MA Character Animation is a practical course that encourages research and contextual thinking. We will teach you how to make your characters do much more than move – we will teach you to make them ...

Designing unique characters is one of the most critical and challenging components in game design. This is especially true when the characters are well-known figures in literature, television and film ...

In this studio course, students will explore and articulate creative responses to design challenges through critical awareness of character and environment design, and production. Students will ...

The nerd fest has begun. Over 100,000 fanboys and fangirls, some in elaborate getups, are descending on Comic-Con in San Diego to worship at the altars of character designers, digital animators, ...

Hello everyone! My name is Aaron Blaise and I’ve been an animator, character designer, and animation feature film director for the past 30 years. I’m also an art educator and run a website called ...

In this course, students learn to create credible, emotive, characters, for cartoons and animation. Instruction covers research, physical traits, such as proportions, silhouette, posture, and a formal ...

Last week on XP I wrote at length in a rather unsympathetic tone about the appearance of a Darksiders collectible figurine representing the main character. It reminded me about something else I’ve ...

Robert Kurtzman is one of the most respected F/X artists in the history of the genre. His talents have been showcased in some of the most memorable films in the horror genre and now he’s giving ...

Xenoblade 2’s Collector’s Edition came with a large artbook, prefaced by an introduction by game director Tetsuya Takahashi. He talked about the meaning of character designs, and some differences in ...