Design your own unique characters and bring your work and personal projects to life! Draw characters you're proud of.

What you'll learn

Create characters you're proud of

Start a new project with your character design skills

Stand out with your characters in a crowded industry

Create characters for Animation, Personal Branding, Videogames, Illustration, Webcomics, and more

Requirements

Paper and Pencil or Digital Tools (preferred)

Willingness to learn!

Description

Hi Artist,Are you looking to create a new character for your personal (or work-related) projects but not sure where to start?That's where my course Character Quest comes in!Use this repeatable, easy-to-follow blueprint to create all the characters you want.We'll go through:Brainstorming your new characterDoodling it to lifeDeciding and Tweaking a final designColoring the entire characterCreating a useful Character Sheet for your new characterAnd more!All this in short, to-the-point videos that you can follow on your own time.I'll also include my own process of creating a new character through the class, with longer videos.Giving you a first-person point of view of the ENTIRE character process!It's time to create a new Character for your projects!It can be for IllustrationsGames Webcomicsor anything elseYou just need to start.And to help you, I also include helpful downloadable templates that you can print or use digitally.You can take this course traditionally or digitally, totally up to you.And finally: You'll get feedback from me, a professional artist and teacher.Just send me your projects and I'll get back to you with feedback as soon as possible.So are you ready to get started?I'll see you on the Course!- Patricia

Overview

Section 1: Introduction & Inspiration

Lecture 1 Intro

Lecture 2 Inspiration Overload And Assignment!

Section 2: Brainstorming & Doodling Our Character

Lecture 3 THE Reason To Create A New Character

Lecture 4 Let's Brainstorm Your New Character!

Lecture 5 DEMO: Brainstorming A New Character

Lecture 6 Doodling A Character To Life

Lecture 7 DEMO: Doodling Our New Character!

Section 3: Cleaning Up And Coloring Our Character

Lecture 8 Deciding On A Design

Lecture 9 DEMO: Choosing And Drawing The Final Character Design

Lecture 10 A Splash Of Color For Your Character

Lecture 11 DEMO: Coloring Your Character

Section 4: Character Sheet, Turnaround, Expressions!

Lecture 12 Creating A Character Sheet

Lecture 13 DEMO: Filling In Our Character Sheet Basics

Lecture 14 DEMO: Creating Our Character Turnaround - 3/4 View

Lecture 15 DEMO: Drawing The Side & Back View Of Our Character

Lecture 16 DEMO: Adding Expressions To Our Character

Section 5: Tips & Info Before You Go!

Lecture 17 Your Character Will Change!

Lecture 18 Conclusion: Before You Go!

Anyone who wants to draw characters for their projects,Artists looking for a step-by-step approach to character design and character creation,Anyone feeling stuck trying to take their ideas to paper or digital canvas.