Character design is where the fun is. A strong character is not only engaging, but needs to be set up for use in any scene, from most angles and technically clean enough for others to replicate.

Following a set canon of shape, proportion, color and often times a unique feature for that figure, characters can be simple, or very complex. They can be funny, serious, ominous, goofy, sad, happy, innocent and weary. But in the end, a good, strong animation character has to be believable.

Chuck Jones conceptualized character development in the book Chuck Amuck in a way that captures the true essence of why so many of his characters became iconic. It wasn’t that Daffy Duck perfectly represented a real duck. It was that his character was defined by real emotions, idiosyncrasies and personality traits as those of human counterparts. In other words, Daffy is not so much believable as a real duck. But as a real character.