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Full course
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$50
Lessons
4 Lessons
Duration
5h 43m
Skill Level
All Skill levels
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1.3K
overview
This course is designed as a comprehensive character design crash-course to help you learn and hit the ground running. You’ll get to experience my creative process from start to finish as I design the plucky cast of Zombie Bounty Hunters. I’ll explain every step along the way, so that you can walk away knowing the reasons behind each of my methods, and how you can use them yourself.
Over the course of four lessons, you’ll learn a holistic approach to character design that will give you new ways to think about your characters’ backstories, structure, anatomy, and much more!
What you will learn
1Creating a premise
Where are your characters? What are they doing and why are they doing it? I'll show you how to explore this and more.
2Understanding your characters
Who are they? What are their motivations for what they do? We'll think about all of that and more in this course.
3Working with gesture
Gesture can convey a lot about a character, and you'll learn how to work with it properly.
4Developing back stories
Who are your characters? What motivates them? Learn how to develop compelling backstories.
5A holistic approach
Learn how to keep multiple things in mind while designing your characters, and notice how they work together.
6Working with structure
Learn the importance of structure in character development, and how to design well-structured characters!
7The importance of anatomy
Learn how crucial an understanding of anatomy is, even when designing highly stylized characters.
8Turning anatomy into cartoon lines
I'll show you how to take your understanding of anatomy and apply it to cartoons.
9What makes a character young and old
Learn what features indicate youth and age, and how to adjust them as needed.
10Defining feminine curves on a face
See the way curves can add or define a character's femininity.
11The importance of line qualities
Learn to pay even closer attention to your lines and understand the purpose each one plays in your design.
12Taking control
Learn how to make the difficult definitive artistic decisions.
13Professional presentation
Learn how to create professional quality work that is ready to be shown to family and industry professionals alike.
Premium Benefits
Exclusive Content
Only premium students get to watch the majority of instruction contained in this course. Little to no free content is provided.
Step by Step Process
Watch step by step video demos from start to finish with educational commentary from the instructor. Most of us are visual learners (we’re artists!), so reading about it or hearing it explained is not enough. We have to see it!
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What others are saying
Steve Huston
"You won’t be surprised to know that I’ve been blown away by Patrick’s work for years.’"
Bob Eggleton/Multi Hugo award winning artist
"Patrick's work explodes with passion, light and shadow. His handling of oil paint is clearly his own, and each of his books have been an inspiration and great masterclass of time-honored traditional painting. His books are essentials in any creative person's library.’"
Greg Hilderandt
"Patrick has a fire and a passion in his art that very few have. His understanding of anatomy, design, composition and lighting is excellent. His technique and style are brilliant. But mostly his art is magical..."
Boris Vallejo
"I expect to be impressed by every piece that comes out of the hands of Patrick. His control of the paint and brushes is truly amazing. His technique is impeccable..."
Dan Dos Santos
"Patrick is a phenomenal artist, equally versed in both traditional and digital methods... as well as a wonderful teacher."
Christina P Mt.Gravatt
"Out of 10, I give this course an 11! This course was inspirational. I learnt so much in such a short time! :-) Patrick is the full package! An internationally recognised figure drawing scholar, with four written books, an exceptional knowledge of human anatomy, many years of professional experience, and a great sense of humour. But most important of all, Patrick is an exceptional generous teacher who loves helping others to learn. He made learning easy for everyone. His supportive feedback provision approach helped us to acquire his amazing fluid drawing techniques, and to learn how to draw the human figure with style. Thank you!"
Curtis Hayes / Previous AOS Workshop Student
"I CAME INTO THIS COURSE HOPING TO PICK UP A FEW TIPS AND TECHNIQUES - I GOT SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT! PATRICK IS A FANTASTIC TEACHER, HE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO TEACH AND ENCOURAGE STUDENTS ON THEIR JOURNEY TO BECOMING ARTISTS."
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About instructor
Patrick is an award-winning fantasy artist and teacher. He is the best selling author of ’The Anatomy of Style' and 'Figures from Life'.
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