Design Character Concept Arts
Designing characters is a complex but fun activity! Unique characters are essential to any story, and can make your story, picture book, or animation stand out. Before you create, develop and plan out aesthetic concepts for your characters. Build the look that you want and make sketches to bring your characters to life!
What Is Character Concept Art?
Character concept art is essential to any story. Unique characters are the most important part of any great story. Character concept artists create characters who appear in video games, animations, commercials, movies, or company branding, and more! A character designer creates an entire concept, style, and artwork from scratch. They will typically go through a complex character design process. It takes a lot of brainstorming and researching to create a character’s visual appearance, as well as match it to a compelling personality. Many designers may start with a briefing of the characters, then develop the visuals of the character through concept art.
How to Start a Character Design Project
Create an Outline for the Character's Story
Build a Reference Library
Develop Visual Appearances and Bring Your Ideas to Life
Create an Outline for the Character's Story
Build a Reference Library
Develop Visual Appearances and Bring Your Ideas to Life
Build Your Character Design Portfolio
In the character design industry, a strong portfolio is essential for concept artists or character designers to land a good job and develop their career. NoteLedge is the perfect place to build a digital portfolio where you can organize your character design concept art projects, referencing materials, and award recognitions all in one place. Export your portfolio to PDF with rich multimedia content to showcase your works in your character concept art career.