Character Drawing

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HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN CHARACTERS

The "Character" course will teach you all the essential elements needed to successfully create your own character illustrations and understand how to bring them to life realistically.

Learn how to intricately draw facial features as well as the body's trunk volumes and limbs through a detailed, progressive video course.

Also practice asymmetric drawing to further strengthen your characters' identities, making them charismatic, endearing, and unique. Complement your skills by working on the skeleton's shape, posture, and posing, and you will have all the concepts needed to succeed in your character drawings.

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Course benefits

Available teachers

Teachers available for you to contact

Available exercises

Exercises available for you to practice and improve

Complete training

A comprehensive step-by-step course

CHARACTER DRAWING TUTORIALS

See our blog for further character drawing tutorials to help you perfect your knowledge and skills.

Free and regular posts on all kinds of topics related to illustrations and character drawings to practice step by step through detailed articles.

What the course offers

You will be supported throughout the " Character Drawing " course with the following lessons

  • What to expect from this course! free
  • What equipment do you need to get started?
  • Drawing is an art
  • The quest for the perfect line
  • The keys to practising and improving
  • Movement brings your drawing to life
  • Simplifying shapes without focusing on details
  • Simple shapes: exercise correction
  • Once upon a time: the graphic knot
  • Exaaaaaaaggerate! (Exaggerate)
  • Understanding human body proportions free
  • The framework of the body – our skeleton
  • The skeleton: exercise correction
  • The role of a joint
  • Soft or firm – muscles make the body move
  • The simple volumes of the human body
  • Simple body volumes: exercise correction
  • Do we really have a "spinal column"?
  • Recap 1: taking stock
  • How do you draw a face?
  • Seeing and observing to draw eyes
  • Right in the middle of the face – the nose
  • Let's move on to the mouth!
  • Finally, the ears
  • Recap 2: the adventure continues
  • Recap 2: exercise correction
  • The art of caricature – playing with shapes
  • Caricature: exercise correction
  • Hands – your essential drawing tools
  • At the very end of the legs are the feet!
  • Professional technique: the magic bean
  • Professional technique: squash and stretch
  • Squash and stretch: exercise correction
  • Varying proportions to shape personality free
  • Chest out – let's draw the torso
  • Roll up your sleeves – let's draw the arms
  • Let's tackle the legs
  • The body in detail: correction of the last three lessons
  • Creating a character also means writing one
  • Professional technique: key pose
  • Recap 3: A-to-Z demonstration – let’s create a knight!
  • Bringing our knight to life with colour
  • Professional technique: turnaround
  • It's time to wrap up – and take the next step!

VISUALIZE YOUR PROGRESS

Keeping motivated when starting a personal project is very important, which is why we have set up a progress report accessible at any time. With it, you will be able to keep an eye on your investment and your advancement in the course you are taking.

Regular practice is a key factor during a learning phase, and your dashboard will allow you to closely monitor your progress and quantify the remaining work to organize your drawing sessions.

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the opinions of our students

Average site rating 4.7/5

Johann22
This course is really excellent and the trainer's teaching methods are perfectly adapted

29.05.2026

aKnoeil
This is exactly what I was missing, a good solid foundation to draw well, thanks again.

20.05.2026

fxwartz
The variety of courses offered is incredible. There are many themes and they are very interesting, from traditional to digital. Not to mention the live Masterclasses which are also exciting and availa...

25.04.2026

andr35
Excellent course!!! I have a 3-month plan and as soon as it ends I will take the subscription for 1 year. I'm still learning a lot of new things in your courses. Is it possible to do the "sketching",...

21.03.2026

Sanjufab
A great platform that allows you to progress at your own pace and improve!

13.03.2026

Mouque
Great course to learn the basics of drawing, very clear explanations, then you have to get started.... but the support is very good.

22.02.2026

Ozi
Right now I am watching the lessons, and afterwards I will review the lessons while doing the exercises with pleasure. I find that the lessons really speak to me, I am happy to be with you. See you so...

14.02.2026

Olfaa
I loved the Dessindigo program. For drawing enthusiasts, it’s an excellent choice for starting to practice and progress in your favorite hobby.

10.02.2026

ChaHAuTcarrer
This site is amazing! The courses are very well designed, the advice on equipment is awesome, I recommend it 100%

08.02.2026

viedetapassion
Course where you learn the different basics of drawing. Exercises not so simple but fun where we are pushed to overcome our fears. Suited for both beginners and intermediate levels or more (a reminder...

04.02.2026

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