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10 Week Character Design Challenge

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Character design is much more than using specific tools. No matter the style, there are some principles that are essential across character design. This course is a mixture of theory and practice, divided it into 10 weekly challenges. As you complete the course you’ll start finding your own style and improving the quality of your character design by understanding what’s behind a great character.

Contents

Welcome to the 10 Week Character Design Challenge

Each section is delayed by a week to give you time to put your new information into practice with the exercise sheets provided. Don't forget to upload your exercises to the Community Topic '10 Week Character Design Challenge'. Follow this topic under 'All Topics' in the Community. 

Good luck with the challenge and we can't wait to see what you make!
Welcome!

Week 1 | References

Week 1
01 Week 1 Exercises.pdf

Week 2 | Who is your character?

Week 2
02 Week 2 Exercises.pdf

Week 3 | Shape Language

Week 3
03 Week 3 Exercises.pdf

Week 4 | Simplification, exaggeration and contrast

Week 4
04 Week 4 Exercises.pdf

Week 5 | Basic Anatomy & Exaggeration

Week 5
05 Week 5 Exercises.pdf

Week 6 | Tangents & Rhythm

Week 6
06 Week 6 Exercises.pdf

Week 7 | Faces

Week 7
07 Week 7 Exercises.pdf

Week 8 | Colour & Lighting

Week 8
08 Week 8 Exercises.pdf

Week 9 | Interaction between characters

Week 9
09 Week 9 Exercises.pdf

Week 10 | Developing a unique style

Week 10
10 Week 10 Exercises.pdf