Character Design: Create a Character from any Animal

This class teaches you everything you need to know to draw any animal

By understanding how to draw bears, dogs and horses, you will finish this class with an understanding of animal anatomy and drawing that will make make any future animal way easier. Along with that, you'll be able to break away from realistic drawings by creating fun character designs from what you learn.

In this class you will learn

• a step-by-step process for learning to draw any animal
• the anatomy and function of bears, dogs and horses
• the three movement classes that all land mammals fall into
• how to draw from photos in a way that actually has you learn the subject
• several techniques for coming up with interesting character concepts

Links

Here are all the links I reference during the class:

• Happy Faces on Everything
• 5 hours of instructional animal drawing by me
• Force: Animal Drawing by Mike Matessi
• Creature Anatomy with Terryl Whitlach
• Hayden on Instagram

• Introduction
• Getting the most out of this class
• Bears: Anatomy & Function
• Bears: Learning While Drawing
• Bears: Character Concepts
• Bears: Finalizing Your Design
• Dogs: Anatomy & Function
• Dogs: Learning While Drawing
• Dogs: Character Concepts
• Dogs: Finalizing Your Design
• Horses: Anatomy & Function
• Horses: Learning While Drawing
• Horses: Character Concepts
• Horses: Finalizing Your Design
• Going Forward