About Character Design

I thought about the physical aspect of character design. Of course there is also a nonvisible side that covers why a character acts like it does, who inspired and influenced him and a lot more...
Maybe I will think about it an other time.

01: General

• We define peoples personalities from the visual clues they give us -> attach attributes to person's character
• Express the personality of a character through the design

02: the name

• Triggers always connotation, but very different in each culture and for each person
• gives hints for gender, ethic, social status

03: the hair

• the character himself has a choice how to wear his hair
• how does he see himself, projection of wannabes

04: the skin

• Not so easy to influence by the character
• depends on the circumstances he lives in
• ethical
• scares, freckles, tatoos & wounds -> hint a background story

05: the fashion

• chosen by the character himself
• clothing is very essential to Character Design, because it covers big areas of the body
• indicates culture, time period, gender, age, occupation, income, social standing
• in harmony with its place in the society (words from above) or rebelling against it by dressing unusual
• uniforms -> characters are forced to wear them
• ad details to make cloth look convincing -> researches!

06: the accessories

• little details that give the character deepness
• can set one character apart from a similar looking

07: the body language

• persons body language is dictated by how comfortable they are with both themselves and the world around them
• extrovert have open body position, relaxed arms, open legs, eyes ready to make contact
• introverts have closed body positions, crossed armes, closed legs, eyes down