Character Design Made Easy

Welcome to the course!

In this introduction, you’ll get to know a bit about Isaac, your teacher, and his journey to becoming a professional character designer. You’ll also learn about this course’s focus and what you can expect to learn.

Isaac will also give you a mini-tutorial of the software he will be using, Autodesk Sketchbook and its essential tools (however, you can follow along with the software of your choice, or even just pencil and paper!)

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About the course

01:33

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About the Sketchbook

07:56

The viewer’s first impression plays a big role in how they perceive your character, before they even act or speak! Therefore, character design is extremely important to tell a good story.

There are four major aspects of character design that Isaac will go into here: Physique, Psychology, Dialogue and Actions/Gestures. You’ll also discover the essential concepts of good design, so you know what to focus on and why.

1.1

What does it take to be a character designer?

03:29

1.2

What defines a character?

02:32

1.3

Fundamental concepts of character design

02:54

Jump into the fascinating world of shape language and how to use it to create unique and fun characters. Isaac will teach the significance of shapes in design and our everyday life and discuss the major shape categories and characteristics.

Not only will you learn the basic theory in this lesson, but you can follow along with Isaac in two fun assignments using geometric and abstract shapes to fuel your creativity and exercise the left side of your brain.

You’ll be happy to know that these assignments have no set rules to follow, such as anatomy, proportions, etc. All you have to do is draw freely, unhindered, and have fun doing so! YAY!

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Shape psychology

01:22

2.2

Geometrical shapes

02:22

2.3

タスク1

00:51

2.4

Organic shapes

01:12

2.5

Abstract shapes

01:28

2.6

Shape Puzzle

14:03

2.7

タスク2

01:20

More fun exercises are coming your way! You’ll learn two very easy and handy techniques to ensure that your characters don’t look lopsided or disproportionate. Hurray!

Isaac gives a couple of clear demonstrations that you can follow along with PLUS he provides exercise files so you can continue practicing on your own after the lesson. You’re really gonna love it!

3.1

Symmetric characters

01:22

3.2

Designing characters based on symmetry

10:30

3.3

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01:26

Characters are hidden all around us and we just have to hone our observation skills to find them. Pareidolia is the ability to see shapes or meaningful images out of random or ambiguous patterns and objects.

Isaac shows examples of finding characters in everyday objects and gives you practical tasks to stretch your imagination and expand your creativity.

4.1

What is pareidolia?

04:01

4.2

Designing characters based on pareidolia

17:07

4.3

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01:00

Bid farewell to Isaac in this final video.

He’s really looking forward to seeing the artwork you come up with from the course assignments. So, be sure to tag him on social media, when you post them!

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まとめ

00:41