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.

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Stakeholder Engagement, Innovation, Prototyping, Brainstorming, Storytelling, Human Centered Design, Social Impact, Ideation, Creativity, Customer experience improvement, Service Design, Design Research, Process Mapping, User Experience, Problem Solving, Complex Problem Solving, Qualitative Research, Data Visualization
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Unreal Engine, User Interface (UI), Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Virtual Environment, Artificial Intelligence, Animations, Debugging, Scripting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Performance Tuning, UI Components, Program Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), System Configuration, C# (Programming Language), Data Structures, Scripting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Game Design, Video Game Development, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), File Management, Functional Design, Design Elements And Principles
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Computer Graphic Techniques, UI Components, Animation and Game Design, Computer Graphics, Game Design, Video Game Development, User Interface (UI), Virtual Environment, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Animations, Motion Graphics, Interactive Design, Scripting, Simulations, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), UI Components, User Interface (UI) Design, Color Theory, Typography, Design Elements And Principles, User Experience Design, Web Design and Development, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, Data Persistence, Virtual Environment, Computer Graphics, 3D Assets, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Scripting, Data Structures, Performance Tuning
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI), Object Oriented Design, Prototyping, Animations
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Autodesk, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Simulations
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, JUnit, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design Patterns, Java, Unified Modeling Language, Software Design, Java Programming, Software Architecture, Model View Controller, Data Modeling, Conceptual Design
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Cloud Security, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Security, Secure Coding, Cloud Applications, Application Security, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Multi-Factor Authentication, Encryption, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: User Provisioning, Azure Active Directory, Cloud Security, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Security Controls, Multi-Factor Authentication, Authorization (Computing), Authentications, Continuous Monitoring, Threat Detection, Incident Response, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Automation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks