
A few words of introduction on why it is good to start learning how to draw by drawing inanimated objects. A note of inspiration for you.
In this lecture, we will warm up. This is important, even though you won´t draw any character here you need to put 3-5 min into this exercise which will be crucial for your work further on.
How you can turn a simple fork and spoon into cartoon character
Refining the features of the Fork and the Spoon character to enhance their look and personalities.
How to incorporate what the inanimated object is used for into the character design.
Designing characters with similar backgrounds but from different generations.
How to use the same elements, like glasses, and design different characters - Male, Female, and a Child. In this lesson, we are starting with the male character.
Refining and adding features to the design using the structure we´ve carefully drafted in the previous lecture.
How to use the characteristics of a water glass to design a female character?
How to create a sense of a relationship between the male and female character by adding a facial expression?
How to create a child out of a Tequila glass? What makes a character appear young? How to change the features of a character according to an archetype to change the character´s perceived personality?
Designing a cartoon character from a Candle
What makes a character look happy? How body language is the first thing that you must draw when you want to convey a happy character expression.
How to convey a sad character using human-like body language and adding facial expressions to complete the pose.
How to find the proportions of the character and draw a relaxed pose that is relevant to a relaxed pose of a human body.
If you´ve started drawing, or even if you´ve drawn for a while you may have found it challenging to deal with human or animal anatomy when you design your characters. Well, then this course is for you.
Here we will focus on character design and character´s personality by picking any inanimated object and turning it into an appealing character.
You are going to learn how to easily create any shape and form with very simple principles.
You will receive a road map that will free you from the burden of the guessing work for constructing a character and open the playfulness of the creative work, as it should be.
I´m going to break the misconception you´ve been thought that you must have the talent to draw and prove to you that anyone can draw if you know those simple principles. The drawing needs to be fun and if you´ve been struggling that´s because you´ve learned it the wrong way.
Have you ever started drawing a character from the eyes and the nose and just made your way down the body to find out that got you nowhere?
Your character has become too small or too big or suddenly, you just ran out of paper space for the rest of the body!!!
Or perhaps you´ve started with good intentions and you drew the eyes and they turned out pretty nice, so you carefully put on the eyelashes, to find out that it does not suit the character you initially planned to draw. (you wanted to draw a bear but now it looks more like a Barbi doll).
Don´t worry, we´ve all been there. Yes, even me. That´s how I know. (I haven´t spied on your drawing sessions, I promise).
We are going to get rid of all this confusion by starting from the right end of the drawing process. It sounds too good to be true? Yes, but it is that simple and that good.
You are going to be able to design a set of cartoon characters that you can put in your book or animated movie, or just in your own collection of drawing for yourself or your kids.