Character Design Course

Know more about Aaron’s experience and the topics you will review in this course.

Recognize the importance of conducting research before you start working on character designs.

Aaron guides you, step by step, to obtain clear expressions while he gives you tips to avoid the most common errors in this process.

Follow comprehensive exercises to draw proper eyes.

Aaron explains how to make your characters feel like they exist in believable space.

Learn how to apply perspective when you’re drawing your characters.

Apply different proportions to the faces of your characters so you can influence how they are perceived.

Aaron explains a technique he learned at Disney from legendary animator Glen Keane to get great expressions.

Learn how to conect your shapes properly so you avoid bad angles and tangents in your designs.

Use “line of action” to gives your character flow and improve your designs.

Apply exaggeration in the attributes, proportion and expressions of your character to give them a “pop” and create original characters.

Combine opposing “straights” and “curves” to help make your designs more appealing.

Get enough information in the silhouette of your character that the viewer can see what you’re trying to portray.

Learn cute proportions to design cuddly and adorable characters.

Ensure that your designs communicate clearly by getting a comprehensible body expression.

Take distinctive aspects of your character and exaggerate them.

Get across information about your character using the right props and costume.

Design your character so that they can be easily animated.

Aaron shows you how to apply the previous topics you have learned, designing a characters from “Peter & The Wolf”.

Create a “model sheet” with different poses that show off who your character is.

Research wolves and apply Aaron’s approach in an animal character design.

Create a model sheet for “The Wolf”.

Get rid of the sketchiness in your draws without losing any of the essence.

Aaron demonstrates techniques for adding color with consideration for animation. Share your artwork with the #CreatureArtTeacher