Animation from Pencils to Pixels

Simple is always best!

Without question, the script is the most important ingredient of any film, but the character designs play a huge role in the execution of that script when it is animated. The animated characters are the equivalent of a cast of actors in a live-action movie. Your visual casting of the characters is of paramount importance, as is their capability to perform in ways that the storyline dictates. Character designs must work well individually, but they also have to work well together. How many movies have you seen where the principal characters have a particular style of design but the incidental characters look as if they are ...