Do you love cartooning & anime and want to learn to design characters? This class will introduce you to drawing a Nintendo inspired character. You’ll be guided through the step-by-step process of constructing the figure so that you can apply what you learned to future projects. By the end of this course, you’ll have designed a human character while referencing Chibi and Nintendo proportions.

By the end of this course, you will know how to:

Construct a character’s body
Design an outfit
Colour and shade a figure
Apply Chibi proportions to humans
Understand basic anatomy

Materials:

My demo is drawn digitally using Medibang Paint Pro, but you may use any medium
If you're working traditionally, I recommend pencil, fineliner and coloured pencils
To learn how to use digital techniques, see our lesson: Intro to Digital Art in MediBang

[Sketching the character]

[Colouring and detailing the character]

Looking to develop your character design skills further? We would recommend following up with our How to Draw Anime Faces and Character Portraits Using Limited Colour, which explores anime-like characteristics as well.

Laura Hericotte

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