Chapter 2Learning to Draw: Tools and Tips
Which comes first? A story or your character? That’s every bit as difficult to answer as “Which came first? The chicken or the egg?” (All right, the chicken, if you’re a creationist, like yours truly, but that’s a whole other book I’ve got to get around to writing.)
But in the realm of animation, it is tricky to say whether a character is developed by the story or vice versa. But either way you look at it, it’s a pretty bleak script without characters, so let’s start with character design.
Besides, if you think about it, how on earth can you start your storyboards unless you have at least a vague idea of ...
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