This was one of the first character bibles I designed and created, this was for the character animation that I had to do for, my assignment.

1. Character Bible
2111GFS Animating: Acting and
Performance
By Marco Galdamez

2. Character Bible
Age: 37
• Gender, Height, Weight: Male, 6 ft, 200kgs
• Ethnicity: white redneck male
• Interests: Driving race cars
• Hobbies: driving race cars
• Idiosyncrasies: redneck, racist, rude
• Dreams/Goals/Ambition: to drive race cars
professionally
• Fears: Catching on fire
• Health: overweight
• Diet: eats a lot of junk food
• Intelligence: not to bright
• Education: dropped out of high school
• Secrets: that he is an alcoholic
• Flaws: strong body odder, arrogant, very loud and a
• Habits, addictions: alcoholic
• Sense of humour: tells a lot of jokes sometimes
inappropriate ones
• Habits/Specific Characteristics and mannerisms:
• Tough manner, strokes his beard wisely
• Self Confidence: very self-confident
• Musical taste: pub rock
• Occupation/Profession: bartender
• Social Status: popular
• Source of Income: wages from being a bartender
• Talents: can drive fast
• Beliefs/ Religion/ Philosophy: Atheist
• Speech patterns: has a rich country accent
• Adrenaline Moments and Past experiences:
• has meet Pub rock Celebrities and molded his look
from them

3. Who is the character?• First Impression:
• Can be overwhelming , rude and loud
• Assumptions you make about the character:
• Seems carless, serious and mean
• How do the characters actions define them?
• He wants attention so he's loud , and makes a lot of jokes. Arrogant because he thinks his wise and knows more then anyone else.
• What does the character want in the scene?
• He wants to tell someone about the exciting news he was given
• What role does the character play?
• An excited man celebrating and telling everyone a great achievement
• What is the characters personal objective?
• His objective is to control his happiness so he can tell his friend without losing it
• What are the obstacles?
• His happiness might stop him telling his friend
• Internal/external conflicts:
• Because he is so excited he needs to control it so he can tell his news to his friend
• Inner monologues:
• Keep calm, keep calm
• Defeated Expectations:
• Has none

4. Phrasing
• "Hey, Lucius, just wanted to share a little piece of personal
information with you|. I got a chubby right now| because this is one
of the most awesome experiences| of my life…
• Phr1- Man dialling number
• Phr2- Wait friend to answer
• Phr3- Starts telling news in a calm way
• Phr4- loses control a little
• Phr5- yells his news at phone
• Phr6- completely loses his control and jumps up from happiness

5. Phrasing
• ”Heey, Looshes, juchest wanted to sshare ar little peace of personal
information with u. I got a cchubby rye now cus THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST AWESOME EXPIRENECS of m lifffe”

6. Character
Expression
sheet:

7. Character Turn
around Sheet:
Front view

8. Back view

9. Actions poses

10. Story board
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