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Anime Academy: Characters and Illustrations (Udemy.com)

Learn Anatomy, Design, Illustrations, and more!

Created by: Christina Wu/Dubell

Last updated August 2022

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What you will learn

  • How to draw male and female anime bodies
  • How to draw body parts (head, hands, feet, hair, eyes, etc)
  • How to do lineart
  • How to draw environments
  • How to create your own style
  • How to make illustrations

How it compares

Against the other 413 rated Udemy courses in Graphic Design on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 65% of them
  • Reviews2,575#19 of 414 by number of reviews
  • Length40.1 hourslonger than 97% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2022earlier than 73% of them

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Course Description

Anime Academy: Characters and Illustrations is your go-to for designing your own anime characters as well as creating illustrations. This course will take you from not knowing how to draw anime, to learning how to draw everything from bodies to anime character design. 

So what else is in it for you?


You’ll be designing 3 main projects in this course that will take you from basic shapes to creating your own characters and illustrations!

You’ll gain access to all 19 sections of the course.

This course is set up to help you step by step with understanding the basics of shapes and forms to anime bodies, as well as walking through design. You will also be walking through the illustration processes such as thumbnails, refinement, and finishing touches.


Don’t believe me? I offer you a full money back guarantee within the first 30 days of purchasing the course.


Here’s what’s in it for you:

You’ll get access to all sections of the course that will teach you the fundamentals of character design that is backed up through anatomy, facial features, clothes, etc. The course has over 30 hours of content that I will walk you through each step of the way.

Here is what to expect in this course:

* The course starts with the basics. I will be teaching you the basics about drawing basic shapes such as cylinders, boxes, and circles. You will also learn the basics of line quality in drawing and sketching to get you started.

* Next, after learning the basic shapes, you will learn how to draw basic male and female bodies starting from gestures to building the body in simple boxes and shapes. You will also be taught the main muscle groups.  

* Once you've learned the basics of anatomy, you will learn how to draw facial features of both genders such as eyes, noses, hair, ears, and mouths. You will be learning a few types of each.

* Then you are going to learn how to draw expressions ranging from happy to angry 6 different ways for each gender.

* From then, you will move onto the basics of hair ranging from straight to wavy. You will also learn about hair movement for each style.

* After hair, I will be going in depth with how to draw hands and feet. Keep in mind these are more realistic, and these will help with learning how to stylize them as well as know the underlying structure underneath.

* I will then, be teaching you how to draw basic clothes for both male and female, and then continue with accessories ranging from jewelry to shoes.

* After basic accessories, you will be learning how to draw in different poses that are standard to dynamic. This will be important for creating illustrations.

* Once you’ve learned how to draw poses, you will learn about line work, coloring using cell shading, as well as how to draw in different styles such as shojo, shonen, as well as chibi.

* From then on, you will be starting your first project which is creating a character from scratch. You will be seeing my design process, and feel free to make your own as you watch or copy what I do step by step.

* And finally, for the last two sections, you will be creating illustrations from scratch using the characters you created. You will be doing a portrait illustration as well as a dynamic one that you can express poses in.


Over the course of these 9 sections you will learn:

* How to draw basic shapes

* How to draw and understand anatomy of the body

* How to draw eyes and facial features, as well as hair

* How to draw poses and putting clothes on top

* How to color hair and eyes

* The basics of dynamic/standard poses

* How to draw styles such as shojo, chibi, and shonen

* How to make an original style

* Using reference to create an original character

* How to design an original character

* How to light basic shapes

* Learning the steps to creating an illustration

* How to make a standard and dynamic illustrations


What else will you get?

- Lifetime access to course materials

- Understanding how to create unique character designs

- Downloadable resources for each lecture

This all comes under one convenient easy to use platform. Plus you will get fast, friendly, responsive support on the Udemy Q&A section of the course or direct message.


So what are you waiting for? Sign up now and start creating your anime characters and illustrations!

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Instructor Details

Christina Wu/Dubell

Hello everyone! I am an artist that focuses on digital painting and character design. I want to encourage my students on creativity and have an eye for design. My main goal as an instructor is to give inspiration for beginner artists and help them by giving a simpler way of viewing drawing and for them to have fun with art!

