The character artist role responsibilities include being able to ‘interpret a character’s personality and physical traits from a brief into an expressive illustration, using subtle cues of facial expression, pose, gesture, posture, etc. Part of a Character Designer’s role is to imagine the character from different perspectives, showing action, anatomy, and unique expressions that define the character and bring it to life.‘

For me, this involves understanding Anna’s character ideas and making them embody what she wanted to convey in her game. I can do this by creating various different designs with different exploration and using her already made sketches in her GDD / using the pinterest art boards she created.

Role & responsibilities of a character designer :

Character Designer Job Description, Salary, Skills & Software

✦ Liaising the look of the character/s and what style they are to be drawn in (such as anime, comic book art style, or realism, etc.)

✦ Researching the look, style, and genre of the film or game

✦ Developing various versions of the character looks and other design ideas

✦ Create characters that are relatable and possess human traits that will engage an audience

✦ Understand the character’s role in the script and draw it accordingly

✦ Collaborate with directors and other concept artists to create a visual consistency with other characters, and overall look of the animation or game

✦ Revise artwork according to feedback and teamwork

✦ Create model sheets showing characters drawn from different angles and showing different expressions

✦ Can tackle a creative challenge head-on, and enjoys problem-solving with the team regarding design issues

✦ Working with Storyboard Artists on how to incorporate the concept art into scenes and sequences

Planit : Job Profiles : Character Artist Fine Art or Graphic Design

✦ discussing the brief with a games designer and lead artist

✦ specialising in one area of a game, such as human figures or weapons

✦ building up the characters

✦ involved with all aspects of character modelling including anatomical, cloth and hand-surface modelling

✦ creating and taking responsibility for art assets according to the game specification.