Character design in animation is a way to tell stories. That can be with an expressive and fun viewpoint, taking us out of reality, and there are so many styles and aesthetics to explore. But the ...

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 ...

What if you could create a professional-quality manga without ever picking up a pencil, or even knowing how to draw? Tina Huang explores how she built a fully functional manga drawing app, Manga ...

Monster Hunter Wilds comes with a robust character creator, which should come as no surprise seeing how Capcom has been making fairly robust character creators lately. The game also allows you to ...

What if your characters could remain perfectly consistent across every scene, every pose, and every outfit—no matter how intricate the design or complex the narrative? For creators using Midjourney 7, ...

In this course, students learn to create credible, emotive, characters, for cartoons and animation. Instruction covers research, physical traits, such as proportions, silhouette, posture, and a formal ...

Amber Warnock-Estrada is a young writer on the rise with an immense passion for video games, anime, and D&D. They have a wealth of experience reviewing games and reporting on events. They first found ...