From animated films to children's books, the ability to create engaging, appealing, and stylized characters is a highly sought after skill set. In this course, Jake takes you through the thought process behind stylizing characters, how to break down a design from complex to simple, and apply those principles with techniques that work.

Learning to stylize:

In this class Jake deconstructs complex design problems into basic, understandable components. The lesson is broken down into these sections:

• The Style Wheel, what it is, and how it helps your thinking behind design
• Example: Stylizing an eye
• Example: Stylizing an ear
• The Style Wheel and character design
• Examples of popular characters and deconstructing their style
• Proportions
• Shapes
• Stylization of individual body parts
• Demo of stylizing a character from a photo