30 Classes in 30 Days Starts in November!

I’m very excited to announce that I will be teaching 4 online workshops on Character Design over at Lean Into Art starting in November.

Starting November 1st, Lean Into Art is kicking off 30 Classes in 30 Days, a visual storytelling “unconference”, featuring a new hands-on workshop or class every day!

Each workshop I lead will be 1 – 1.5 hours long and will focus on the techniques, tricks and tools that I use to create crazy cartoon characters. We’ll explore the line of action, drawing with form, silhouettes and how to make your characters’ poses expressive and clear. Each session will build on the previous one. All you need are some drawing materials and an open-mind!

My workshops will target beginners and novices who are interested in taking their character drawing skills to the next level. It’s like kung-fu training, but with character design!

And that’s not all! There are a slew of other great workshops on visual storytelling that are also being offered (see below). Watch the Lean Into Art site for more details and announcements:

• Jerzy Drozd: Comics Fundamentals
• Rob Stenzinger: UI Design, Artist
• Workflow Scripting/Coding
• Kevin Cross: Color Theory
• Brandon Dayton: Line Work Theory
• Kim Holm: TBA/Expressionism/Digital Painting
• Tyler James: Writing Characters
• Jonathan Rector: TBA/Comic Visual

Process/Visual Perspective

• Mark Rudolph: TBA
• Kate Shields Stenzinger: TBA/Creative Families

…and here are some of the visual storytelling topics that will be covered:

• Character design
• Comics storytelling
• Storytelling theory
• Writing
• Digital illustration (Photoshop, Manga Studio, Illustrator, Sketchbook Pro)
• Optimizing creative workflow
• Video game writing/design
• Developing creative activities at home

The “30 Classes in 30 Days” early bird registration ends on Friday, September 23rd, so sign up today if you’re interested!

–Krishna

Krishna September 20, 2011 character design