Character design courses can help you learn anatomy, color theory, personality development, and storytelling through visual elements. You can build skills in sketching, digital painting, and creating character backstories that resonate with audiences. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe Photoshop, Procreate, and Blender, that support bringing your characters to life and refining your artistic style. You'll also explore techniques for character animation and how to effectively convey emotions through design.

Skills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), Front-End Web Development, Web Design, Prototyping, Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, User Interface (UI), 3D Assets, Virtual Environment, Game Design, UI Components, Video Game Development, Debugging, Animation and Game Design, Computer Graphics, C# (Programming Language), Scripting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Responsive Web Design, Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User Interface (UI), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Front-End Web Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Javascript, Usability, Web Applications, Semantic Web, Data Validation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, Video Game Development, Game Design, 3D Assets, Animations, 3D Modeling, Scripting, Development Testing
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Usability, Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, Figma (Design Software), Human Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, UI Components, Mockups, Wireframing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Social Media, Social Media Content, Facebook, Marketing Design, Social Media Marketing, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Content Creation, Animations, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Design Elements And Principles, User Accounts
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Microservices, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Computing Architecture, CI/CD, Cloud Security, Site Reliability Engineering, Service Level Agreement, Restful API, Network Architecture, DevOps, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Cloud Storage, API Design, Systems Design, Performance Metric, Application Design, Load Balancing, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Agile Methodology, Web Design and Development, React.js, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Front-End Web Development, Wireframing, Web Applications, HTML and CSS, Application Deployment, Responsive Web Design, Javascript
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Query Languages, Data Integration, Data Analysis
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Cloud Security, DevSecOps, Threat Management, Zero Trust Network Access, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Standards, Solution Architecture, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Security Controls, Security Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Disaster Recovery
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Adobe Photoshop, Creative Design, Typography, 3D Modeling, Color Theory, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Color Matching, Computer Graphic Techniques
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Hadoop, PySpark, Data Pipelines, MySQL, Data Warehousing, Data Validation, Data Transformation, Data Migration, Data Manipulation, Data Import/Export, Development Environment, Software Installation, System Configuration
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks