Character Design Lab
Develop the design of characters within the context of a story
Develop the design of characters within the context of a story
per artist
per project
The lab is focused on mastering the creative digital process of the development of the design of characters within the context of a story for digital film production.
You are a unique individual. You see things in a way different than anyone else. As an artist and designer, you are responsible for documenting your experience in the world and finding the best way to communicate why you find certain things interesting and appealing.
All that has been done traditionally can be done with digital tools. Future use of AI will change the game. Being able to communicate ideas quickly and efficiently is the key to competitiveness.
In this residential lab, you will start with characters based on your own project, and explore and develop their personalities, refining how they look individually and as an ensemble. The entire process will be demonstrated digitally.
You will help you explore, refine and ultimately enhance the unique flavors of your characters and how they will best support and reinforce the stories they are telling. You will be exposed to live demos of drawing digitally.
We invite both individual artists as well as producers with a project to the lab. Choose your role:
Artists
Ideal for aspiring visual artists – illustrators and designers to fine tune their skills and portfolio, experience focused project base team work. Whether you’re a beginner or seeking to enhance your skills, this lab offers valuable insights into the art and craft of designing characters. You will be part a team of artists, led by the mentor, working on a project.
Producer with a Project
Bring your creative vision to life during the lab! The aim of the lab is to flesh out first ideas on characters, or help to fine tune existing designs and art direction.
Producers with a project can participate, bringing either their own creative team or we help to form a team from participating artists. The capacity is up to 5 projects.
Producer has a art-director to actively take part in the lab and lead team of artists. Art-directors can represent the producer during the lab, ensuring focused and productive collaboration. Ideally, he is present on-site, nevertheless it can take form of on/line as well.
Priority for participation will be given to projects that actively engage in other labs, particularly the Character Design and World-building Art Lab. This exclusive opportunity allows participants to integrate their storyboarding endeavours with comprehensive character development and world-building experiences, fostering a cohesive and enriched creative process.
In order to be eligible for the lab, along with your registration you need to submit:
Artists
Producers with projects
Fee
Artist
800 EUR per artist
Price includes: training fee
Producers
3 300 EUR per project
Price includes training fee for max 2 artists in the team (your own, or we help to form a team from individual participating artists), mentor fee overseeing development on your project, and participation of (art)-director and producer for free.
Czech Labour Office (Úřad práce) offers to cover up to 85% of the course fee within the so-called POVEZ II project (Support of Vocational Training for Employees II). See the details and conditions here.
The fee of 30% off the course price applies when canceling 45 days before the start of the course into which one gets accepted.
Location & facilities
The courses and labs are held in the facility of Český Krumlov Study center
in a beatiful town Český Krumlov in the southern part of the Czech Republic
(about 170 km from Prague).
per artist
per project
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