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Great Character Designs | Tips on Creating, Monetizing and Popularizing Digital Characters

It has been a few months since I published a lens on the topic of ‘character designing’ on Squidoo. The subject matter is obviously popular as it made it to the top of Squidoo in the top 50 overall positions in its first 2 weeks and remains today in the top 10 of its category. I made [...]

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New Blog Design for Mediafreaks

A big thank you to our regular visitors for all your support and presence! We have finally got around to re-furbishing our blog interface amidst much feedback that the previous design was confusing due to the fact that we displayed all our post in the sidebars. We have decided to take that away and leave just the [...]

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New Poser Pro Targeted at 3D Professionals Released

Poser has come a long long way. I remember using it for architectural visualization projects and storyboards for their quick-to-generate and easy-to-customize humans. That was Poser when it was in versions 3 and 4. Even at the time there was a group of Poser enthusiasts who used Poser to create interesting characters and projects. I remember [...]

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The Importance of Great Character Designs in Comics, Games and Animation

Computer graphics has seen remarkable advancement in the past two decades. But even in the 2D pixel art days, people have always been attracted to games revolving around charismatic characters. Today, with computer graphics being deployable across many platforms with a wide spectrum of possibilities with less technical inhibitions, many of these characters have been immortalized [...]

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Character Bibles - What Goes Into It

A character bible is the heart and soul of a cartoon series. Without a proper character bible you cannot even get started on talking to anyone about your concept. I have seen many character bibles from producers around the world in the past few years asking for co-production collaborations. I’ve seen really good ones and [...]

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Resources for Licensing and Merchandising

I have received many questions regarding how licensing works, where to get started and where to look for licensees who would license your artwork. I have compiled a list of great industry resources you should check out if you are interested in this are. The Licensing Business Handbook - The Licensing Business Handbook is a comprehensive [...]

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Great Character Designs - Tips on Creating, Monetizing and Popularizing Digital Characters

Computer graphics has seen remarkable advancement in the past two decades. But even in the 2D days, game players and cartoon viewers alike have always been attracted to games or cartoons revolving around charismatic characters. Today, with computer graphics being deployable across many platforms with a wide spectrum of possibilities with less technical inhibitions, many of these [...]

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