Digital Character Design Creations

Duration: 6h 27m | Video: .MP4, 1280x720 30 fps | Audio: AAC, 44.1 kHz, 2ch | Size: 4.41 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English + Subtitles
Digital Character Design

What you'll learn
How to design your own characters
Coming up with ideas for character creations
Quickly create thumbnails
Create character sheets
Create expression sheets
Action sheets
Character illustrations
Silhouette
Reference points
Colour and embellishment
American art style vs anime style
Shapes
Anatomy
Structure
Features
Animals
Lines

Requirements
Some basic drawing skills
Paper and pencils
A drawing tablet
An art software such as photoshop or procreate

Description
Tap into an imaginative new career in character design

We're delighted to be able to offer our most comprehensive character design course. 100% online, our curriculum provides clear and straight - methods for creating your dream characters.

Character design is a fun and flourishing skill and can forge a lifetime career. The ability to create a character and then bring it to life through personality and circumstances is in high demand in an age where strong content is vital for successful advertising and promotion. Aimed at beginners, our unique online course will teach you the principles and technical expertise necessary to tap into this high-income market.

The course
During the three modules of this course, you'll learn to create original and captivating characters through the process of drawing and design in the digital software called Procreate. Although you can easily translate what is taught over to the traditional method or with any other digital creative tool you have.

What you'll learn:
During this first module, you'll learn the basics of character design including:

Module 1 - Drawing
• Lines
• Shapes
• Structure
• Anatomy
• Features
• Animals

Having mastered the basics, this second module will show you how to refine your character using:

Module 2 - Design
• Silhouette
• Reference points
• American style vs Anime style
• Colour
• Embellishment

This module features exercises to help you perfect your design.

Our final module will show you how to make your character leap off the page and will cover:

Module 3 - Portfolio
•Turn arounds
• Expression sheets
• Action sheets
• Character illustrations
• Summaries

Learning outcomes

On completion of our course you will have:
• A clear understanding of the principles of character design
• Acquired the technical skills needed to create captivating characters
• Acquired visual communication skills
• Developed the ability to place your character in different settings and situations

What you'll need:
An up to date web browser
An up to date version of Java
Strong internet connection

Who is this course for?
Anyone who has a keen interest in character design in 2-D. This is aimed at both beginners and intermediates.
Students ready to learn and work hard
Students wanting to add a new skill to their digital art tool belt
Student looking to learn how to design characters

Requirements
Some basic drawing skills
At some point, you will need to have access to some art software.
A drawing tablet is very helpful at some point you need one.
Paper and art pencils

Who this course is for:
People who want to learn how to draw
People who want to learn how to create characters
People who want to learn how to illustrate