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	Charlie Thorson: Character Design In Classic Animation
		Charlie Thorson was a character designer or, as Schlesinger termed it, a character model man. In the assembly-line method of cartoon production refined by Disney Studios in the early 1930s, and later copied by all its competitors, the position of character designer was of utmost importance.
		Sometimes the design of the characters was determined by studio competitions; several employees would submit drafts of the proposed characters for a story, and the final design would be chosen by formal or informal voting.
		Character designers are certainly not as crucial to the art of animation as animation directors and studio heads, but until their roles in the creation of our animation classics are recognized, our understanding of the craft and the process will be incomplete.
	www.awn.com /mag/issue2.6/2.6pages/2.6walzthorson.html (1835 words)

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		Design Goals and Principles The fundamental design goal of Unicode is to create a unique encoding for the characters of all scripts used by living languages.
		When designing a universal character code, the Unicode designers acknowledged the issue and analyzed which character elements have to be encoded as code elements to represent the scripts of Unicode across multiple languages.
		Unicode characters are 16-bit entities; the standard does not make any explicit statement about the order in which the two bytes of the 16-bit characters are transmitted when the data is serialized as a stream of bytes.
	research.compaq.com /wrl/DECarchives/DTJ/DTJB02/DTJB02SC.TXT (6408 words)

	CRM - Digital Character Design and Painting
		Digital Character Design and Painting is really two books in one: it teaches the fundamentals of character design, and the skills, tools, and techniques needed to master digital painting.
		Character design is all about ideas and how to put those ideas together to create a look and feel for a character.
		All of the fundamentals of character design, from artistic design issues and character development to physical details of the character are explored.
	www.charlesriver.com /titles/chardesign.html (732 words)

	Character design standards - Monetary
		Design : This character's design is commonly based on the italic lowercase f design of the typeface.
		Alignment : Aligns with the lowercase ascender height and lowercase descender and it is dependent on the design of the typeface.
		And for it to be included in their font, its design should be consistent with the typeface and have the same requirements as other monetary symbols.
	www.microsoft.com /typography/developers/fdsspec/monetary.htm (885 words)

	Game Studies - Game Noir - A Conversation with Tim Schafer
		She is the designer of the award-winning virtual reality attraction Virtual Adventures: The Loch Ness Expedition, and the author of The Interactive Book: A Guide to the Interactive Revolution (Macmillan, 1997) as well as numerous essays on game design and interactivity.
		He's based on an actual interesting character we have in the alley near where we work, who is always stopping and telling us about the radio transmissions beaming into his head, and how the government is looking at him through the broken glass on the street.
		The character is a fully-formed person, but they're hearing this voice in their head that's saying "walk to the right." And they're like, "okay, I think I want to walk to the right." And the character always exhibits this cognitive dissonance.
	www.gamestudies.org /0301/pearce (5717 words)

	Body Art Designs
		The creation of the design should be a collaboration between you and the calligrapher, an interactive and iterative process, resulting in a unique work of individual expression.
		The central character in light gray is a design of the character for Soul Mates.
		This design is the character for Life with the loved one's name written to the lower left.
	www.takase.com /TattooDesign/TattooDesign.htm (859 words)

	Simian Design: Blog Fu: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A character entity reference is an SGML construct that references a character of the document character set.
		The character entity references in this section are for escaping markup-significant characters (these are the same as those in HTML 2.0 and 3.2), for denoting spaces and dashes.
		Display of glyphs for these characters may be obtained by being able to display the relevant [ISO10646] characters or by other means, such as internally mapping the listed entities, numeric character references, and characters to the appropriate position in some font that contains the requisite glyphs.
	www.simiandesign.com /blog-fu/2003/01/simple_characte.php (1097 words)

	Gamasutra - Features - "Building Character" [07.20.00]
		This difference utterly splits character design into two entities that I will refer to as the "Avatar" and the "Actor." The Avatar is simply a visual representation of the player's presence within the game world.
		From a design point of view, the Avatar is a cipher, an empty vessel waiting to be filled and given purpose by the player.
		Because the character (the Actor) on the screen is a separate entity and dissociated from the player, it's not too disturbing when the Actor acts of its own accord in certain situations.
	www.gamasutra.com /features/20000720/gard_01.htm (1309 words)

	Character Design and Logo Creation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In any visual media, the way in which a character is presented is nearly as important as the actions the character takes.
		Our artists understand the principles of character design and have applied that knowledge to many different projects, and many different types of characters.
		We strive to design characters that speak to an audience, which can then be ported over to any medium.
	www.2d-characters.com (542 words)

