From the course: Designing Characters Using Adobe Fresco

What is character design? - Fresco Tutorial

From the course: Designing Characters Using Adobe Fresco

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What is character design?

- How do you create characters that feel authentic? Does it start with cool hair, or neat clothes? Those can help, but it's only a part of the bigger picture. How do you make them feel alive? Creating an authentic character begins with understanding the world where they live: the setting, the place, the terrain. Developing this world, and considering how your character will face the challenges there, can add depth and dimension to your character's design. This is what's known as world building, and it's an essential part of the character design process. In this course, I'm going to teach you to leverage the powerful tools of Adobe Fresco, and use world building to create an authentic character design. First, I'll give you a brief overview of Adobe Fresco, then we'll go through the process of mind mapping. We'll imagine all the details of our world where our character lives, and how that affects their choice of clothing, their body and hair style, and so much more. After we've mind mapped our world, we'll move on to designing our character. Then finally, we'll use the incredible tools in Adobe Fresco to finalize our design. At the end of this course, you'll have created a character that looks authentic, and feels real. I'm Renee di Cherri, and I love to draw, and I've been creating in Adobe products for almost 20 years, so if you're ready to dive in, let's get started.

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