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In this first of two DVDs, Cameron Davis discusses character design at its most fundamental. He begins with basic design theory, color and shape, and shows how to use them to visually tell a story with a character. Beginning with a loose story, Cameron takes you through his thought process when designing for games or animation. From brainstorming to loose sketching, reference gathering and silhouette studies, Cameron shows all the stages of ideation and ends with a finished line drawing that is ready for color.
Topics covered
Design Theory
Color and Shape
Brainstorming and Sketching
Gathering Useful Reference
Silhouette Studies
Visual Storytelling
Chapters
1. Warm-Up
2. Design Theory - Horns vs. Halos
3. Referencing Nature - Jocks vs. Stoners
4. The Final Design
5. Getting the Brief and Brainstorming
6. Building Visual Vocabulary
7. Focusing the Design
8. Thumbnails / Silhouette
9. Facial Studies
10. Refining Shapes and Materials
11. Tweaking Digitally / Thinking Graphically
12. Personality Sketch
13. Loose Turnarounds
14. Orthographic Front and Side / Final Line Drawing
Video Codec: VP6 Flash Video
Video: Flash Video four 1280x720, Aspect Ratio 16:9, Movie FPS 1924
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 22050Hz one channel mono 96Kbps
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