In this series of lessons, we'll focus on the concept design and storyboarding section of the 'Infiltrator' production pipeline.

We'll get started by learning how we can quickly generate several rough ideas for our character concept using simple silhouettes. From there, we'll choose our favorite silhouette and begin drawing the rough line work of our character. Once we've finished, we'll begin refining and cleaning up the line work to prepare it for color. Next, we'll learn one method of painting color values onto our character and blending them to create the illusion of a 3 dimensional image. Finally, we'll walk through the storyboarding of a short animated sequence for our character. After completing this course, you will have a good idea of how to create and develop a character for animation. You'll also understand how to go about storyboarding out an animated sequence for a character.

Lesson Outline (25 lessons)

1. Introduction and Project Overview

2. Idea generation through silhouettes

3. Pulling additional details out of select silhouettes

4. Rough line work: Basic proportions and positioning

5. Rough line work: Focusing on leg anatomy

6. Rough line work: Detailing the character's right legs

7. Rough line work: Detailing the character's arms and head

8. Rough line work: Detailing the character's left legs and torso

9. Refined line work: Neck and torso

10. Refined line work: Torso and neck

11. Refined line work: Upper right legs

12. Refined line work: Lower right legs

13. Refined line work: Arms

14. Refined line work: Left legs

15. Refined line work: Left legs and touch up

16. Color: Applying a quick range of values

17. Color: Beginning to blend values17. Color: Beginning to blend values

18. Color: Blending our character's right legs and arms

19. Color: Blending our character's left legs

20. Color: Blending our character's head and torso

21. Color: Adding highlights

22. Color: Finishing highlights and final touches

23. Storyboarding: Breaking down the sequence

24. Storyboarding: Beginning storyboard artwork

25. Storyboarding: Completing storyboard artwork