Chapter 5
Modeling Your Main Character
WITHOUT DOUBT, ONE OF the most important points when developing an animation film is related to the main character design. It's mandatory that this design matches all the requirements in the film's preproduction meetings.
The main character in a film will be the one maintaining a straight forward relationship with the viewer both visually and sentimentally.
Because of that, animation studios have more than one 3D departments working on the project, but one art department where all the first sketches, backgrounds, environments, ideas, color tests, and everything regarding the visual aspect of the film are recreated with digital or traditional painting techniques.
Animation studios spend a lot of time of the ...
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