Char 02 – Advanced Character Design Winter 2025
Description
Advanced Character Design seeks to build upon the foundation of Intro to Character Design, delving deeper into the feature film design process. This workshops aim is to teach students how to cultivate their character ideas, taking them from initial reference and concept sketches through to final refinement and model packeting. Students will work from a script and also revisit some of the design concepts from Intro to Character Design.
Advanced Character Design is perfect for those who have some experience and are interested in designing for animated films or tv.
The Goal of Advanced Character Design is to expose the student to important design principles and workflows, while working from a script to simulate a production experience.
Curriculum: Advanced Character Design
- Research / Mood Board
- Explorations / Roughs
- Shape / Silhouette
- Expression
- Acting / Pose
- Costuming
- Caricature / Abstraction
- Model Packets
Event FAQs
One session every Thursday for 10 weeks.
-Starting January 13, 2025
-Ending March 22, 2025
7:00pm – 10:00pm Pacific Time
Students should have taken Introduction to Character Design at The Animation Collaborative or an equivalent course. At least one term of figure drawing or gesture drawing is recommended. Students must have a strong foundation in the basics of drawing the human form. Portfolio reviews are required for application. Please include a link to your current portfolio with your registration.
*Advanced Character Design is limited to 8 students to allow for maximum individualized focus. We encourage a comfortable, collaborative environment so that students can learn from their own assignments, the critiques of others’, instructor demos, lectures, and guest speakers.
Tuition: $1600
Includes a $200.00 non-refundable registration fee
Note: Animation Collaborative accepts Paypal and Checks. To pay by check, just fill out the form below, hit Register, and select the Pay by Check option underneath Paypal.
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Break your tuition into three easy payments with a Payment Plan. Here are the details of the payment plan. 1. Payment 1: $200, due with Registration. 2. Payment 2: $466.67, due the Monday of the first week of the term. 3. Payment 3: $466.67, due the Monday of the 4th week of the term. 4. Payment 4: $466.66, due the Monday of the 7th week of the term.
Note: Animation Collaborative accepts Paypal and Checks. To pay by check, just fill out the form below, hit Register, and select the Pay by Check option underneath Paypal.
