Designing characters
20 character design tips offers some very practical advice for getting started in character design.
This drawing tutorial offers ideas for thinking about character body language and stance; and stereotypical use of facial design and expressions.
How to Develop a Character for a Story is a wiki-how with some good suggestions.
Character maker Digital Learning Objects is a sequence of learning activities examining the design of animation characters.
creatingmultimodaltexts
creating multimodal texts 