Character Design 2 With Stephen Silver Lesson 1 Homework
A few weeks ago I started taking an online class, Character Design 2 with Stephen Silver. I took Character Design 1 and got a lot of good information out of it, So here I go with the 2nd class. I’m going to be showing off all the assignments I create as I go through the 9 week course. Once I’m done with the class I will write a post with my thoughts on character design 2.
The first assignment I was given was to create a cowboy character in my personal style. Mr. Silver’s first class was about looking for good control of positive and negative space,avoiding the “latter”, strong shape variation, and he wanted us to add lines showing how I applied the golden mean. He only wanted us to design one character but since I’m taking this class as a self-taught class I decided to design three characters.
Norm
Growing up on the shores of Maui, Hawaii, Norm has always loved drawing. Since leaving the islands’ beautiful beaches and landing in Oregon, he went to college and received a degree in graphic design as well as an additional degree in digital prepress technology. After graduating, he worked for an interactive media firm in Corvallis, Oregon. While there, he was the company’s lead illustrator/designer and was responsible for creating illustrations, animations, and interactive products like video games. Now living in Beaverton, Oregon, Norm worked as an in-house illustrator for 10 years at a large education company in downtown Portland, Oregon. While at this position, he was the creative mind behind nationally marketed campaigns, numerous brand identities, toy and product designs, children’s books, as well as Web and interactive designs for the company’s design team. After leaving this position to raise his son, he now spends countless hours perfecting his craft as a freelance illustrator. He has worked with companies like Highlights Magazine, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Reading A to Z, Kaiser Permanente, KinderCare, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). He has created projects such as marketing illustrations, children’s books, coloring and activity books, video games, and educational products for these companies and others. Norm’s ability to draw has given him the chance to do the thing he truly loves: Create.
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