The Shape of Character Design

A character is a device for storytelling. Character designers are striving to make unforgettable, and interesting characters. A well-crafted character gives the audience a positive impression, whether it’s a television character, a videogame, or a film. The designer focuses on being prepared with specific techniques in mind, from shape to the character, then personality, and attitude. Anything that an artist can create can be broken up into a shape or form. The personality of the character is a critical part of creating an entertaining and authentic design. Shape language is a common technique used to develop characters. Shape language is when purposely the shapes in an art piece (character design, environment, object, etc.) inform you a little about the story, setting, mood or tone. If one understands shape language, they’re able to break down complex subjects such as the human body or animals into simplified elements of shape. Shape language appearance can even be dated back to the early 1900s in Émile Cohl’s French animated films. Cohl made his animated debut in 1908 with Fantasmagorie, (1908), a picture where all sorts of morphing shapes interact with simple stick-figures (“Émile Cohl”, 2019). Even though it wasn’t known as shape language art yet, his characters had more personality by altering it into simple geometric shapes. <a href="https://medium.com/media-reflections-past-present-future/the-shape-of-character-design-78c66eb97518">Click Here</a>