1. The Super
Awesome
Grade 8 Art
Character
Design
Challenge

2. Task:
You work for the Cartoon Network.
They have asked you to create
a cartoon character for a new
animated series.
You have 20minutes to create your
character.
GO!

3. Gallery Walk:
Take a look at all
the characters
created in class.
Which ones were
done well?

4. Was the task
easy to
understand?
Why or why not?

5. What were
your
expectations
from the
teacher or
for the task?

6. What do you
think were
the teacher,
or employer
expectations?

7. What
could have
improved
the task?

8. Investigation
Designing
Planning
Creating
Evaluating

9. Investigate:
•What kind of character should I create?
•What should my character look like or reflect?
•What is the role of my character?
•Who is the intended audience for my character?
•Will there be any available tools or limitations to
create my character?

10. Design:
•What should my character look like?
•What should my character be made from?
•How do I make the most important aspects of my
character visible?
•How do I arrange these elements to convey
information and look good?
•What further elements do I need to consider
(age, gender, costume, pose etc)?

11. Plan:
•How will I go about fulfilling my design?
•What tools will I use?
•What materials are available to me?
•Who can teach me to use these tools?
•What do I need to do first, second etc?

12. Create:
•How effectively am I able to follow my plan?
•How effectively can I solve the problem?

13. Evaluate:
•Does my character do what it is supposed to do?
•Have I included all the relevant characteristics?
•Is the information clear?
•Is the most important information the most noticeable?
•Does my character draw attention?
•Was my process effective?