Designing Cartoon Characters in Adobe Animate

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: What You Will Learn in this Course

Lecture 2: Prerequisites for this Course

Lecture 3: Explanation of Exercise Files

Lecture 4: Adjusting Your Workspace

Lecture 5: Setting Up Your Document

Lecture 6: Exploring Animate's Draw Tools

Lecture 7: Using Snap to Objects

Chapter 2: Inking the Head and Hair

Lecture 1: Outlining the Head

Lecture 2: Drawing the Hair

Lecture 3: Drawing Hair Strands

Lecture 4: Drawing Ponytail

Chapter 3: Inking Torso and Limbs

Lecture 1: Inking the Torso and Neck

Lecture 2: Drawing the Jacket

Lecture 3: Inking the Arms

Lecture 4: Designing the Hands

Lecture 5: Inking the Pelvis, Legs and Feet

Chapter 4: Filling, Shading and Highlighting Your Character

Lecture 1: Coloring in the Head and Hair

Lecture 2: Filling the Body Pieces

Lecture 3: Filling the Limbs

Lecture 4: Applying Shading to Character

Lecture 5: Adding Highlights to the Character

Chapter 5: Inking, Coloring and Masking the Eyes

Lecture 1: Designing the Eyeball, Lids and Pupil

Lecture 2: Masking and Highlighting Eyes

Lecture 3: Adding Eyebrows and Nose

Chapter 6: Creating Additional Mouth, Hand and Head Poses

Lecture 1: Inking, Coloring and Masking the Mouth Template

Lecture 2: Molding Additional Mouth Poses

Lecture 3: Inking and Filling New Hand Poses

Lecture 4: Overviewing Two Additional Head Poses

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Cleaning Up Layers

Lecture 2: Polishing Your Design

Lecture 3: Rendering an Image

Lecture 4: Final Thoughts