This introductory course focuses on creating characters with strong personalities and visual interests. Topics such as archetypes, shapes, posing, expression, capturing personality & costume will be covered by the in-class lectures and demonstrations. This is a great class for anyone interested in getting into the character design field. (Previous figure drawing and Vis Com 1 experience are strongly recommended.) 

You will receive all the class-related emails for this course about a week before the first day of class.

• CLASS #: 100
• TIME: Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 1:00PM (PST) 
• START DATE: Feb 8th, 2025
• DURATION: 10 Weeks*

RECOMMENDED PREREQUISITE: 

• Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching
• Analytical Figure Drawing
• Animal Anatomy
• Figure Invention for Animation
  

MATERIALS: Computer with Photoshop (or Procreate) and digital drawing tablet (Wacom, Cintiq, iPad or other equivalent digital input tools)

INSTRUCTOR: 

Tom is a character designer & vis dev artist currently based in Amsterdam. His past clients include Fourth Wall Creative, Sunrise Productions, 3D Total, Passion Animation, Katuni, Bluezoo & Blink Industries.  

TIME ZONE: All CDA class days/times listed above are based on the Los Angeles PST/PDT time zone.

REFUND POLICY: For details about our class refund policy, please visit our "" and "" pages.

*Due to reasons such as instructor sick day, family emergencies, storm, earthquake, fire, flood, disease outbreak or other unforeseen circumstances, Concept Design Academy reserves the right to push any class back 1~2 weeks in schedule if necessary and change the class format to adjust for the emergency situation. Students are strongly recommended to plan their schedule with some flexibility in mind to avoid schedule conflicts. 

*** Limit one seat purchase for each class per student. Multiple seat purchase of same class will not be honored. ***