Dreamcatcher Film Camp

CHARACTER DESIGN COURSE

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Want to be able to draw a ninja cat or design your own superhero. Learn how to make interesting character designs for film and animation. Find out how the personality of a character and their backstory influence the design. Most importantly we show you how to make your character look memorable and develop your drawing skills.

 

 

How often

 

1 hour class once a week for 7 weeks 

You can chose your start day from either Monday 10-11, Wednesday 12-1 or Thursday 2-3.

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Character design camp (beginner)

Ages 7 – 12

Course topics and activities include:

• What visual features makes a character memorable?

• Explore the relationship between shape and personality

• Learn to draw the basic expressions

• Brainstorm characters

• Come up with backstories for the characters

• How backstories influence the characters design

• what kind of shape your character would be in relation to their personality

• character design demonstration

• design your character

 

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Character design camp (intermediate)

Ages 13+

Course topics and activities include:

• What visual features makes a character memorable?

• Learn important drawing principles

• How to construct the human body with basic shapes

• How to play with proportions and how that informs character

• Study facial expressions

• Brainstorm what character you want to design

• Learn how to gather reference images to take your designs to another level

• Character design demonstration

• Design your character

• Feedback on each other’s work

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