This is a part one out of three Siris for a beginner to intermediate level, and it requires the use of photo shop and a drawing tablet. Intro: everyone in this class I'll talk about how to create from imagination to sketch characters were TV animation.

I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!ġ. Share your image in the project gallery, along with what your favourite character is, why you like them, and their two defining traits.

When you are done, save your Photoshop file in your preferred directory, and save the document as an image.

Try to come up with at least 5 of them - they can be really rough.

Come up with some posing thumbnails for your character on a new layer.

Scroll down to find the Pencil: Stumpy 6pt brush.

You can access the stumpy pencil brush in photoshop by going to your tool presets on the top left corner,, or if it's not there, going to Window > Tool Preset and making sure that's checked.

The brush I used is Swamp Flea’s Stumpy Pencil ver.2 brush (because it makes me feel more at ease with the medium but feel free to use any brush you’d like for this stage), which can be found here:

Using brush mode start conceptualising your character.

Create a document in Photoshop, any size you like (I prefer 1800px by 1800px, so it keeps my attention focused) at 300dpi.

Write down and share in the project gallery who your favourite childhood character was, a sentence on why they are your favourite character, and their two defining traits,.

Design your own character (the more different they are from your favourite childhood character the better, it doesn’t have to be human) with the 2 traits you just picked. Identify 2 traits that you think define this character - it can be 1 personality trait and 1 appearance trait, or 2 personality traits. Think of a character you’ve loved in your childhood - could be from a movie, game, a book, any medium you like.

Stumpy pencil brush