Learner Reviews & Feedback for Character Design for Video Games by California Institute of the Arts

Interesting course overall ! Suitable for beginners.

lectures are knowledgable, homework are interesting

best for the beginners in character design

This course is quite enjoyable and useful.

There's effort placed in this course.

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Absolutely help me!

The interviews were great, and useful to see a real experienced designer, however the contents in the course were almost nonexistent. The homework was well planed but it depends much more in the student to learn something that the contents exposed in the videos. Tips aren't the same as methodologies and content in character design.

I liked the assignments and the creative ideas discussed in the class. However, I wish there had been more practical, step-by-step instruction in approaching design work; game artists of more diverse styles; and some discussion of game character design as a career.

I would like a different approach on the way this course is given to the student. The first couple of classes were really cool and inspiring, but the later two became more of the same and kinda took my inspiration and motivation down to finish the course.

The ideas in this course were very interesting and I really enjoyed what the different guest artists had to say, however, it would be nice if the assignments were not only peer reviewed.

First week and last week were pretty useful with some good tips from the videos... the other weeks not so much.

I believe that exaggerated the amount of minutes per video and lack of theory, but it was still a good course.

While the information given by Fran was useful, the part where other artists talk is not presented well.

it was cool learned a few new things from the teachings however the critique system is kinda lacking

It is cool. but it does not give any certificate of completion at the end as other courses do.

It was really fun and beneficial, hoped the method of grading was a bit different though.

Instruction was through watching other characters designers talk about their process.

It was a fun course, not sure about the educational content, but it was fun.

Good course, fun to do, but the video quality is terrible.

there was 1 concept taught in the first lesson that of density. then it was loads of videos of other people drawing characters, not actually going through a design process. and then a few assignments designing a few characters . I was hoping to learn more about some of the principles of character design- wasnt blown away by this course wont be taking any more of these

great first week, I like Fran's First week video, with the puppets and very engaging interaction,

the next following 3 weeks are total bummer, It does give some tips for character design (such as what is tangent, or some other design tips), but it feels like a bloated interview and not a class-like experience. Great first week, terrible following week

the interviews with illustrators were interesting but I lacked initial training, the tasks were often disconnected from the contents of the module and I found less cohesion between lessons and practical exercises

I thought these class could have been elevated with the professor actually teaching. I enjoyed the the animators thought process walk-through, but I didn't think that was sufficient as an actual course.

Incredibly rudimentary