PLAYGROUNDS ACADEMY | CHARACTER DESIGN BY WOUTER TULP
Details
This in-depth workshop offers an inspiring and hands-on experience in a small, personal group setting. It is designed for professionals and graduates with some experience in character design who want to further develop their skills.
During this full-day workshop, Wouter Tulp shares insights from his career as a character designer for feature animation. Through guided assignments and personal feedback, you will refine your design decisions and learn to create convincing, expressive characters.
WHAT TO EXPECT
➡️ Keynote presentation to explain the various concepts of expressive character design
➡️ Shape language: how to use shapes to evoke liveliness
➡️ Proportions: Creating appeal by carefully designing proportions
➡️ Volume: A sound understanding of volumes, and keeping them consistent
➡️ Gesture: finding the long axis curve of a pose
➡️ Showing weight and movement in a design
➡️ Participant gets exercises to get acquainted with these concepts
ABOUT WOUTER TULP
Wouter Tulp started his career as a freelance illustrator, creating many different kinds of illustrations, like children’s books, book covers, editorial illustrations and caricatures. This variety of work helped him shape and refine his technique and craft, that eventually led to him becoming a versatile character designer for feature animation. Which is currently his core business.
Wouter has worked for studios such as Sony Pictures Animation, Paramount Pictures Animation, Netflix, Skydance and many more. He loves to share what he has learned and help aspiring artists improve their craft.