Character Design

I came across a clip on YouTube called Chicken Joe's character build and development which shows how Sony Pictures Animation approached the character building of it. There's also another clip on Cody Maverick. Although the clips are very short, it's nice to be able to see how studios approach the character design stage.

For those interested in learning more about character designs, 'Creating Characters with Personalities' by Tom Bancroft is a great book to read and study, which, in my opinion, should be part of every animation schools' textbook collection. You can also find lots of helpful information on the web. Below are some of the links.

Tips and advice:
'Character Design 2: Prime' (deviantart.com)
'Tips for Creating a Unique Character Design' (johnkstuff.blogspot.com)
'20 Character Design Tip' (compterarts.co.uk)

Light reading:
'Confessions of a Lazy Character Designer' (by Mark Kennedy)
'Character Design 1: The Character Design Fallacy' (johnkstuff.blogspot.com)
'Designing Up: Well-Rounded Boy, Meet Old Square' (New York Times article)
'Character Design' (from amateurillustrator.com)