaa M S

Apr 10, 2016

Thank you

By Klemen Š

Dec 28, 2015

great !!!

By Sarah D

Feb 12, 2019

Helpful!

By Nilce W

Jun 1, 2017

Love it!

By Aranza M

Nov 10, 2016

loved it

By André B

Oct 17, 2016

loved it

By David O M

May 24, 2016

Awesome!

By Daniela M

Jan 18, 2016

Awesome!

By Satya S N

Jul 29, 2017

Awesome

By Tyraell H

Mar 9, 2017

awesome

By Percy D R R

Jul 3, 2021

chevre

By Stephen W

Oct 21, 2017

Great

By Domenico S

Jul 3, 2021

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By Carlos A A J

Jun 29, 2021

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By Luis A V P

Jun 25, 2021

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By Tatiana M

Jul 23, 2020

I enjoyed the course and can see progress in my character design skills.

Pros: you observe the working process of famous artists; you participate in creative challenges; you get the main theoretical anchors that are needed for character creation.

Cons: fellow students check each others assignments. For many it seems hard to criticise because they lack knowledge and experience, not everyone is able to be a good mentor. Some just neglect their responsibility to give a thorough review.

I was happy to learn a lot of new things, I ended up with good pieces for my future portfolio.

Big thanks to all teachers, moderators, filming team, guest artists and fellow student for this experience!