Fundamentals of Character Design with Stephen Silver

Welcome to the SDA Character Design Course. This course was originally developed back in 2005 where it was the training ground into Character Design for thousands of students over a 15 year period. Many of the course students went on to have great careers and some are now leading designers in the animation industry.

A prolific and noted artist in the animation industry, Stephen Silver is known for his distinctive and unique designs, and for his work on “Kim Possible”, “Danny Phantom”, “Clerks – The Animated Series” and many other franchises. Among his clients are Disney, Warner Bros, Nickelodeon, Sony Pictures and many more.

As a character designer, you will be responsible for exploring new ideas through characters. Your role as a designer will be to create major and incidental characters for animated television, feature films, video games, and the like, as well as creating characters for your own intellectual properties.

Throughout this course, Stephen will share the creative process of drawing that he goes through and his personal techniques for producing successful character designs. You will learn to understand clarity and shape variation, as well as many other important principles and elements of design.

In his lectures, Stephen will provide you with a better understanding of the drawing and design process, and give you tools with which to constantly improve your skills. This 8-lecture course will build your confidence in drawing while inspiring you with new ideas that will help you grow continuously.