Tom Bancroft Tutorials Collection

Character Design: Transform A Friend Into An Animated Princess
Animated Princess’ couldn’t be more popular these days in film and on TV. This is a character design class created so you can design yourself, your friend, or a family member into an animated Princess character. Tom Bancroft, Disney animation veteren and author of the leading books on character design, takes you through beginner and intermediate lessons step-by-step so you can learn simplified anatomy, flow in your drawing, facial elements, drawing different races, hair and clothing, and posing your final character design. This project is perfect to surprise a friend or loved one with a version of them as a animation-style Princess so you can share it on social media sites.

Character Design: Designing Animated Women
In this online character design course, Tom Bancroft walks you through the steps of using simplified shapes, how those shapes relate to actual anatomy, using those shapes to create a variety of different female forms, creating “flow” throughout the form, and the size relationships within the body and face. Using reference and “style” are also discussed. In the end, you will design your own female animated characters to use in any way you want!

Character Design: Designing a Character for a Purpose
In this online character design course, Tom Bancroft walks you through the steps of using simplified shapes, how those shapes relate to actual anatomy, using those shapes to create a variety of different female forms, creating “flow” throughout the form, and the size relationships within the body and face. Using reference and “style” are also discussed. In the end, you will design your own female animated characters to use in any way you want!