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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 17, 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.

AM

Nov 6, 2017

Fun and challenging to me. Is not easy to me to create new characters, but with this practice and professional examples, I feel more confident to just do and see what happens. Thank you, very much.

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By Aidaraliev Z

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Jun 19, 2021

one of the most interesting courses.

By Nilson R C D

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Dec 20, 2016

Best teacher in the Calarts courses!

By Arushi J

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Sep 29, 2016

A great experience.... learnt a lot!

By Dzmitry K

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May 28, 2023

Very good for developing creativity

By Ira M (

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Mar 18, 2016

The best course that I have passed!

By samil

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Dec 26, 2015

Found the course I imagine to take

By Edward P A R

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Jun 19, 2021

fue genial y me inspiro bastante

By José J

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Jan 19, 2016

Excellent course, learned a lot

By Robert D D

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Dec 14, 2021

I really enjoyed this course!

By Antonio B M

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Jan 19, 2016

Great course I really enjoy it

By JOSE N

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Jan 2, 2021

Excellent content and teacher

By Johann b E W

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Dec 8, 2016

Awesome, really learnt a lot!

By Thomas S

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Nov 14, 2016

Very good and helpful course.

By 梁爽

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Jan 29, 2018

Very nice,lots of practices.

By Sarah-Louise H

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Mar 19, 2017

Excellent course all around!

By daniel g

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Feb 9, 2016

Lots of useful information.

By Evey R

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May 8, 2022

Interesting assignments

By Umair R

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Aug 8, 2016

The Course Was Awesome

By Pramila M

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May 11, 2020

excellent experience

By Caro V L

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May 4, 2017

I loved this course!

By Licínio S

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Mar 16, 2016

great professionals!

By Daniel S G

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Mar 1, 2017

me encanta el curso

By Rhonda H

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Sep 24, 2016

Fun class, enjoy it

By Pablo S P

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May 8, 2016

Awesome course! :)

By Sarah F

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Feb 3, 2016

soooo much fun!!!