How to Design a Character for Your Animation - Tips from BaM Animation

We want to share this video by BaM Animation, because it offers clear and simple principles for character design. In short the character design

To summarize, here are a few things to look after.

Recognizable Shapes

Your character should be recognizable even in silhouette. Your character is composed of main shapes, contrast the sizes or move the shape components to create a recognizable character. 

Contrast Color Value 

Adjust the color value (the color brightness).To make a vivid character, avoid using a similar color value in a character. After adjusting the colors, test out your characters on different backgrounds. 

Use Shapes and Poses

See the body as a utility, exaggerate the body type or pose to express characters' personality and their "stories". Check the makeover sample in their video (12:02), it's amazing. 

We hope you like our summary!