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Cartoon Characters Design Diploma From Zero to Hero

Duration: 4 h 20 m / 38 lessons

Level: General

Course Language: Arabic

By the end of this course, you will be able to

  • 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.

Course details

  • 4 h 20 m/38 lessons
  • Last updated: 1/10/2023
  • Course completion certificate

Course Content

Free lessons

1.

Course Introduction

2 Minutes
2.

How to Draw 3D Shapes

6 Minutes
3.

Shoe Drawing

5 Minutes
1.

Course Introduction

2 Minutes
1.

Basic Photoshop Skills for Drawing

6 Minutes
2.

Describe Your Character

8 Minutes
3.

Draw Using Shapes

4 Minutes
4.

Shapes Depth

5 Minutes
5.

Types of Different Shapes

8 Minutes
6.

Facial Details 1

6 Minutes
7.

Facial Details 2

8 Minutes
8.

Facial Expressions

5 Minutes
9.

Types of Different Hand Drawings

7 Minutes
10.

Types of Different Foot Drawings

4 Minutes
11.

Types of Different Arm Drawings

9 Minutes
12.

Types of Different Leg Drawing

4 Minutes
13.

Types of Different Clothes Drawing

7 Minutes
14.

Shoe Drawing

5 Minutes
15.

Hair Drawing

6 Minutes
16.

Use the Environment to Create Your Own Character

8 Minutes
1.

Introduction to Perspectives

11 Minutes
2.

How to Draw 3D Shapes

6 Minutes
3.

Examples & Case Studies of Cartoon Characters

8 Minutes
4.

Face Rotation

13 Minutes
5.

Hand Rotation

8 Minutes
6.

Arms & Legs Rotation

6 Minutes
7.

Foot Rotation

6 Minutes
8.

Body Rotation

4 Minutes
9.

Clothes & Accessories Rotation

11 Minutes
1.

What Is the “Line of Action”?

3 Minutes
2.

Introduction to Human Poses

6 Minutes
3.

Curved Line

7 Minutes
4.

Selecting the Body Line

6 Minutes
5.

Sketch-based Character Posing

4 Minutes
1.

How to Use a Graphic Tablet

5 Minutes
2.

Color Theory Wheel

6 Minutes
3.

Know More About Brushes.

7 Minutes
4.

Lighting, Shades & Shadows

9 Minutes
5.

How to Color Your Drawing

13 Minutes
1.

Course Wrap Up

2 Minutes

About this course

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!

Course requirements and prerequisites

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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