	HesterStudios, Inc. Character Design for Film and Animation. Sculpture, Maquettes, Clay, Rapid Prototype
		Most characters begin as scripted ideas that are then sketched into visual concepts for development and approvals.
		It is difficult to be certain from a series of drawings that all angles of the design have been properly reconciled and reviewing a model on a computer screen can be deceiving because of built-in lens effects.
		Tom Hester has designed and sculpted for Hollywood for over 20 years and is a specialist in the preparation of characters for film and TV.
	www.hesterstudios.com /home.htm (324 words)

	Pixelbox: Character Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Lara Croft is possibly the worst example of character design in video games - sure, the original game was astonishing on its release, but it was the designers' cynical exploitation of the average video gaming demographic of the time (young males) that led to Lara's inclusion in the game.
		The only characters I've noticed in recent years with any potential for being memorable (if not truly iconic) are the monkeys from Sony's Ape Escape, and also the monkeys from Sega's Super Monkey Ball – the former because of their irrepressibly cheeky nature (and penchant for dressing up), the latter for the danish pastry ears.
		I looked her up for her character design and was really interested in the way she has used a very simple set of characteristics to create an extended range of lovable creatures.
	wanadoo.typepad.com /pixelbox/character_design (1475 words)

	LARRY'S TOON INSTITUTE -- Character Model Sheets
		Character Model Sheets are the templates of the characters used by the animation staff.
		The ability to turn a character is an element of animation which increases the character's believability.
		ALSO, really THINK about WHO your character is. The character is always defined by his or her or its NEEDS...and those needs are reflected in his or her or its ACTIONS.
	www.awn.com /tooninstitute/lessonplan/model.htm (824 words)

	Anime News Network - Review
		Though the stories and characters change from episode to episode, artistic merits and designs remain consistent.
		The wizened little old lady in episode 7 also could have stepped out of some of Takahashi’s other works, but the beaklike mouth isn’t ordinary-looking and the “little” part is taken to extreme overkill, given that she is depicted as being a normal-sized woman in flashbacks.
		Though a fairly bright palette of colors is used for the series, the character designs have a flat, slightly rough look to them.
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /reviews/display.php?id=796 (800 words)

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		This language will be useful both for character generation (procedures for designing characters) and adventure, campaign, setting, and world design, creating the NPC's, creatures, technology, culture, organizations, objects, and special phenomena of the world and setting the characters inhabit.
		For example, say JRR is designing a world, Guy Gax is going to design a campaign for that world, and Ursula Gwen is going to design a character for the campaign.
		However, character design is easier, and the designer does not necessarily need to totally master the rules.
	www-cse.ucsd.edu /users/russell/CRYSTAL/BREW/descr.html (949 words)

	Gamasutra - Resource Guide - Level Design [07.16.01]
		Level Design Resource Guide [07.16.01] Gamasutra kicks off the second in a series of in-depth Resource Guides with an examination of the level design process.
		When we talk about creating a character in a game, we're usually talking about characterization, which is everything observable about a character: what they look like, sound like, how they move, how they dress, intelligence, attitude, career, and so forth.
		Character, on the other hand, refers to what's underneath — the human heart, the essential nature.
	www.gamasutra.com /resource_guide/20011119/index.shtml (517 words)

	Character Design
		While we are working on the sketch and the visual aspects of the character, we are also making decisions on which materials will work best for bringing the sketch to life.
		This proposal consists of the completed character sketch and a written breakdown of the materials and features of each element of the character costume.
		If there are major changes to the design, a new sketch and proposal are worked up and submitted to the client.
	www.schenz.com /fm_chardsgn.html (523 words)

	Character Design
		The main focus of this course is to teach the process of character design in the entertainment field.
		While grasping these fundamentals, students develop confidence and professionalism in their work, enabling them to focus more on the actual design choices in character design.
		Basic tools such as thumbnails, silhouette design, figure invention, props, costumes, character archi-types, markers sketch and digital painting will be covered and demoed in class.
	www.gnomon3d.com /coursesnew/analog_design/chardesign.html (107 words)

	Cartoon Logos - Cartoon Character & Logo Design
		When finished the design is fl and white and as clean as possible.
		The design to the right is a bogus cartoon logo design I created for a t-shirt company.
		The design was not purchased but was later sold to an up and coming search engine website.
	www.ecartoonlogos.com /creating-a-logo.htm (885 words)

