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
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Responsive Web Design, Web Design and Development, Prototyping, Graphic and Visual Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Figma (Design Software), Web Design, User Interface (UI), Wireframing, Typography, Web Applications, Mobile Development, Design Thinking
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), Software Design Documents, Technical Documentation, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Software Design, Prototyping, Technical Communication, Style Guides, UI Components
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Video Production, Virtual Environment, Storytelling, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Animations, Motion Graphics
Status: Free TrialUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Color Theory, Graphic Design, Typography, Graphic and Visual Design, User Experience Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Design, Digital Design, Design Elements And Principles, Adobe InDesign, Design Software, Design Research, Web Design and Development, Adobe Photoshop, Image Quality
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Design Research, UI/UX Strategy
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Typography, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Style Guides, Digital Design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Design, Photo Editing, Design Elements And Principles, Storytelling, File Management, Color Theory
Status: Free TrialCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Prototyping, Software Design Documents, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Ideation, Conceptual Design, Usability Testing, Graphic and Visual Design, Peer Review, Creativity
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Game Design, Unity Engine, 3D Assets, Virtual Environment, Video Game Development, Animations, User Interface (UI), Software Design, C# (Programming Language), Scripting, Debugging
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Design Reviews, Peer Review, Game Design, Generative AI, Adobe Creative Cloud, Graphic Design, Responsible AI, Adobe Photoshop, Graphic and Visual Design, Design, Design Strategies, Design Research, Oral Expression, Prompt Engineering, Creativity
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Animation and Game Design, Video Game Development, Computer Graphics
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Adobe Illustrator, Typography, Graphical Tools, Adobe Creative Cloud, Design
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: 3D Assets, Data Validation, C# (Programming Language), Debugging
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular character design courses
- Designing User Interfaces and Experiences (UI/UX): IBM
- Handshake Ready: Design Specs & Handoff in Figma: Coursera
- Unreal Engine 5 For Beginners: Characters & Interiors: Skillshare
- Print and Digital Elements of Design: Branding and User Experience: University of Colorado Boulder
- Mapping the Mission: User Personas & Journey Design in Figma: Coursera
- Digital and Print Media Design: Xbox
- Game Design Document: Define the Art & Concepts: California Institute of the Arts
- Unity: Design & Develop Role-Playing Games (RPGs): EDUCBA
- Designing with GenAI and Capstone Project: Xbox
- Unreal Engine: Design Dynamic Particle Effects for Games: EDUCBA
