Anthropomorphic Character Creation

Learn the creative process behind designing and illustrating fantastic animal characters full of personality

• Introduction
• Watercolor and Imagination
• Creating a Brief for Your Character
• On Paper
• Digital
• Final project

Félicie Haymoz is a character designer with a passion for creating animal characters with human qualities and unique personalities. She has created characters for animated films such as Fantastic Mr. Fox, as well as for TV, and advertisements. Her clients include Netflix, Warner Bros., and Aardman animation.

Discover how to create enchanting characters using watercolors and digital illustration techniques on Photoshop. Learn about animal anatomy, how to give your character human qualities, create an original costume, and interpret a professional character brief for an animation project. Are you ready to create your unique anthropomorphic character?

• Introduction
• Influences
• What Will We Do in This Course?
• Materials and Opening Your Imagination
• Basic Animal Structure and Principles of Anatomy
• From Realism to a Fun Little Character: Jump in the Pool!
• Famous Anthropomorphic Animals
• The Human Safari
• The Brief
• Costume and Colors
• Drawing the Face: from Realistic to Adding Personality
• Creating the Body and Posing
• Getting the Final Drawing
• Cleaning up and Blocking the Colors 1
• Cleaning Up and Blocking the Colors 2
• Adding Shadow and Light
• Adding Final Touches 1
• Adding Final Touches 2
• Anthropomorphic Character Creation