FATA: Villians (Durocher)

Articles and studies about depicting villains:

• Do I trust you, abstract creature?: a study on personality perception of abstract virtual faces - Creating abstract creatures and conveying personality. This is the survey given out in this study. Here is the full-text article.

• Visual design of video game antagonists.pdf - Study on how game designers can create antagonists

• Visual Design of the Villainous and the Heroic - (in video games) 

• CHARACTERISTICS OF VILLAINS Creating Story and Visual Design of Villains

• Representations of villains – 8 Arts Media - lesson plan, for film studies

• Dermatologic Features of Classic Movie Villains: The Face of Evil - PMC

Videos from an animator, that put some concepts into context (things to think about while designing):

• How to Design Villain Characters: Part One Brookes Eggleston

• How to Design Villain Characters: Part Two - Brookes Eggleston

Explore depictions of various types of villains on Britannica ImageQuest: