Design in Animation

Here are the 20 tips for the design of character for an animation:

• Research & evaluate
• Design & plan
• Target the audience (who is it aimed at?)
• Visual impact (what gets people's attention?)
• Line qualities & styles
• Exaggerated characteristics
• Colour to communicate character's personality
• Adding accessories
• Thinking in three dimensions (all angles) 
• Conveying personality
• Expressions (character's range of emotions
• Reasons (goals & dreams to achieve)
• Building back stories
• Quick on the draw
• Hone, plan & polish
• A character that works on any media or material
• Real world drawing (drawing outside computers) 
• Release the beast (show and ask for feedback)
• Beyond the character (environment) 
• Tuning the figure (question each element)