Into the Ocean: Character Design Essentials

Bringing your own original character design to life is one of the most satisfying creative things that you can do. This class will teach you the essential skills you need to get started.

Through many years of practice, I have come to understand how the application of a few simple principles can transform the quality of a character design.

In this class I will share those principles with you and cover the basics of how I go about designing animal characters for illustration or 3d animation.

Once we've discussed things in theory, I will then demonstrate how to apply this knowledge whilst designing a number of unique tropical fish characters.

By following along with the demonstrations and creating your own unique fish characters, you will gain valuable knowledge which can be applied to any other character design.

What you will learn:

By the end of this class, you will have gained a solid understanding of some key principles which you can apply to your own character designs.

What you will create:

Once you are familiar with the design principles, you will apply your freshly gained knowledge to the creation of your own unique tropical fish design.
Good to know:

For the demonstrations in this class, I'll be drawing digitally in Adobe Photoshop but this is not a software specific class and you are free to follow along using any traditional or digital medium that you choose.

By the end of this class, you should have a far greater understanding of the principles of character design which you can then apply to your own illustration or animation projects.

Let's get started!