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Character Design Courses

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.


Popular Character Design Courses and Certifications


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    University of Virginia

    Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector

    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

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Unreal Engine Game Design: Build, Implement & Optimize

    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

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    EDUCBA

    Master Unity Maze Games: Design, Build & Optimize

    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

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    Packt

    Foundations of Modular Environment Design in Blender

    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

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    EDUCBA

    Unreal Engine: Master Advanced FX & Gameplay Design

    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

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    Coursera

    Material Design 3 for Beginners: Building UI Systems

    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

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    EDUCBA

    Unreal Engine: Master Interactive FX & Game Design

    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

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    EDUCBA

    Unity Breakout Game: Design, Implement, and Optimize

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI), Object Oriented Design, Prototyping, Animations

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    3ds Max Interior Design: Model, Arrange & Refine

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Autodesk, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Simulations

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Patterns and Principles

    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

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    Whizlabs

    Design security solutions for applications and data

    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

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    Whizlabs

    Design Security Ops, Identity, and Compliance capabilities

    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

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular character design courses

  • Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector: University of Virginia
  • Unreal Engine Game Design: Build, Implement & Optimize: EDUCBA
  • Master Unity Maze Games: Design, Build & Optimize: EDUCBA
  • Foundations of Modular Environment Design in Blender: Packt
  • Unreal Engine: Master Advanced FX & Gameplay Design: EDUCBA
  • Material Design 3 for Beginners: Building UI Systems: Coursera
  • Unreal Engine: Master Interactive FX & Game Design: EDUCBA
  • Unity Breakout Game: Design, Implement, and Optimize: EDUCBA
  • 3ds Max Interior Design: Model, Arrange & Refine: EDUCBA
  • Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Patterns and Principles: University of Colorado Boulder

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