ANIM 3640: Character Development

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: (ART 2550 or ANIM 1550) and ART 3150
Students will apply their drawing skills and knowledge of the figure to create original characters designed for applied 2D animation techniques.

Course Learning Outcomes
This course is studio-based with multiple projects that will measure student capability to create three distinct original characters for animation production and illustration purposes.

Topics to be discussed are:

Quick sketch gesture drawing
Using silhouettes for character development
Creating character turnaround sheets
Creating action pose sheets
Breaking a character down for animation
Creating a simple animation with a character