Anime Academy: Characters and Backgrounds

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Udemy

Develop the skills to design characters, backgrounds, illustrations, and much more to become professional graphic designers or animation artists.

Mode

Online

Fees

₹ 549 3099

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course overview

Anime Academy: Characters and Backgrounds online course is designed to take individuals through the process of designing their characters, developing their artworks, and learning the principles of anime art process flow. The course will teach them about the essentials so that they can use them in their drawings and illustrations. Anime Academy: Characters and Backgrounds online certification is created by Christina Wu/Dubell - Digital Painting, Character Design Artist & Instructor and is made available through Udemy, an ed-tech organization based in the United States that assists individuals in developing and enhancing their skills. 

Anime Academy: Characters and Backgrounds online training is broken into 15 sessions that cover key themes including anime sketching, illustration, and character designing, perspective, anatomy, drawing & painting outfits, faces, hair, color & lighting, compositions, and illustration creation procedures. The course assists candidates in generating four distinct realistic projects that will take them from having no knowledge of drawing anime to designing their characters and scenery.

The highlights

  • Certificate of completion
  • Self-paced course
  • English videos with multi-language subtitles
  • 70.5 hours of pre-recorded video content
  • 147 downloadable resources
  • 30-day money-back guarantee 
  • Unlimited access
  • Accessible on mobile devices and TV

Program offerings

  • Certificate of completion
  • Self-paced course
  • English videos with multi-language subtitles
  • 70.5 hours of pre-recorded video content
  • 147 downloadable resources
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Unlimited access
  • Accessible on mobile devices and tv

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 549  ₹3,099
certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Udemy

Who it is for

What you will learn

Storytelling Animation skills

After completing the Anime Academy: Characters and Backgrounds certification course, candidates will learn design principles as well as animations. Candidates will learn about the fundamentals of perspective and how to develop in-game characters, backgrounds, and graphics. Candidates will be able to create line art, anime character bodies, and anime faces. Candidates will also be able to use digital paintings as a channel to tell their stories and fantasies.

The syllabus

Introduction

  • Introduction
  • Facebook Group Entry code
  • Materials
  • How to Use Q&A
  • Most Common Questions and Answers
  • Difference between Characters and Illustrations
  • Photoshop Basics
  • How to Create Shortcuts
  • Inspiration Demo!

Anime Bodies (Male and Female)

  • Basic Shapes
  • Form and Line Exercise
  • Anatomy for Girls
  • Anatomy for Guys
  • Gesture Drawing
  • Female Hands
  • Male Hands
  • Female Feet
  • Male Feet

How to Draw Anime faces

  • Male Face
  • Male Eyes
  • Male noses
  • Male Mouth
  • Female Face
  • Female Eyes
  • Female noses and mouth
  • Male Hair
  • Female Hair
  • Male Head Views Pt 1
  • Male Head Views Pt 2
  • Male Head Views Pt 3
  • Female Head Views Pt 1
  • Female Head Views Pt 2
  • Female Head Views Pt 3
  • Male Expressions 1
  • Male Expressions 2
  • Male Expressions 3
  • Female Expressions 1
  • Female Expressions 2
  • Female Expressions 3
  • Shoujo Style
  • Shonen Style
  • Chibi Style

How to Draw Poses

  • Anime Girl Body Types
  • Anime Guy Body Types
  • 7 Basic Folds
  • How to Draw RIbbons
  • Female Standing Poses
  • Female Standing Poses 2
  • Female Sitting Poses
  • Female Dynamic Poses
  • Female Dynamic Poses 2
  • Male Standing Poses
  • Male Sitting Poses
  • Male Dynamic Poses
  • Cute Couple Poses

Backgrounds

  • Perspective Review
  • Camera
  • Making a Bedroom using Boxes
  • Detailing the Bedroom
  • Drawing backgrounds from Reference (super easy)
  • Drawing backgrounds from Reference (easy)
  • Drawing backgrounds from Reference (intermediate)
  • Shading Backgrounds

Painting and Lighting basics

  • Painting Basic Shapes in Black and White
  • Forms of the Face
  • Black and White Figure Study
  • Color Theory and Temperature Relationships
  • Still Life Painting
  • Rendering Tips
  • Fabric Studies
  • Fabric Studies 2

Lining and Color

  • How to Line
  • How to Flat Color
  • How to Color 1
  • How to Color 2

Story and Design

  • Story and Character Basics
  • Design Principles
  • Design Exercise: Redesign

Original Story

  • Summary

Character #1: Mia

  • Story and Personality
  • Reference Gathering
  • Exploration
  • Sketches Civilian
  • Sketches Civilian 2
  • Sketches Hero
  • Sketches Hero 2
  • Prop Design
  • Refining Design
  • Linework
  • Color Block In
  • Color Block In 2
  • Color Block in 3
  • Painting Process
  • Painting Process 2
  • Painting Process 3
  • Painting Process 4
  • Painting Process 5

Character #2: Celeste

  • Story and Personality
  • Reference Gathering
  • Exploration
  • Sketches Civilian
  • Sketches Hero
  • Sketches Hero 2
  • Prop Design
  • Refining Design
  • Linework
  • Color Block In
  • Color Block In 2
  • Color Block in 3
  • Color Block In 4
  • Painting Process
  • Painting Process 2
  • Painting Process 3
  • Painting Process 4
  • Painting Process 5

Composition and Backgrounds

  • Figure Ground theory
  • Types of shots
  • Portrait Contrast
  • Character in backgrounds
  • Composition Flow

Illustration Process (Mia)

  • Sketch
  • Value sketch
  • Linework
  • Values
  • Color Block in with Values
  • Color Masking
  • Color Masking 2
  • Painting Process
  • Painting 2
  • Painting 3
  • Painting 4
  • Painting 5

Illustration Process (Celeste)

  • Sketch
  • Value Sketch
  • Color Block in With Values
  • Linework
  • Color Masking
  • Color Masking 2
  • Painting Process
  • Painting 2
  • Painting 3

Congrats!

  • Congratulations, you finished!

Instructors

Ms Christina Wu/Dubell

Ms Christina Wu/Dubell
Artist
Freelancer

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