	CGTalk - Character Design
		Character design is communication - strong traditional art skills are invaluable.
		Character design is only one element of the story and of the visual world, so your job is to interpret existing desicions as they apply to your figures.
		As with all design positions, you have to be flexible and communicative, as your ideas will influence other people's work and vice versa.
	forums.cgsociety.org /showthread.php?s=&threadid=32107 (705 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Graphic Design: Typography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Character Design Standards - General rules for character shapes in Latin based languages in digital fonts.
		Commonly Confused Characters - Unicode and graphic examples of proper quote, hyphen, and space encoding and typographical mistakes.
		Society of Typographic Aficionados - Rochester, NY based S{o}TA is an International Organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type, its history and development, its use in the world of print and digital imagery, its designers, and its admirers.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Graphic_Design/Typography (921 words)

	TeamGT Studios - Step-by_Step
		Since this isn't strictly a character design, I have the freedom to change the character to fit the image.
		This character would have a lot of problems in a real time game, there is no backstory to speak of to explain the costume design, or why he is part robot, etc. This was more just a quick painting doodle done over a couple of evenings.
		When I work on a character design at work, usually there are several rounds of thumbnails, line drawings and marker sketches before I start painting.
	www.teamgt.com /francis/art/aliensteps/how02.htm (945 words)

	Logo design services directory - LogoTerra.com
		Design from scratch, readymade designs and vector conversion of existing logos to print resolution formats available.
		Our years of experience in marketing and design mean you will get a superior design, one that is unique and that represents your company well.
		Satisfaction guaranteed, logo designing logo designers since 1985.
	www.logoterra.com (982 words)

	GameDev.net -- General Game Design
		Another must-read for every prospective game designer; the author obviously realizes the true significance of game genres and the numerous ways in which they can be applied as design tools.
		One of the classic questions posed by game designers is "can a game make you cry?" Ernest explores games through the ages that have evoked a strong emotional response in him in an attempt to find an answer.
		Provides some design principles to follow based on how current MMP games are encouraging (or not) players to be part of groups within and around the game.
	www.gamedev.net /reference/list.asp?categoryid=23 (3927 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Character Design and Digital Painting with CDROM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Character Design and Digital Painting is a beautifully illustrated, four-color book that teaches conventional artists how to enhance their skills and bridge the gap between traditional and digital art.
		Once the character has been designed and sketched, they’ll learn how to paint it digitally.
		He is responsible for the quality of all the art produced at Saffire and his work has been featured in Spectrum 7, Design Graphics Magazine, and Step-by-Step Electronic Design in addition to The Painter 6 Wow book.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1584502320 (1141 words)

	Mascot Design - Mascots, Character Costumes: International Mascot
		IMC's costume design services give you the opportunity to explore a wider variety of designs so you can select the best overall concept for your costume needs.
		We encourage our clients to participate in the design process and interact directly with our artists with they comments and suggestions for design revisions.
		It is important to note that IMC continues to encourage customer interaction during the manufacturing process and provides clients with digital photo updates of their costume's development if needed.
	www.imcmascots.com /Mascots-Design.asp (376 words)

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	Designing Artist Custom Art Design, Floor Cloths, 3D Models, Character Design, Story Boards, floorcloths, canvasrugs, ...
		Designing Artists is the husband and wife artist team of Brian and Marie Bridgeforth.
		Our studio, based in Virginia Beach, combines over 25 years of fine art experience with 10 years of computer generated graphic design to give our company the creative edge when it comes to designing custom products for our clients.
		We will be happy to assist you in creating a wonderful piece of art that is guaranteed to be one of a kind.
	www.designingartists.com (352 words)

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		We want to be video game designers when we grow up, or do something along the lines of that.
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	Amazon.com: Pictoplasma 2: Contemporary Character Design: Books: Peter Thaler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		More and more often, designers are taking their favourites from the drawing board and computer to the streets as customised objects, urban art and graffiti.
		Chockful of inspiring characters and styles which will be fun to look back at 20 years from now.
		Great character designs, 3-D characters, posters, stickers and street art from some of the greats out there like Kaws, Dalek, Esm-artificial and others.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3899550218?v=glance (810 words)

	Amazon.com: Digital Character Design and Painting (Graphics Series): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It’s about creating a character that elicits a specific emotion from viewers—fear, joy, anger, sadness, etc. Character design does not have a standard creation process, but there are basic principles that can be followed.
		For as long as people have been telling stories (and, eventually, writing books), they have verbally and with the written word created different characters to populate their fictional worlds.
		This book is totally out of this world on the topic of character design.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1584502320?v=glance (1912 words)

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