categories: Arts, Design & Media
Use essential Photoshop tools for digital drawing.
Transform simple geometric shapes into fully developed cartoon characters.
Draw facial features with various expressions, along with hands, feet, arms, and legs.
Design different clothing styles, draw shoes, and add detailed touches to hair.
Integrate the surrounding environment into your character designs, and draw three-dimensional shapes.
Draw using digital devices and apply what you've learned to create successful cartoon characters.
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Course Introduction
How to Draw 3D Shapes
Shoe Drawing
1. Course Introduction
Course Introduction
2. Cartoon Characters Design
Basic Photoshop Skills for Drawing
Describe Your Character
Draw Using Shapes
Shapes Depth
Types of Different Shapes
Facial Details 1
Facial Details 2
Facial Expressions
Types of Different Hand Drawings
Types of Different Foot Drawings
Types of Different Arm Drawings
Types of Different Leg Drawing
Types of Different Clothes Drawing
Shoe Drawing
Hair Drawing
Use the Environment to Create Your Own Character
3. Cartoon Characters Model Sheet
Introduction to Perspectives
How to Draw 3D Shapes
Examples & Case Studies of Cartoon Characters
Face Rotation
Hand Rotation
Arms & Legs Rotation
Foot Rotation
Body Rotation
Clothes & Accessories Rotation
4. Cartoon Characters Line of Action
What Is the “Line of Action”?
Introduction to Human Poses
Curved Line
Selecting the Body Line
Sketch-based Character Posing
5. Digital Painting for Animation
How to Use a Graphic Tablet
Color Theory Wheel
Know More About Brushes.
Lighting, Shades & Shadows
How to Color Your Drawing
6. Course Wrap Up
Course Wrap Up
If you want to learn how to design cartoon characters professionally, this course is for you. Start from the basics and progress to mastering character design, step by step. You’ll begin by acquiring essential Photoshop skills for digital drawing, then move on to describing and drawing characters using simple geometric shapes. You’ll learn how to draw facial features, expressions, and various body parts, enabling you to create realistic and diverse characters. Additionally, you'll explore designing clothing, shoes, and hair and utilizing the environment to create fully realized characters. The course covers working with three-dimensional shapes to add depth and provides examples of successful animated characters to inspire you. Finally, you'll learn to draw on digital devices, opening up new possibilities in animation. The course concludes with a summary to help you apply what you've learned. Earn a completion certificate and access over 1,000 courses with a single subscription. Enroll now and start creating characters that could become animation icons!
No Previous knowledge is required and all you need to achieve the utmost benefit is to have a pencil drawing & paper or graphic tablet, laptop, or PC.
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