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How to draw CARTOONY HUMANS

Learn about male and female proportions and how to make them look cartoony. Find your own style in cartooning!
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Length 3 to 4 weeks
Effort 2 hours per week
Price $ 28
Subject Design, Art
Level Beginner
Languages English
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Have you ever dreaded the art class, but not because you hate drawing, but because you love it so much and you feel that you can not meet your own expectations? Not only that. You´ve had your childish dream alive to become an illustrator, but you find that drawing humans and even cartoony humans, is the hardest thing of all.

I hear you. I was just like you. But now, after 17 years of a successful career in the animation and illustration industry I have discovered that the problem is not in your hand or whether you have a talent or not, but it´s in your mind. Yes, you read correctly. Even you can draw and become a brilliant artist if you have the right approach.

And that´s what I´m going to show you here. This exclusive offer with change the way you think and therefore the way you draw once and for all.

So what will you learn in this course:

- You will learn what are male and female proportions

- What makes a human look cartoony

- How to approach cartoonying depending on the outcome you are desiring

- How to use shapes and shadows to design cartoony humans

- How evolve your character from being a generic human to being a specific character with personality

- What is an Archetype and why is it important to know when you work with cartoony humans

- Different types of Evil and Good characters, how to draw a Hero and a Villain

- How proportions change the way we perceive characters

- How to dress your characters - why are costumes important

- How to brainstorm with simple shapes and how to find the characters suggested by your subconscious mind

- How to bring your character to life - creating a Character Sheet

- How to put emotions to your character


This and much more you will find in this course, as well as I will share with you some insights from the kitchen of an illustrator and an animator while I guide you, step by step to exploring your own creativity, finding your own style and become the artist you´ve always dreamed of.

I hope to see you on the other side of this course.

Who this course is for:
  • All beginners in drawing. If you think you can only draw stick figures, if that, I´m here to prove you wrong. There is an artist in you that you are not aware of.
  • If you already have some experience in drawing, this course will be good for you too. You will learn a lot about character design and how to break your own bounderies to take yourself to a new level of drawing.
  • If you are an advanced artist, you will get some insights from a different point of view. If you´ve been drawing the same style for ages, maybe you want to try a different approach but you seem to be stuck at the same patterns of drawing. Here, you can learn some new tecniques of how to approach your drawing and explore a different side of your creativity.

What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to draw HUMAN PROPORTION and how to make humans look CARTOONY.
  • You will learn how to find your own style and design your own cartoony humans.
  • You will learn how to keep the same style of cartoonying if you are designing your book and characters for your animated movie.
  • You will learn how to put emotions to your characters.
  • You will learn how to make a character sheet - how to draw your character from different sides.
  • You will learn what is an Archetype and how you go about to design one.

Course syllabus

Introduction THE MALE - Proportions, cartooning and archetypes Designing Cartoony Characters by using Shapes and Shadows ARCHETYPES. The Male Character BRAINSTORMING SESSION - Design characters using shapes, BONUS LECTURE THE FEMALE - Proportions, Cartooning and Emotions Designing a HEROINE Adding personality to the character FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

Meet the instructors

Maria Avramova

Character Designer and Animator

I am a character design, film director, animator and illustrator. I have worked in the animation industry for over 15 years, bringing characters to life.

I have worked with clients such as McDonalds and Ericsson to create a top notch 3D animated characters for the their commersials.

I´ve had the privilage to direct actors such as Sir Roger Moore and Peter Stormare among all, as voice actors for animated movies. I´ve worked with renown illustrators and screenwriters such as Iain McCaig, the legendary designer from Star Wars, to breath life to stories and characters.

The TV-show I´ve recently wrote and directed, called Space Yoghurt, is having a worldwide success and has been featured twice in the Animation Magazine.

I´m here to share with you the knowledge that I´ve been gathering through my experience on how to draw cartoony characters and how to make animated movies.

Welcome to my world.