Skillshare – Character Design: Designing Animated Women with Tom Bancroft

Lesson 1 (A)

• Introduction to the subject of Designing attractive female characters
• Where to start designing your character? Asking the right questions
• Getting references together! Best practices for photo reference and research
• General thoughts on drawing appealing women characters
• Discussion of variety in eye shapes in character design
• Looking at the proportions and how to push them for more appeal
• Face shapes and their impact on the character design
• Ways to simplify and create flow throughout the character’s body
• Use of the all-important “S” Curve!
• Drawing faces from different angles.
• Looking at your character details and pose

Lesson 2 (B)

• Tom describes how he would accomplish the assignment of drawing attractive female characters in a line-up.