ImagineFX  |  June 2016
PAINT PERFECT ANATOMY
Character design belongs to many areas of concept art and illustration, whether they’re main characters or simply a small figure in the distance. One of the important aspects of character design is to create a sense of believability, so that these characters could really exist in the world you’re designing them for. While dressing your character and styling their visual appearance helps to define their overall look, the most important step to making your character believable especially when adding them to a larger scene is to portray their personality through gesture, and show how would they move and compose themselves. A great example of this is animation and the use of caricatured exaggeration to sell an idea. These same principles can apply to realistic character concepts, too.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in ImagineFX June 2016.