Character Design and Drawing For Complete Beginners

Character Design and Drawing For Complete Beginners, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.25, with 57 lectures, based on 26 reviews, and has 2584 subscribers.

You will learn about Plan and develop interesting characters. Design and draw realistic and appealing human characters with believable anatomy. Produce modeling sheets which will be useful to a 3D modeler. This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginners interested in learning to draw characters. or Anyone who wants to learn the bare basics of human anatomy as needed for an artist. It is particularly useful for Beginners interested in learning to draw characters. or Anyone who wants to learn the bare basics of human anatomy as needed for an artist.

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Summary

Title: Character Design and Drawing For Complete Beginners

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.25

Number of Lectures: 57

Number of Published Lectures: 57

Number of Curriculum Items: 57

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 57

Original Price: $24.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Plan and develop interesting characters.
Design and draw realistic and appealing human characters with believable anatomy.
Produce modeling sheets which will be useful to a 3D modeler.

Who Should Attend

Beginners interested in learning to draw characters.
Anyone who wants to learn the bare basics of human anatomy as needed for an artist.

Target Audiences

Beginners interested in learning to draw characters.
Anyone who wants to learn the bare basics of human anatomy as needed for an artist.

Have you ever wanted to draw awesome looking characters? But have no idea where to even start?�

This course will help you develop skill and techniques needed to design and draw interesting and appealing looking characters, similar to the way it is done for comics, games and animation films. The course is loaded with tips and tricks which I’ve personally discovered in my own journey and of which you would rarely find in other courses and books.

What’s in this course?

You will start off by learning the basics of human anatomy and realistic human proportions. You will then learn how to convert that boring realistic human into something more interesting and appealing that could be used in a film production pipeline.

Specifically, this book will cover:

Realistic human anatomy and proportions.
Designing different character styles.
The steps to designing realistic and appealing looking characters.
A number of exercises to help you gradually create your own unique character designs.
3 follow-along projects where you will see the creation of characters in real-time.

With over 50+ lectures, there’s plenty of useful tips and tricks designed to help bring out that inner artist within you.

Who is the course for?

The course is perfect for any beginner interested in designing and drawing characters. Everything will be explained in a simple to understand manner. You don’t need to have any formal background in the arts or even medicine.�

You could be a 3D modeler wanting to get into character development. You could be a story writer wanting to get into creating comics. You could be a game developer wanting to concept out characters for games. Whatever it is, this course can be that first step to helping you reach your goals in a short amount of time.

We will be using the free drawing software Krita in this course, but it is not essential for you to use the same as well. You can use a pen and paper if you wish.

What is the expected outcome of the course?

By the end of this course, you will have gained skills and techniques needed to draw awesome looking eye-catching characters. These skills will be useful and can help provide a headstart if you plan to become a character designer one day.

You will be able to brainstorm and plan out a character design. You will also be able to realistic characters with believable anatomy.�

You will also be able to develop character modeling sheets if you are a 3D modeler.

This course will continue to expand in future.�

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: The Importance of Anatomy

Lecture 3: Creating Appealing Characters

Lecture 4: Set Yourself Free

Lecture 5: Exercise: Draw What You See

Chapter 2: Setting Up

Lecture 1: Setting Up Your Drawing Environment

Lecture 2: Drawing Software

Lecture 3: Downloading and Installing Krita

Lecture 4: New Canvas In Krita

Lecture 5: Shortcut Keys In Krita

Lecture 6: Using A Tablet In Krita

Lecture 7: Exercise: Setup your Drawing Environment

Chapter 3: Realistic Human Proportions

Lecture 1: The Importance of Construction Lines

Lecture 2: Realistic Human Proportions (Part 1)

Lecture 3: Realistic Human Proportions (Part 2)

Lecture 4: Character Variations – Men and Women (Part 1)

Lecture 5: Character Variations – Men and Women (Part 2)

Lecture 6: Character Variations – Children

Lecture 7: Character Variations – Elderly

Lecture 8: Character Variations – Skinny and Fat

Lecture 9: Exercise: Character Variations

Chapter 4: Understanding Human Anatomy

Lecture 1: Understanding Human Anatomy

Lecture 2: Realistic Eyes

Lecture 3: Realistic Nose

Lecture 4: Realistic Mouth

Lecture 5: Realistic Ears

Lecture 6: The Head – Eyes

Lecture 7: The Head – Nose

Lecture 8: The Head – Mouth

Lecture 9: The Head – The Full Face

Lecture 10: The Torso

Lecture 11: The Torso – Chest

Lecture 12: The Torso – Neck

Lecture 13: The Torso – Abdominals

Lecture 14: The Torso – Back

Lecture 15: The Arms

Lecture 16: The Arms – Upper Arms

Lecture 17: The Arms – Lower Arms

Lecture 18: The Arms – Hands

Lecture 19: Exercise: The Full Arm

Lecture 20: The Legs – Upper Leg

Lecture 21: The Legs – Lower Leg

Lecture 22: The Legs – Foot

Lecture 23: Exercise: The Full Leg

Chapter 5: Designing Interesting Characters

Lecture 1: Designing Interesting Characters

Lecture 2: What Is Your Style?

Lecture 3: Character Attributes

Lecture 4: The Brainstorming Tree

Lecture 5: Using References

Lecture 6: Color

Lecture 7: Exercise: Brainstorm Your Own Character

Chapter 6: Character Design Projects

Lecture 1: The Genius Professor – Part 1

Lecture 2: The Genius Professor – Part 2

Lecture 3: The Cute Baby

Lecture 4: The Menacing Villain – Part 1

Lecture 5: The Menacing Villain – Part 2

Chapter 7: Summary

Lecture 1: Summary

Instructors

Danan Thilakanathan
Self-taught Filmmaker, 3D Animator and Educator

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2 stars: 3 votes
3 stars: 1 votes
4 stars: 8 votes
5 stars: 12 votes

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