Free character design courses and tutorials

Learn character design from start to finish with these step-by-step tutorials. Pick up tips and tricks to help you create convincing characters in a range of styles.
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  1. Illustrator for Kids: How to Create a Cute Cactus Character

    Illustrator for Kids: How to Create a Cute Cactus Character

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial for kids, you'll learn how to create an easy and cute cartoon character. You'll use basic shapes, the Line Segment Tool...

  2. How to Create a Koala Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Koala Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Today I'm going to show you how to create a koala climbing on a tree. It's easy and fun tutorial for those who just started to learn Adobe Illustrator.

  3. How to Create a Summer Girl Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Summer Girl Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Summer is in full swing! Learn how to draw a beautiful, summer illustration of a girl eating a watermelon.

  4. How to Vector the Team Awesome Mascot in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Vector the Team Awesome Mascot in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial, I'll be showing you how to render your own little mascot, using an awesome sketch created by the ever-creative Monika Zagrobelna. This was...

  5. Design and Draw a Mascot for Team Awesome

    Design and Draw a Mascot for Team Awesome

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Learn how to create a symbolic creature for a brand with very simple steps. The brand it'll be created for will be... us!

  6. Create a Cute Deer Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Cute Deer Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial we're going to take a cute character from starting sketch to finished product using Adobe Illustrator. We'll be focusing on how to achieve...

  7. New Course: Character Design & Animation for Games

    New Course: Character Design & Animation for Games

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Ever wondered how to create and animate characters for video games? In Character Design & Animation for Games, concept artist and animator Jonathan Lam...

  8. Create a Comic Character: Making a Character Sheet in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Comic Character: Making a Character Sheet in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Learn what goes into making an appealing design for your comic character, and how making a character sheet can help your comic process later on.

  9. How to Create a Simple Cartoon Waiter in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Simple Cartoon Waiter in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Today we are going to the restaurant, and together we'll create a funny cartoon waiter holding a food tray.

  10. How to Create a Cute Monster Character in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Cute Monster Character in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In the following steps you will learn how to create a detailed monster character in Adobe Illustrator.

  11. Learn to Design Animal Characters in Our New Course

    Learn to Design Animal Characters in Our New Course

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Our new course will teach you the basic principles of creating and rendering animal characters by drawing inspiration from their real-life counterparts as...

  12. Om! How to Create a Meditating Cartoon Cow in Adobe Illustrator

    Om! How to Create a Meditating Cartoon Cow in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Join me and follow this joyful and meditative tutorial if you wish to learn some simple coloring techniques using the Mesh Tool while drawing a cute cartoon...

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