Natalya Ropotova Clean-Up Animator at Seed

Natalya Ropotova

Congratulations to Escapee Natalya Ropotova who is working as a clean-up animator at Seed Animation.

Seed Animation is a London animation studio based in Soho, specialising in a wide variety of animation techniques.  Seed's clients include Virgin, Sky, The BBC and Universal Pictures. 

Natalya Ropotova took our evening class in character design at Escape Studios. You can see some of Natalya's work here. 

The Art of "Considered Character Design"

"Coffee Guy" by Escapee Natalya Ropotova

Steve Sole, character designer from Tiger Aspect Productions, “Mr Bean”, and one of the main character design tutors at Escape Studios, offers his thoughts on the importance of making a considered approach to the art of character design.

Character design isn't just about creating cool characters. It is very much a client-facing process in which designers work together with art directors and directors to create characters that work in the overall content of a production.

The key to success, Steve argues, is to take the time to consider the process carefully.  In this guest post, Steve explains the principles behind "Considered Character Design".