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Another tip for designing characters from Aaron Sims:
"I quickly discovered that Photoshop is a fast way of creating design options. I could sculpt a Marquette in clay, photograph it, and then come up with a number of different paint schemes for the director to look at."
He also recommends software called ZBrush:
"I'm used to complex modeling techniques that produce 3D meshes, but ZBrush is almost like taking a step backwards because it's so "untechnical". Anyone coming from the traditional sculpting world will find this software really easy to learn."