Class101 – Learn How to Design, Draw, and Edit Your Own Digital Anime World By QMENG

The World of Character Design

All of us have already been creators. Have you ever created a character? When you were a child, you might have had an imaginary best friend, someone from the corners of your mind. That’s creation.

It’s so fun and exciting at first. The characters you create move at your will, are always there for you, and understood you like no one ever could. I’ll show you how you can create again.

The character below is a character I scribbled without thinking.

Who is this? What are you doing here? Is this character good or evil? What does it look like? Can you imagine how this character smiles? Characters will not survive unless they can gain the empathy of viewers.

Now, can you see what to do when you see the 500 won from the character above?

There are three options.

1. The character picked it up and brought it to the police station.

2. The character passed by without picking up.

3. The character picked it up and put it in their pocket.

In order to know the correct answer, you need to pay attention to the background of this character.

After setting up your story, people can understand the character’s personality and behavioral patterns.

Real people are very complicated. Everyone has a trauma, big or small, and has unique tastes and ideas. People are driven by the ‘self’ that determines who they are.

If you apply this person’s psychology to a character, you can really bring your character to life.

After writing the character’s narrative, the next step is to create a character sheet. The character sheet fills in all the gaps you need to fill, showing your character in different expressions and poses.

Anyone can write a story, but a good story comes from learning.

After taking this class, you will be able to create stories that are engrossing to anyone who sees.

Drawing more diverse characters

“Every character drawn is the same!”

The students in my class are always worried about this, and it’s also something I’ve struggled with a lot in the past. What kind of practice do you need to draw different characters?

Most of the problems come from your specific tastes. Because there is only one style of characters you like, and it will be all you’ll be drawn to create without studying further character styles.

Knowing the wide spectrum of character types and researching popular styles for those characters, you can create more amazing characters.

And in this class, I will present a breakthrough not only for character backgrounds, but also for their visuals.

Image a fantasy

After organizing your characters and world in harmony, you will learn how to draw images that make the story magical. In addition, I will teach you design tips to let your character’s personality shine through your art.

I had a lot of opportunities to work as a character concept designer in a variety of fantasy worlds, and in the process I learned a lot about the character creation and work concept.

Practical design tips that are not shared anywhere else will also be shared with you in this class.

In this class, you will refine the world you have created to be more convincing and three-dimensional, and put in your creative characters in it to create an entrancing story.

The result will remain as a detailed character sheet that has been polished under professional feedback, an image board that can remind you of various scenes, and concept art that puts everything together.

I will help you become a visual storyteller who can continue to expand your own world even after class has finished.