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: User Story, Persona (User Experience), Agile Product Development, Design Thinking, Agile Methodology, Product Development, User Research, Persona Development, Usability Testing, Team Building, User Centered Design, Value Propositions, Innovation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Payment Systems, User Interface (UI), MySQL, Application Design, Database Application, Python Programming, Transaction Processing, Application Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Database Management, Software Design, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Computer Graphics, 3D Assets, Video Game Development, Game Design, C# (Programming Language), Animations, Cross Platform Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Program Development, Software Installation, Debugging, Computational Logic
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, UI Components, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, User Interface (UI), Typography, Interactive Design, Front-End Web Development
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Usability, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Interactive Design, Application Design, Python Programming, Application Development
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: User Flows, UI Components, Figma (Design Software), User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Usability, Prototyping, Animations
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), User Interface (UI), Animations, Computer Graphic Techniques, UI Components, User Interface (UI) Design, Event-Driven Programming, Interactive Design, Python Programming
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Responsive Web Design, Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development, User Interface (UI), Animations, Browser Compatibility, Typography
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Newsletters, Email Marketing, Project Design, Content Creation, Scheduling, Test Tools, User Accounts, Marketing, Communication
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Virtual Environment, Game Design, Video Game Development, 3D Modeling, Animation and Game Design, Storytelling, Design Elements And Principles, Aesthetics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Apache Hadoop, Big Data, Data Infrastructure, Social Network Analysis, Data Processing, Program Development, Distributed Computing, Java, Text Mining, Graph Theory, File Systems, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Ball State University
Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Application Security, Encryption, Authentications, Cybersecurity, Data Encryption Standard, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Email Security, Network Security, Information Systems Security, Key Management, Application Development, Public Key Infrastructure, Data Integrity
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months