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Character Design Made Easy

A Complete Course to Creating Iconic and Memorable Characters
Brief Description
All you need to learn the art of creating iconic, fun and memorable characters! Character design is the art and process of defining a new character and their physical, mental, psychological, and social attributes. It is ideal for all those involved in creating artwork for gaming,... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Character Design Made Easy

A complete artistic course that guides the reader to understanding all elements of memorable, strong characters for gaming, commercials, graphic novels or cartoon strips.

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All you need to learn the art of creating iconic, fun and memorable characters!

Character design is the art and process of defining a new character and their physical, mental, psychological, and social attributes. It is ideal for all those involved in creating artwork for gaming, animation, advertising, social memes, cartoons, graphic novels, and comic strips.

The course structure provides tutorials on all the basics plus sections on storytelling, rendering, and developing expressions. It includes both pen and pencil techniques, as well as Procreate screen grabs for both digital and analogue artists.

Each chapter includes an introduction and brief refresher from the previous section to monitor and measure your progress as the course develops. Take your artistic skills to the next level and develop characters that are memorable and bursting with personality.

Character Design Made Easy is authored by Brookes Eggleston, founder of Character Design Forge, who has worked in studio settings and in a freelance capacity as a Character Designer, Illustrator, Story Artist, and 3D Modeller for over 15 years.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781446314869

Publisher: David & Charles

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: David & Charles

Illustration: 305 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 273.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Brookes Eggleston, founder of Character Design Forge in New York has worked in studio settings and in a freelance capacity as a Character Designer, Illustrator, Story Artist, and 3D Modeler for over 15 years. The tips and advice shared in this book are aimed to help the reader create characters for an audience. For more than eight years now, he has enjoyed the privilege of mentoring countless artists reach their goals.

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