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Pixar in a Box: Character Development

Pixar artists explain how they build characters audiences fall in love with, using want, flaw and change as the core toolkit. Useful for writers and designers alike.

Khan Academy Labs · 5 min · Beginner · ANI · Animation · 2017

What you take away

A character's flaw is more important to design around than their strength.

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