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Reviews

4.6

2,575 ratings on Udemy

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By David Rodrigues on 7/17/2026

Incrível, acima das expectativas! Gostei muito do curso. A didática é excelente, e a professora é simpática e tem um bom senso de humor, deixando as aulas sempre divertidas e dinâmicas. O conteúdo, como um todo, é muito bem ensinado, com explicações práticas que não deixam espaço para dúvidas, sendo excelente de modo geral. Meu objetivo ao comprar o curso era aprender mais sobre a arte de anime e também melhorar meus desenhos, meta que consegui conquistar de forma satisfatória. (OBS: O curso funciona bem para o tradicional também. Apesar de a Christina Wu/Dubell ter um curso específico para desenho de anime tradicional, eu aprendi muito com este, mesmo sendo no Photoshop :D).Portanto, recomendo muito o curso tanto para artistas que, assim como eu, querem melhorar cada vez mais seus desenhos, quanto para pessoas interessadas em começar a desenhar, pois vale bastante a pena. Durante o curso, utilizei uma extensão paga de dublagem para entender o que a professora dizia, chamada YouTube Dubbing. Recomendo-a para entender perfeitamente o que é dito sem se perder na legenda. Dito isso, eu, N.º 35.095, dou nota 10/10! :D

By Nene Parsotam on 9/10/2023

I have brought several of Cristina's courses and they are all brilliant. This one is on the same level as the others and as a beginner, I find her explanations detailed, focused, and extremely helpful. I have learned a lot from her teachings and have seen improvements in my work as I have followed her courses. I don't mind the background music or noise as it feels real and honest and not overselling on unneeded perfection. Recommended.

By Jeandré Botha on 1/16/2023

Honestly, it's a good course all around, the only thing I dislike about it is that she sometimes erases whole chunks of the drawing that was done way earlier in the lesson, forcing you to do the same and redraw it. That is the only thing I dislike about this course since I don't draw it as quick as she does so erasing a whole chunk and redrawing it takes me a long while.

By Justin Stotts on 3/20/2021

your course is exceptional, and best for people weather they start with a tablet or not. other course excel in a math approach to proportions, YOU however excel in taking the time to explain your strokes and how you use the pen. you can continue to make your content better by diving deeper with explaining you strokes ( eg: eye lessons) as well as being a tad bit more mathematical with proportions. either way 5 out of 5 and keep your conversational way a speaking, makes for the most engaging course ive bought, bringing me back for frequently

By Ярослав Дрогозюк on 2/3/2021

Из-за слишком приблизительных набросков всех форм и размеров вместо чётких набросанных линий, иногда очень сложно понять что и где автор дорисовывает и как, поскольку всё выглядит слишком грязно и неаккуратно даже несмотря на то, что это как-бы "набросок". Но из-за того, что линия не чёткая и состоит из кучи наложенных одну на другую линий, очень тяжело точно ориентироваться что и где должно быть. Особенно ощутимо это было на этапе рисования структуры мышц. Порой тратил очень много времени и по несколько раз пересматривал некоторые моменты почти лицом "воткнувшись в монитор" пытаясь "всмотреться" в то, что было сделано чтобы просто приблизительно повторить.

By Roshni Rakesh on 12/30/2020

I began my digital arts journey a few months back. I bought this course to help me with the basics. But this course offered more than just basics I was expecting. From learning to hold the graphic pen for the first time to being able to draw an anime character on my own , the course really helped boost my confidence. Christina Wu is really helpful and an awesome experienced teacher who always answer her students doubts. I am really happy I took the course. I recommend this course to those who are looking into digital arts and anime. From the bottom of my heart I am thanking Christina ones again for this amazing content.

By Claire Victoria Tanurahardja on 12/22/2020

This course is REALLY REALLY REALLY (Really x1000) nice, I decided to edit this from 4 and a half to 5, since the video problems is probably either me or Udemy. I recommend this course for anyone who wants to start learning anime drawing. It fixed my dorito head to a better anime head, and I got to alot of likes in my drawings! The evolution is just amazing! It can turn you into an artist for maybe just in a few months! (Or is it just because I'm a fast learner-)

By Nate on 11/21/2020

Awesome love the depth that you go into your videos and explaining the logic behind the color and details!

By Mahaila McCombs on 11/14/2020

Just absolutely amazing the lesson is very clear on its instructions.

By Mary Bernadette Oraba on 11/7/2020

not everyone uses MAC, shortcuts that she uses at photoshop is also useful for us. the lectures are good tho

By Milky Way Comfy Cream on 10/25/2020

This was very helpful and it really helped me improve in drawing males.

By Debangana Guha on 10/22/2020

very detailed.

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Overall Score : 92 / 100