Lucas Lacerda uses a world-building approach to guide his design choices.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Lucia Parvolo Distinctive character designs are recognisable from just a quick glimpse of ...

What if you could bring your characters to life with stunning visual consistency, all while saving time and effort? For creators, storytellers, and designers, maintaining a cohesive look across ...

Watch a free 45-minute video in which Oscar-nominated animation director Aaron Blaise reveals 7 essential steps to designing a character for animation. Robert Ryan Cory, a veteran character designer ...

Have you ever imagined bringing your wildest stories to life, complete with vivid characters, dynamic scenes, and cinematic flair—all without a massive production crew? Whether you’re a filmmaker, a ...

Getting character design right is as complex as composing a melody, says Disney’s vet animator Glen Keane, who supervised the animation of “Tangled” and designed Rapunzel. “Working with 3D computer ...

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 ...

At Devcom last month, senior narrative designer Arden Osthof gave a talk entitled "Playing with gender: A design framework for character customisation," giving tips on how game makers can improve ...

Xenoblade 2’s Collector’s Edition came with a large artbook, prefaced by an introduction by game director Tetsuya Takahashi. He talked about the meaning of character designs, and some differences in ...

More games are released each day in 2017 than anyone can make sense of, and the long-established status quo of digital distribution has allowed for a long tail economic model that lets very niche ...