{"id":2181,"date":"2025-02-11T22:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T22:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:33:08","slug":"the-role-of-character-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/2025\/02\/11\/the-role-of-character-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of A Character Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the name implies, the character artist is primarily in charge of creating and drawing characters for the game. This role&#8217;s tasks range from concept sketches to the finalised character which will be shown in the game. It&#8217;s important that they pay attention to anatomy, costuming, physical traits, as well as the character&#8217;s personality so that when they actualize the character, the interpretation will be accurate to the designer&#8217;s vision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the context of Franek&#8217;s game <em>Those Left Behind<\/em> (which was my first choice!), I knew I wanted to have the role of a 2D artist as I believe this is one of my strengths. <em>Those Left Behind <\/em>is a managerial game (without the stress of number crunching) which focuses on &#8216;creating a story with meaningful choices&#8217;. I was drawn to the game by the compelling presentation during the first semester when we were pitching our ideas. <em>Those Left Behind<\/em> emphasises the importance of your relationships with each family member and how this affects the narrative and whether you will escape, adapt or purge what is left of the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responsibilites as the character designer: (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgspectrum.com\/career-pathways\/character-designer#:~:text=A%20character%20designer%20(or%20character,that%20define%20and%20actualize%20them.\">&#8220;<em>Character Designer Job Description<\/em>&#8221; www.cgspectrum.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Discussing with other members of the team on the look\/style of the character<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Researching the look, style, and genre conventions of the game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing various versions of the character looks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Making the character&#8217;s look match the personality using unique expressions and distinctive body language<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create characters that possess human traits and that will engage an audience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create characters that belong in the game world through visual storytelling and visual language<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaborate with other team members to have consistency with the overall style <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Revise artwork according to feedback and teamwork<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the name implies, the character artist is primarily in charge of creating and drawing characters for the game. This role&#8217;s tasks range from concept sketches to the finalised character which will be shown in the game. It&#8217;s important that they pay attention to anatomy, costuming, physical traits, as well as the character&#8217;s personality so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-2","category-year-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2268,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions\/2268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rp11g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}