Character Design

Short course

Online

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    3 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

Create and design illustrative characters!

This course will ensure you learn and develop a method for creating/designing illustrative characters. If you are either an Illustrator or Graphic Designer this course will be useful as it provides a step-by-step guide to producing character art. So you can start to produce professional illustrations, ready to use in new creative projects, right away!

Facilities

Location

Start date

Online

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

To learn a full work-flow students can use for Character creation and ideation.

Know how to come up with concepts and flesh out ideas.

Understand how to render ideas & concepts in Adobe Illustrator.

Produce vector artwork that can be used both on web, print and animation.

Create characters confidently using design principles and best practices used by professionals.

-Anyone who wants a rock-solid understanding of Adobe Illustrator CC.

-Those who want to start a career in illustration.

-Those who are already professionals but want to better their knowledge of this topic or transition into Character Design.

-People looking to take the next step in their creative career.

-Any version of Adobe Illustrator, preferably not older than Illustrator CS6. Ideally Illustrator CC (Creative Cloud).

-No prior knowledge is necessary.

-Exercise Files and Study Guides are provided at the beginning of the course for practice.

-Pen Tablet is helpful but not mandatory.

Course certificate on completion

Learn from two instructors who still work commercially in the creative industry.

Core Adobe certified instructor with 10 years+ teaching experience who still works commercially in the industry.

Detailed course structure designed by a creative professional which is easy for creative minds to learn from.

Downloadable resources & guides to work from & keep for good.

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Subjects

  • Adobe
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Technical Drawing
  • Technical and Pictorial drawing
  • Combining shapes
  • Illustrative
  • Project-based
  • Fun
  • Engaging
  • Well paced
  • Creative
  • Inspirational
  • Technical
  • Career-focused
  • Innovative

Teachers and trainers (1)

Martin Perhiniak

Martin Perhiniak

Adobe Certified Design Master instructor

My name is Martin Perhiniak. I'm a graphic designer, digital artist and Adobe Expert and Instructor. I'm currently working in London and sharing my love for Adobe products all around the UK.

Course programme

The first chapter will welcome you to the course and walk you through the brief Martin and Almu will be working on together.
The second chapter is all about the Concept Stage, where you will learn about style, shape, proportions, silhouettes and loads more. Almu will be walking you through her process of refining character concepts using Adobe Photoshop and applying all the important aspects and principles of good character design.
Then it’s on to the design stage, where Martin will continue with the finished concept art and turning them into vector artwork using Adobe Illustrator. In this chapter you will learn about features and techniques like adding colour, detail, shading and loads more.
In the conclusion to the course you will learn the correct and professional way to export your working files ready to be used for both print and web.

Character Design

Price on request