Prep, Lecture 1, Assignment 1 for Character DesignAny students of this class should have already seen these at: http://deviantart-academy.proboards.com/ This copy is for archiving purposes and any non-students who want to read it.Recommended reading and other pre-Jan-1st prep:1. ***I cannot emphasize this first one enough: make a folder on your computer and save there any helpful reference images you find on the internet. You should already be doing this for every major art project, and if you aren't, start immediately. I personally have a folder for each type of animal I've researched, one for male characters, one for female characters, one for anthro characters, one for faces, one for
Sunandshadow's Character Design SyllabusSunandshadow's Hardcore Character Design ClassTentative Syllabus and ScheduleWinter Term 2012This class will involve artistic/non-detailed nudity, if this is going to get you in trouble with your parents this might not be the class for you. This class also requires that you already have some experience drawing human anatomy. It doesn't have to be good anatomy, I don't care if it's ugly as long as you have an awareness that people are made out of bones and muscles. In other words you should already be able to draw characters who have knees and elbows that bend the right direction, not spaghetti arms, and have feet and hands, not limbs
Lecture 2, Assignment 2 for Character DesignWeek 2: Jan 8-14 – Anatomy and Proportions Using Silhouettes, Stick Figures, and Mannequins. Focus on Gender Differences, Body Type Differences, Proportions Characteristic of a Target Art Style, and Variations From HumanLecture Two and Assignment Two:Now that you have found reference images, this week is about learning how to use them. Specifically I want you all to draw "experimental mannequins". [I once attended a character design class which recommended doing silhouettes first instead, and those are interesting in their own way, so you may want to play with them at some other time.] What are those? A mannequin is a more detailed v
Lecture 5/6, Assignment 5/6Week 5: Jan 29-Feb 4 – Hair, Clothing, and Large Accessories such as Weapons and Horns, Focusing on Shape.Week 6: Feb 5-Feb 11 - Tattoos, Jewelry, Fasteners, Fabric Edges, Cultural Design Motifs*actually looks at the dates on this* Oh crap am I like 2 weeks behind with these? @_@ Okay, these content for these two weeks is getting rolled into one week because the topics of the two are almost the same. So, for this week, you should be taking you character+face from last week and, if at all possible, printing out 3-4 copies of each character. Then onto the print outs you are to sketch hair, tattoos/makeup, clothing, jewelry, any hor
Lecture 4, Assignment 4Week 4: Jan 22-28 – Facial Expression and Finalize a Blank for Each CharacterThis weeks assignment is pretty straightforward and doesn't require much lecture. You all are to experiment with the details of your character's facial structure and expression. Feel free to look for more source images or make faces yourself in a mirror or captured with a photo. I want to see 4 or more sketchy face experiments per character. Label with a word or phrase the emotion or thought you intend the face to express. Then choose the best face or combination of features, put it on the body from the previous lesson (you may digitally paste or draw one
Lecture 3, Assignment 3Week 3: Jan 15-21 – Body Types, Poses, Body Language, Anthro and Mechanical Parts In More DetailLecture 3 and Assignment 3: Hello and congrats to everyone who has actually done the first two assignments! :) This week we will be turning your mannequins into "fullbodies", one per character. If you remember, our general process is alternating brainstorming and narrowing down. Last week was brainstorming body variations; this week is narrowing down to the best one of those or combination of features from more than one of those, then adding some detail. What is a "fullbody"? It is a nude character lineart drawn to establish both proportion
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