In this course, students learn to create believable and interesting characters for cartoons and animation. Course covers staging, silhouette, posture, structure, costume, color, and shapes, enabling students to create original entertaining characters by imbuing them with human traits. Explores the art of popular cartoonists, animation characters, and design types. Also includes where to apply your skills including internet, advertising, animation, video games, and illustration markets.
Prerequisite: None
First class materials: Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair, paper size, color pens or pencils, black construction paper