10 steps to create character design with personality for animation

Character design; A female cartoon character
(Image credit: Lucia Parvolo)

Bringing a character to life is far from easy; it's incredibly challenging to give personality and make it shine through just a drawing. In this post, I’ll walk you through my process and the thoughts behind my choices.

Here's my step-by-step process for devising your basic character concept, creating a mood board, fleshing out the details, and finally building on your brand new creation with a unique persona.

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Lucia Parvolo

Lucia is a freelance visual development and character design artist. She started her career studying 2D animation, before deciding to focus on pre-production art because of her love of creating personality.

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Lucia is a freelance visual development and character design artist. She started her career studying 2D animation, before deciding to focus on pre-production art because of her love of creating personality.

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