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.

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Skills you'll gain: New Product Development, Design Thinking, Product Development, Storyboarding, Innovation, Conceptual Design, Product Design, Consumer Behaviour, Ideation, User Research, Market Opportunities, Prototyping, Product Improvement, Needs Assessment, Design Research, Customer Analysis, Solution Design, Commercialization, Market Trend, Technology Solutions
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

IE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Surveys, Consumer Behaviour, Survey Creation, Market Research, Data Analysis, Marketing, Data Collection, Marketing Psychology, Business Research, Marketing Strategies, Research Methodologies, Research Design, Market Data, Customer Analysis, Experimentation, Decision Making, B2B Sales
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Persona Development, Marketing Strategies, Digital Brand Strategy, Digital Media Strategy, Target Audience, Social Media Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Customer Analysis, Digital Marketing, Marketing Planning, Customer Acquisition Management, Customer experience improvement, Customer Engagement, Customer Retention, Social Media, Marketing, Target Market, Brand Management, E-Commerce, Experience Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Diversity Awareness, Intercultural Competence, Teamwork, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Cultural Sensitivity, Cultural Diversity, Collaboration, Verbal Communication Skills, Student Support and Services, Advocacy, Professional Development, English Language, Research, Professionalism, Higher Education, Communication, Adaptability, Communication Strategies, Public Speaking, Writing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard Creation, Data Presentation, Dashboard, Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Stakeholder Analysis, Tableau Software, Data Visualization Software, Requirements Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Data Cleansing, Stakeholder Engagement, Data Wrangling, Storyboarding, Data Transformation, Data Quality, Data Preprocessing, Compensation Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Microarchitecture, Computer Architecture, Computer Hardware, System Programming, Data Storage, Memory Management, Performance Tuning, Computational Logic, Computer Programming, C (Programming Language), Program Development, C# (Programming Language)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: SAS (Software), Network Analysis, Trend Analysis, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Forecasting, Data Quality, Text Mining, Exploratory Data Analysis, Datamaps, Spatial Data Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Data Transformation, Analysis, Data Mapping, Interactive Data Visualization, Analytics, Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Business Reporting
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Cloud Deployment, Cloud Development, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Storage, Data Storage, Serverless Computing, Software Development, Cloud Security, Virtual Machines, Data Storage Technologies, Continuous Deployment, Development Environment, Cloud Management, Application Deployment, Cloud Applications, Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Data Security, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, C# (Programming Language)
Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Focus Group, Qualitative Research, Surveys, Discussion Facilitation, Survey Creation, Market Research, Research, Research Reports, Recruitment, Research Methodologies, Interviewing Skills, Recruitment Strategies, Report Writing, Sample Size Determination
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Pay Per Click Advertising, Digital Marketing, Web Analytics, Digital Marketing Campaigns, Email Marketing, Paid media, Digital Advertising, Social Media Campaigns, Digital Brand Strategy, Marketing Strategies, Online Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing Tools, Web Design and Development, Marketing Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media, Campaign Management, Data-Driven Marketing, Search Engine Marketing
Build toward a degree
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Graph Theory, Data Structures, Algorithms, Tree Maps, Theoretical Computer Science, Analysis, Python Programming
Build toward a degree
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Test Planning, Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, User Requirements Documents, Functional Specification, Systems Design, Requirements Analysis, System Requirements, System Design and Implementation, Software Design, Systems Development, Prototyping, Program Development, Software Documentation, Conceptual Design, Python Programming
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months