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Let's Build Characters!

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                       Hello everyone and welcome back to another post of Cella's Cove! Today's post is special because I will be joined by two fellow bloggers and they will be helping me, as you can tell by the title, make characters! These two lovely ladies are Abby and Kristina . I will be walking you through a basic character creation for five characters and they will be aiding me in choosing certain characteristics.              So, what we have to establish first is the setting that they live in and exist in. Abby took care of that, since she is creating a plot line for our characters. Our setting is a modern day time and at a school, probably in the spring.         How does this relate to the characters?         Well, we know that their clothing won't mainly consist of parkas and uggs.  The Main Character  ...

How To: Character Design

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          Hello! Welcome to another post of Cella's Cove. This is a long awaited basic post, I mean my whole blog is about character design. Not only do I love analyzing other characters in media, I like to make my own. So this time, I'm going to be giving you some tips that we keep in mind when creating a character.      Tip #1: Silhouettes      Popular characters in media are often recognizable by their silhouettes. We often see these silhouettes on merchandise or in art. Batman merch is almost always recognizable unless you have been closed off from the world and modern day culture. Even if you don't know who the character is in the silhouette, you can still recognize it's shape if it is very unique.       Here, let's do a little test:      Guess who the character is! #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 If you didn't get all of them, that's fine! Just means you aren't as exposed to certain genres of ...