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Where can I find good character sheets to analyze?
I want to analyze some character designs but don't know where to start/ find.
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Sandra’s Answer
It's Pinterest.. Just use their search bar and type character sheets or character sheets reference... You will find loads of inspiration and pics you can use to enhance your character design
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Maxine’s Answer
Hello Nghi!
Depending on what industry you're leaning more towards, there are plenty of sites to look at for specifically character sheets. I lean more toward film myself, so I've compiled some of my favorite archive sites for you to find some very useful professional character sheets!
These archive sites are full of Disney character sheets through the years, including 2D and 3D films:
https://www.traditionalanimation.com/disney-model-sheets-a-z/
https://animationresources.org/media-more-disney-model-sheets/
This one in particular is mainly Studio Ghibli and other non-Disney 2D animated films:
https://characterdesignreferences.com/
Finding character sheets for video game characters is a bit harder, only because the pipeline for video games vs films is very different. You still design characters but the sheer volume of characters needing to be designed for a game vs for a film changes up a lot of things, including the search terms you should use to find them. For video games characters, looking up the specific game or game studio + "character turnaround" will give you the best results! ArtStation is a great resource for these. If you want to simply google it, add "-ai -aiart -aigeneratedart" to your search term and that will filter out any AI slop :)
Depending on what industry you're leaning more towards, there are plenty of sites to look at for specifically character sheets. I lean more toward film myself, so I've compiled some of my favorite archive sites for you to find some very useful professional character sheets!
These archive sites are full of Disney character sheets through the years, including 2D and 3D films:
https://www.traditionalanimation.com/disney-model-sheets-a-z/
https://animationresources.org/media-more-disney-model-sheets/
This one in particular is mainly Studio Ghibli and other non-Disney 2D animated films:
https://characterdesignreferences.com/
Finding character sheets for video game characters is a bit harder, only because the pipeline for video games vs films is very different. You still design characters but the sheer volume of characters needing to be designed for a game vs for a film changes up a lot of things, including the search terms you should use to find them. For video games characters, looking up the specific game or game studio + "character turnaround" will give you the best results! ArtStation is a great resource for these. If you want to simply google it, add "-ai -aiart -aigeneratedart" to your search term and that will filter out any AI slop :)
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Dj Bi na’s Answer
Artstation: A popular platform for professional artists, Artstation has a wide variety of character design portfolios. Many artists upload detailed character sheets showing turnarounds, expressions, and accessories. Search for "character design" or "character sheets" to find great examples.
2. DeviantArt: Another excellent platform where artists share their work. You can find character sheets by searching for specific keywords like “character turnaround” or “character design sheet.”
2. DeviantArt: Another excellent platform where artists share their work. You can find character sheets by searching for specific keywords like “character turnaround” or “character design sheet.”
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June’s Answer
As Michelle showed above, quite brilliantly I may add, there are character reference sheets everywhere these days.
Personally, I use Pinterest, but since it’s recent surge in AI art posts, you may want to simply look around by searching keywords on Google or another search engine. Social media as well, many artists have uploaded reference sheets for their characters and if you’re just practicing then you are more than welcome to use their characters as inspiration. Please remember to credit the character’s original artist if you post the work you do though!!
Personally, I use Pinterest, but since it’s recent surge in AI art posts, you may want to simply look around by searching keywords on Google or another search engine. Social media as well, many artists have uploaded reference sheets for their characters and if you’re just practicing then you are more than welcome to use their characters as inspiration. Please remember to credit the character’s original artist if you post the work you do though!!
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Michelle’s Answer
Hello, Nghi !
You will be happy to know that there are some online character sheets that you can use to start your analysis.
To begin with, you can do a search on Pinterest and look at the Pin Boards of Jesse J. Jones and Sean David. There is also a useful resource on Reddit, too. I left links to these below. I also left a link to a list of analysis questions to help you evaluate. I also found some vintage character sheets in case you're interested (link is below).
You can also visit the Cartoon Art Museum on Beach Street with your camera and take some photos if there are any character sheets displayed. The website Art Rocket has a useful instruction for character art that you may find useful. I left that link for you below.
I do hope that you find these useful as a guide and I wish you well in all you do !
CHECKLIST FOR ANALYSIS http://academics.wellesley.edu/MAS/313/sp2022/help/animationanalysis.html
CONCEPT ART EMPIRE https://conceptartempire.com/
CHARACTER MODEL SHEETS RESOURCE ON REDDIT https://www.reddit.com/r/Animators/comments/11h3qfr/resource_for_character_model_sheets_at/?rdt=52436
VINTAGE CHARACTER SHEETS ON PINTEREST https://www.pinterest.com/pin/50735933281964633/
ROCKET ART INSTRUCTION FOR CHARACTER ART https://www.clipstudio.net/how-to-draw/archives/164740
You will be happy to know that there are some online character sheets that you can use to start your analysis.
To begin with, you can do a search on Pinterest and look at the Pin Boards of Jesse J. Jones and Sean David. There is also a useful resource on Reddit, too. I left links to these below. I also left a link to a list of analysis questions to help you evaluate. I also found some vintage character sheets in case you're interested (link is below).
You can also visit the Cartoon Art Museum on Beach Street with your camera and take some photos if there are any character sheets displayed. The website Art Rocket has a useful instruction for character art that you may find useful. I left that link for you below.
I do hope that you find these useful as a guide and I wish you well in all you do !
Michelle recommends the following next steps:
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Jaime’s Answer
Hello Nghi,
Ultimately depends on the sort of style of animation or design you're inclining towards in your career, but it's always great to open yourself up to all and any character design to hone your own. Picking apart what is done correctly by people in the same fields as us, especially in the animation and illustration sphere is integral, so I suggest places such as "Character Design References" (characterdesignreferences.com), which have an infinite catalog of character reference sheets, conceptual art, sketches, and character design boards which host visuals to stimulate your character creation process. In the same tune, Pinterest does this by allowing users to pin and compile posts from anywhere and everywhere, known to lesser known artists, and grant up and coming artists to sift through reference sheets, illustrative works, and design boards as I mentioned. Artstation holds this same use, and is also more geared for artists to create portfolios that others can view themselves. Everything is tagged too, to make it easier to isolate just the character design, or character design specific works (i.e: tutorials, style studies).
Ultimately depends on the sort of style of animation or design you're inclining towards in your career, but it's always great to open yourself up to all and any character design to hone your own. Picking apart what is done correctly by people in the same fields as us, especially in the animation and illustration sphere is integral, so I suggest places such as "Character Design References" (characterdesignreferences.com), which have an infinite catalog of character reference sheets, conceptual art, sketches, and character design boards which host visuals to stimulate your character creation process. In the same tune, Pinterest does this by allowing users to pin and compile posts from anywhere and everywhere, known to lesser known artists, and grant up and coming artists to sift through reference sheets, illustrative works, and design boards as I mentioned. Artstation holds this same use, and is also more geared for artists to create portfolios that others can view themselves. Everything is tagged too, to make it easier to isolate just the character design, or character design specific works (i.e: tutorials, style studies).
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