Tag: character designs
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Guest Speaker: Ringling College of Art and Design
I was invited to speak to the Body Art and Culture class at Ringling College of Art and Design to discuss how to design diverse characters and accurately represent a culture without falling into the trap of appropriation. This was a journey into the processes our team developed as we designed the characters for the…
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Pre-production Ideas/Concepts
It makes no sense to learn a program or build a new workflow without first creating an idea that you want to implement it on. After all, a theory is no good unless it has been tested and proven in some way. And what better way to establish a good workflow than to throw it…
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The Character Mosaic Project
The Character Mosaic Project aims to make diverse characters more accessible thereby encouraging animators and filmmakers to make more ethnically inclusive stories. As these characters get refined, they will be made available to broader audiences as international and domestic animation professionals will be able to use them in their films as well. This project will…
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Modeling 2014 – D Givens (mov)
This is a freshman class in the semester system. Students are introduced to Maya and the 3D space and then led through various modeling exercises. Concepts of character design are also discussed and are visible in the final results of their projects. Self-portrait created for my freshman modeling class where students were asked to make…
