Unique and Appealing Character Design
From proportion to subtle detailing, learn to develop interesting and unique characters from the ground up with professional children’s book illustrator Anna Daviscourt
Unlock the secrets to creating iconic characters that live on with your readers and fill your stories with life
Have you ever felt lost creating a character? Have you ever wondered how to take your character designs to the next level, and really make them pop? Or do you just want to bring an extra dimension of magic to your drawings? Readers fill their lives with their favorite characters, and good character design principles can help you make a compelling, memorable cast.
In this course, professional children’s book illustrator Anna Daviscourt offers a framework to build your character from the ground up, with different tips, tricks, and strategies that will help you put pencil to paper to create something unique. She covers every step of the design process and guides you through your own draw-along project.
This course will help you design an interesting and diverse cast for a story, with demonstrations and examples from Anna that illustrate her design and decision making process.
In this course you will create a line up of 5 distinct characters.
In this class you will learn:
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How you can bring your distinctive voice to a classic source material
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How to push your shapes to breaking point and find the golden median
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Why proportions can make or break a character lineup
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Which types of costumes work, and which don’t
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How to add subtle details to communicate information and build up the world of your story
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How to “bank” ideas for later during the brainstorming process
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How to know the impossible — when your design is done
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About the Instructor
Illustrator Anna Daviscourt
Anna Daviscourt is a nerdy dog lover from Portland, OR.
She is a published children’s book illustrator and full-time freelance artist.
Her style is whimsical and loose with fantastic scenes, rich textures, and magical characters. She seeks to spread positive messages and represent diverse groups through her work.
Anna is represented by Shannon Associates
Course curriculum
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Introduction
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Assignment 1
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Story and Setting Reference
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Shape
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Shape Demonstration
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Assignment 2
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Proportion
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Assignment 3
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Costuming
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Costuming From Reference
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Assignment 4
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Details
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Assignment 5
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Conclusion
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Final Assignment
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Questions to ask yourself about your character designs
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About this course
- 16 lessons
- 1.5 hours of video content
- 8 Videos
- 6 Downloads
Reviews
Character Design
Dawn Pope
Nice class. Helpful, Delightful instructor.
Nice class. Helpful, Delightful instructor.
Read LessVery AWESOME class!
Elijah Powell
I learned so much from this class! I really needed this! I have designed characters before but never truly had a workflow or process. This has truly helped m...
Read MoreI learned so much from this class! I really needed this! I have designed characters before but never truly had a workflow or process. This has truly helped me! THANK YOU!!!!
Read LessAmazing Class
Heather Davis
This was my first character design class and I loved it! It was very easy to follow and understand. I am excited to start my character design journey.
This was my first character design class and I loved it! It was very easy to follow and understand. I am excited to start my character design journey.
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