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.

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Blockchain, Web Development Tools, React Redux, User Experience Design, Application Design, Application Security, Application Development, Web Applications, Software Development Tools, Frontend Integration, Transaction Processing, Application Deployment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: User Experience, UI/UX Research, User Experience Design, Usability Testing, Design Research, Data Visualization, Usability, User Centered Design, User Research, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Data Preprocessing, Statistical Inference
Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

ESSEC Business School
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, Ideation, Service Design, Innovation, User Experience Design, Brainstorming, Public Administration, Public Policies, Experimentation, User Research, Case Studies, Stakeholder Engagement, Qualitative Research
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Finite Element Methods, Engineering Analysis, Simulation and Simulation Software, Engineering Calculations, Mathematical Modeling, Structural Analysis
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Logo Design, Prompt Engineering, Brainstorming, Brand Strategy, Branding, Graphic and Visual Design, ChatGPT, Color Theory, Target Audience, Creativity, Typography
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Computer Graphics, 3D Assets, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Technical Design, Design Software, Prototyping, Functional Design, Usability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Adobe Premiere, Post-Production, Video Production, Video Editing, Cinematography, Motion Graphics, Storytelling, Music
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Authentications, UI Components, Full-Stack Web Development, Authorization (Computing), File Management, React.js, Application Deployment, Development Environment, JavaScript Frameworks, Web Applications, Amazon Web Services, User Interface (UI), Software Development Tools, Content Management, Data Modeling
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Peking University
Skills you'll gain: Algorithms, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Combinatorics, Theoretical Computer Science, Data Structures, Pseudocode, Computational Thinking, Graph Theory, Design Strategies, Network Routing, Image Analysis, Bioinformatics, Digital Signal Processing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Customer Insights, User Feedback, Customer Analysis, Customer experience improvement, Data Sharing, Business Research, User Accounts, Content Creation
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: WordPress, Content Management Systems, Web Content, Web Design and Development, Web Design, Web Development, Blogs, Social Media, Content Management, Marketing, Design, Computer Science
Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Deployment, Google App Engine, Network Architecture, Service Level, Microservices, CI/CD, Site Reliability Engineering, Continuous Deployment, Cloud Applications, Google Cloud Platform, API Design, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Storage, Kubernetes, Restful API, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Cloud Computing, Computer Networking
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months