Explore caricature drawing on a graphic tablet by exaggerating human figures with simple lines, adjusting proportions, and analyzing movements to create animation-ready character designs.

Learn to build heads with circle and ellipse guides, establishing symmetrical lines for facial proportions. Create varied animal heads by refining eyes, noses, ears, and details on simple geometric forms.

Explore a range of facial expressions and emotions through exaggerated states, studying eyebrow and mouth cues, and testing expressions by having characters speak lines.

Explore drawing practices with a graphic tablet, revisiting three core points to intensify basic expressions, emotions, and dialogue-driven facial expressions through vocal cues and examples.

Master body movement drawing techniques to convey emotion through dynamic pauses and poses. Examine character design and psychology by testing reactions with a mouse sketch across joy and surprise.

Explore how storyboards pre-visualize animation and cinema by arranging scenes and plans in frame templates, detailing transitions like cut, zoom, and pan, to guide directors and actors before shooting.

Master color design in digital painting by using masking and layered workspaces to separate character parts, apply colors with color picker, and adjust hues on individual masks in Photoshop.

Practice drawing a character using the mask and layers, experimenting with brushes, brush size, visibility of layers, and hue adjustments, while following the course guidance and homework.