Assignment Overview
In this class you'll be designing and drawing your own character through the following steps:

Drawing Exercise I: Build a skeleton with basic shapes.
Drawing Exercise II: Build a strong image by silhouetting.
Drawing Exercise III: Add movement to your character.
Drawing Exercise IV: Use black and white to create contrast.
Drawing Exercise V: Create patterns to spice it up.
Put everything together.
Add details.
Create a final black-and-white drawing.
Optional: enhance, ink, and/or color with your preferred method.

Time
The full process typically takes a few hours (longer if you decide to enhance, ink, and/or color).
You can do everything in one go, or break it down into sessions.
Of course, you're always free to create more than one character.

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Share Your Project in the Project Section
Share the results by uploading your project.
You can post a picture of just your final character, or show more.
You don't even have to wait until the end, you can post your work in progress and update while you work your way through the lessons.

A completed project may include the following:

Your sketches
Your final black-and-white drawing
Optional: Pics of your enhancing, inking, and/or coloring process
Optional: Your final enhanced, inked, and/or colored drawing
Notes on your process, the materials you used, etc.

For an example, take a look at my sample project, or browse the projects of your classmates.

And remember:
The more you share, the more inspiring and educational, and the easier for others to give feedback.
Also, make sure to return the love by liking and commenting on your fellow students' projects.
This way everyone can keep learning and thriving.

Share Your Project on Social Media
Follow Judy on Facebook and/or Instagram, upload your work and tag @judykoot and #judykootclasses.
If you're on Pinterest, you can follow Judy here, tag @judykootpins and #judykootclasses.

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Ingeborg Smit

Dreaming of my own children's book

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