Stylized character creation in Blender blends art and technique, from sculpting and shape design to animation and rendering. With the right workflow, artists can turn simple concepts into expressive, ...

Character models are possibly the most important aspect of a graphical MMO. After all, the avatars that we create and play through are us in many ways, so they need to look and feel like extensions of ...

From bold silhouettes to precise 3D turnarounds, today’s character design blends traditional artistry with advanced tools. Artists are streamlining workflows, ensuring consistency across angles, ...

If Disney ever decides to do a live-action Simpsons spin-off, it may look something like this. Brazilian artist Hidreley Leli Dião has used AI to create portraits of what cartoon characters might look ...

Hello everyone! My name is Aaron Blaise and I’ve been an animator, character designer, and animation feature film director for the past 30 years. I’m also an art educator and run a website called ...

The richer the world a character inhabits, the more material actors have to help inform those characters. From highly stylized shot design to specific time periods that beget unique costumes and ...

Having spent several weeks staring at the subway posters for “Gnomeo and Juliet,” a computer-animated retelling of Shakespeare’s classic in which the star-crossed lovers are lawn ornaments, I can ...