About this 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.
Taught by: Fran Krause, Faculty, Character Animation
School of Film/Video
| Basic Info | Course 4 of 5 in the Game Design: Art and Concepts Specialization |
| Commitment | 4 Weeks, 4 - 6 hours per week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: Welcome
- 閱讀: About this Course
- 閱讀: An Important Question
- 討論提示: Choose Your Own Character
- Video: Density
- Video: Mood & Story
- Video: Proportion
- Video: Week 1 Homework
- 閱讀: Introducing Andy Ristaino
- 閱讀: Resource: Andy's drawings
- Video: Drawing the Explorer
- Video: Refining the Explorer
- Video: Drawing the Alien
- Video: Refining the Alien
- Video: Week 2 Homework
- 閱讀: Introducing Jacky Ke Jiang
- 閱讀: Resource: Jacky's drawings
- Video: 2D Ink Drawing
- Video: 2D Tablet Drawing
- Video: 3D Modeling
- Video: Week 3 Homework
- 閱讀: Introducing Robertryan Cory
- 閱讀: Resource: Robertryan's drawings
- Video: Drawing the Pig
- Video: Refining the Pig
- Video: Drawing the Sheep
- Video: Refining the Sheep, Part 1
- Video: Refining the Sheep, Part 2
- Video: Working in Animation
- 閱讀: Introducing Robertryan Cory (again)
- Video: Robertryan Studio Follow-Up
- Video: Week 4 Homework
- 閱讀: Course Credits
每門課程都像是一本互動的教科書，具有預先錄製的視頻、測驗和項目。
與其他成千上萬的學生相聯繫，對想法進行辯論，討論課程材料，並尋求幫助來掌握概念。
獲得正式認證的作業，並與朋友、同事和雇主分享您的成功。
| 旁聽 | 購買課程 | |
|---|---|---|
| 訪問課程材料 | Available | Available |
| 訪問評分的材料 | Not available | Available |
| 收到最終成績 | Not available | Available |
| 獲得可共享的課程證書 | Not available | Available |
This course expanded my mind into creating a character inspired by surroundings. I have designed characters before in class but this was the next level i needed!
I liked this course and I really enjoyed the assignments which were creative and exiting. Despite the fact that course is quite simple, for the beginners I had a lot of pleasure out of it!
Nice use of iteration to push your ideas of who or what a character should or could look like.
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Excellent course! I just have no words to explain how much I've learned here. Of course it's just the beginning and we should keep practising a lot after this course, but it's definitely be kept as reference for future projects.