character designer
Creates fictional appearances
A character designer creates the visual appearance of fictional characters for animation, video games, comics, or other media.
The work involves developing a character's look—body type, facial features, clothing, color palette—to convey personality and fit the story's world.
She worked as a character designer on three animated features.
Character designers typically produce reference sheets showing characters from multiple angles and in various expressions.
- illustratorVisual artist for media
- concept artistIllustrator of preliminary designs
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- line artDrawings without tonal gradation
- protagonistStory's central figure
villain · costume · silhouette · turnaround · facial expressions · manga · anime · studio · art school · Pixar · portfolio · stylized · color palette · proportions · backstory · mascot · sidekick · creature
character designerbackground artist
Non-speaking on-screen performer
set designer · storyboard artist · prop designer · layout artist · animator
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