Stylizing Human Characters

Learn how to stylize human characters

From animated films to children’s books, the ability to create engaging, appealing, and stylized characters is a highly sought after skill set. In this course, Jake takes you through the thought process behind stylizing characters, how to break down a design from complex to simple, and apply those principles with techniques that work.

Learning to stylize:

In this class Jake deconstructs complex design problems into basic, understandable components. The lesson is broken down into these sections:

The Style Wheel, what it is, and how it helps your thinking behind design

Example: Stylizing an eye

Example: Stylizing an ear

The Style Wheel and character design

Examples of popular characters and deconstructing their style

Proportions

Shapes

Stylization of individual body parts

Demo of stylizing a character from a photo

In this class you will learn:

The principles of character design

How to apply these principles to create different characters

How to analyze photos of people and apply real life reference to your designs

Methods of working up from a thumbnail sketch to finished drawing