Which is the first step in visual character development?

animating the character

creating skin and costume textures

developing concept art for the character

creating a 3-D model of the character

developing concept art of the character

Explanation:

Development of concept art is the first step in creating a visual character and this is the step where lots of planning jobs are required. In this step, a character designer need to come up with a visual idea of a target character's physical feature. The physical feature of the target character is also dependent on the character's personality and the traits envisaged by the designer. The entire process of character design can be very complex and it can goes through rounds of filtering and selection before a finalized design is adopted.

Developing concept art so you know what the character basically looks like