Character Design for Video Games
Game Design: Art and Concepts,
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.
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| Rating | 4.6★ based on 161 ratings |
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| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | 4 Weeks, 4 - 6 hours per week |
| Starts | Jun 26 (43 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $79 |
| From | California Institute of the Arts via Coursera |
| Instructor | Fran Krause |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming Art & Design Humanities |
| Tags | Computer Science Design And Product Arts And Humanities Music And Art |
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recommend this course
It was great to see the different perspectives of professional artists.I'd totally recommend this course to anyone!
As I said earlier, I recommend this course for everyone; doctors included (:I like how this course was treated in a different way.
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not only
Not only that, but learning how to make them more interesting to someone who knows everything about them, and seem more human.
Not only did I learn more than I ever thought I would, but I had fun, as well!
The 3 masterclasses are so awesome... You will not only learn a ton about character design, but also about professional work, design, communication...
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video games
You will not learn anything about programming video games.
It is powerful and enlightening for those who want to go into the field of design of video games, design of characters, and simply story telling.
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very interesting
Very interesting way to learn by observing the approach of different artists.
A very interesting experience.
I'm a programmery myself and anjoyed it pretty much Very interesting and engaging activities.
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rather than
Exceptional course, it's the very best approach.This skill, character design, is " stolen " rather than learned.
Excit Feels like a money grabber rather than teaching anything useful, when designing character for video games is also important the skill you have or obtain while doing it and this doesn't place any emphasis into it.
I wish this class had more actual lessons on character design concepts and philosophies rather than the demonstrations it used.
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by fran
This course is different from the others in the series in that it is presented as a series of Masterclasses with professional character designers dispensing nuggets of character design wisdom while they work through a design brief provided by Fran.
While the information given by Fran was useful, the part where other artists talk is not presented well.
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my favorite
One of my favorite ones up to now, long and interesting classes with amazing artists.
This is one of my favorite courses since it encourages creativity and really contributes to good game design practices.
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interviews with
Awesome interviews with character artists.
Definitely goes the extra mile, doing interviews with great character designers and exploring their unique processes.
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Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile.
Hands-On, ControllerÂSuccessful Construction Firm $62k
Character AI Developer $67k
Supervisor costume character $80k
Character/ Asset Artist $84k
Character Animator/3D Artist $90k
CG Character Animator $107k
Character Attendant Lead $114k
Character Artist Consultant $118k
Freelance Character Designer Contractor $128k
Character Designer and Background Designer $135k
Staff Character Artist $139k
Principal Character Animator $212k
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| Rating | 4.6★ based on 161 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | 4 Weeks, 4 - 6 hours per week |
| Starts | Jun 26 (43 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $79 |
| From | California Institute of the Arts via Coursera |
| Instructor | Fran Krause |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming Art & Design Humanities |
| Tags | Computer Science Design And Product Arts And Humanities Music And Art |
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