Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 41 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
István Szép
Rating
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Course Overview
Simple and fast method and character blueprints to create versatile vector characters with a free open-source program!
-- UPDATE - Warrior girl character blueprint added upon request!
What makes a good game?
A good game needs a great story. It needs nice overall graphics. Engaging gameplay.
And it also needs well designed characters!
This course is exactly about that! When you are developing your own game, and you are not a designer, you will find creating a hero for your game challenging!
During the course we learn
the theory of character design
what makes a good character
my 6 step character design method
to create a character sheet
to prepare our characters for animation
to animate our characters
And we will do all this in Inkscape, this epic free software! It is a very versatile vector tool, which makes designing characters much more easier and faster!
Apart of the above, I will share character blueprints with you! These are showing how I design a character with Inkscape from scratch. We practice different skills with each character. We create character sheet from one, and basic animation from the other.
The characters we will create:
a simple and cute robot character - great for kids
a black ninja warrior - simple and smooth
a heavy rpg warrior - a real tank!
a fantasy skeleton warrior - cute but deadly
NEW! a warrior girl - ready to fight!
Your task will be to practice and create character sheet and basic animation for all the characters, or your very own game hero/enemy!
I will also share tips and tricks in the course. In these short lessons I usually want to help you to work faster and create better designed figures.
Mind that this is only the first version of the course! I will add several new character blueprints - and listen to the need of my students - and I will keep the course updated.
I don't want to talk about myself. If you want to know me better, read my instructor bio. But I can tell you one thing: I am here to teach. When you ask me, I will help and will find a solution to your problem the best I can!
Course Content
- 5 section(s)
- 19 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction and warming up!
- Section 2 The theory of character design
- Section 3 Game character animation in Inkscape
- Section 4 Design characters in Inkscape
- Section 5 Additional tips and tricks about character design
What You’ll Learn
- Create 2d game caracters with Inkscape, Evluate the final character design , Prepare the character for animation
Reviews
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AAlexandre Cunha
Really nice course! Professor explains very well and everything detailing the process of making every character! I highly recommend watch the videos first to focus on every detail of the process of making the character, and next trying do yourself! That's what I've done! Thank you professor!
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RRomone Thomas
This is by far the best course you can take to help you understand Character design in simple and complex characters. On top of that you get a bounce of module design principles. Super Instructor challenge compete!
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SSamuel Teixeira Santos
It's very illustrative, with a lot of tips that shows with some simple concepts and operations in Inkscape, which allow me to create and customize a diversity of characters. Liked very much and I recommend, if you as me, know little about Inkscape and want to try and create your own characters design!
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TTodd Mullen
It's a great combination of combining practice with theory. I have to pause to do my own details & fix my mess ups, but it's smooth flowing, good food for thought. There are plenty of details & ideas provided to consider when trying to create a character. Not just "do this & this and this does that," but actual workflows and considerations that make a difference later on in your own productivity, character originality, "believability," & more.
