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The Complete Character Drawing From Beginner to Advanced (Udemy.com)

Learning Character Drawing & Character Design with a Pencil Step by Step with Easy Method

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116 reviews

Created by: Amelie Braun

Last updated January 2024

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What you will learn

  • Students get acquainted with the rules and principles of work and are guided step by step to draw a character
  • Students to be able to draw a character in different shapes for male and female
  • Students to be able to draw a character in different age ranges for male and female genders
  • Students Have the ability to characterize a character

How it compares

Against the other 175 rated Udemy courses in Digital Painting on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.0 out of 5higher than 5% of them
  • Reviews116#100 of 176 by number of reviews
  • Length53.4 hourslonger than 97% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2024more recently than 73% of them

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Course Description

If you aspire to master the art of character drawing and illustration, this course is tailor-made for you. Too often, individuals struggle to translate captivating ideas onto paper. In our character design course, we empower every participant with the skills to bring their creative visions to life. This comprehensive program delves into the fundamentals of drawing characters, covering essential aspects such as the head, face, neck, hands, feet, and more. Using geometric shapes as a foundation, students learn to intricately design characters, adding nuanced details to enhance their creations.


The course imparts the principles of character design simply and practically, utilizing only a pencil. No need for expensive tools; all you require are a few pencils, paper, and accessories to embark on this exciting journey.


Key Learning Points:


1. Illustration Principles:

Facial components (eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, ears, beard, mustache, and hairstyles for both genders)

Anatomy of the head in three directions: full face, profile, and three faces

Anatomy of the body in three directions: full face, profile, and three faces

Hands and feet, covering various angles and directions


2. Characterization:

Expressions of happiness, sadness, fear, anger, excitement, surprise, worry, pain, fatigue, and laziness

Age representation for male and female characters (baby, child, adolescent, young, and old)


3. Exercises:

Practical exercises encompassing characters, concluding with course completion


4. Unconventional Forms:

Exploring unique forms and components of the head and face


5. Model-Specific Training:

Training to create distinctive forms for different character models


6. Advanced Anatomy:

In-depth exploration of the anatomy of various characters, including unconventional aspects


7. Advanced Body Training:

Further refinement of body anatomy skills


8. Clothing and Footwear Design:

Drawing diverse clothing and shoe components


9. Space Drawing:

Techniques for drawing spatial elements


10. Character Design Exercises:

Engaging exercises to hone character design skills


11. Comprehensive Character Design:

A comprehensive study of designing male, female, and child characters


12. Animal Characters:

Delving into the creation of various animal characters

Embark on this journey, and I trust that this all-encompassing character design course will not only be beneficial but also thoroughly enjoyable. Happy designing!
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Instructor Details

Amelie Braun

I started drawing and drawing with a pencil when I was sixteen. At first, I participated in pencil drawing classes. After passing these classes, I realized that I am interested in character design and animation. And I participated in character design classes professionally. My university education is also in the field of animation. At the age of twenty-four, I started teaching character drawing with a pencil. So far, more than 3,000 students have attended my in-class classes and more than 10,000 have attended my online classes.

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By Carla Stara on 9/2/2025

I was immediately disappointed by this course. I feel that the teacher does not have mastered herself what she is trying to teach. Overall the course seems comprehensive therefore I decided to move forward and use it as a way to push myself to exercise my drawing skills and fill some gaps in my education, while following a clear path. Unfortunately I lost complete trust in what it is taught once reached the chapter of head anatomy and placement of facial components, where anatomy is flawed and definitely not a good example to follow and to learn from. I am quickly moving forward hoping that next chapter will be better and I can still get something from it.

By Saba Safari on 1/31/2025

The instructor herself has not mastered what she's teaching and there are many anatomical mistakes in the course. However, she has tried to cover comprehensive areas.

By Chhandas Biswas on 12/17/2024

exceptionally good course for absolute beginners as well as the advanced stage students.

By Ong Jun Jie on 11/10/2024

I would say that the free tutorial in youtube is better. Some of the characters' compositions are not really accurate. But this is still definitely worth the price.

By Sabrina D on 9/25/2024

The style is quite cartoony and simple. i have noticed a few mistakes in perspective and physics, and that their style emphasizes a lot of things to the point that they aren't really humanoid anymore. the course is also exceptionally long, with a lot of the course repeating things that they have taught and just making random characters. although there are many flaws, it's fine for beginners who just want a cartoonish and simple style, but i wouldn't recommend for people who don't have time to finish the entire course, learn to draw realism or accurate art, or want to learn perspective.

By Onyinyechukwu Mildred Madubueze on 7/30/2024

Excellent teacher and course. Shoutout to whoever videoed this course. This is an excellent guide for anyone who wants to improve their drawing skills.

By Soussan Tizvar on 6/8/2024

She makes me feel I am aware of the anatomy of the human body! All necessary Parts of the human body and how to draw them are fulfilled. Thank you!

By Maryam on 4/8/2024

Fantastic teacher and course. I like the speed and clear communication of your instructions! I think it was organized well and the step by step instructions made sense.

By Anonymized User on 1/25/2024

This course is a great match for me. The instructor is direct and to the point. Just drawing and theory as you go and as needed. I enjoyed how the instructor focuses on construction based illustration that can be applied to any drawing. Well done.

By David justin on 9/20/2021

The course was very good. In this course, all the principles of human character design and drawing are taught very simply. The content is very understandable. And I highly recommend this course Thanks

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