ANIM 3640: Character Development

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: (ART 2550 or ANIM 1550) and ART 3150
Description:
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