Designing Animatable PSD Characters in Procreate

🚀 Design PSD-based Characters in Procreate: A Deep Dive into Animation-ready Character Creation 🎨

Course Overview: Embark on a creative journey with Chad Troftgruben, where you'll learn to craft your very own animatable character from scratch using Procreate, the powerful drawing app for the iPad. This course is designed for artists who dream of bringing their characters to life in software like Moho, Animate CC, Character Animator, and more!

What You'll Learn: This comprehensive course will guide you through every step of designing a character that's ready for the animation stage. You'll master Procreate's features, sketch and refine your character, set up layers for seamless rigging and animating, and even prepare for lip syncing and head turns! 🗝️

Course Breakdown:

• Procreate Mastery:

  • Navigate Procreate with ease.
  • Explore popular features that will enhance your design workflow.

• Character Design Process:

  • Sketch a unique character that captures your imagination.
  • Refine the character's shapes and dimensions for a polished look.
  • **Set up a layer hierarchy that is crucial for animation, ensuring that you can easily rig your character in an animation software later on.

• Bringing Your Character to Life:

  • Ink your sketch to define the lines and contours.
  • Color and add depth with shading and highlights to give your character personality and visual appeal.
  • Create essential mouth poses for perfect lip syncing, a key element in character animation.
  • Sketch out additional head poses to facilitate smooth head turns and expressions.

• Final Steps:

  • Export your Procreate masterpiece as a PSD file ready for the next stage of animation in software like Moho, Animate CC, or Character Animator.

Why Take This Course?

• No Procreate? No problem! While this course is designed with Procreate users in mind, you can adapt these lessons to suit your preferred design app.
• Learn at Your Own Pace: Follow along with step-by-step instructions and replay the lectures as needed to perfect each stage of your character's design.
• Unlock the Potential of Your Creativity: With the skills you gain from this course, your imagination will no longer be limited by technical barriers. You'll be able to bring any concept to life with a character that's ready for animation.

Who Is This Course For?

• Aspiring Animators: If you're looking to dive into character animation but haven't yet mastered the design process, this course is perfect for you.
• Character Designers: Whether you're an artist or a hobbyist, this course will refine your skills and expand your portfolio with animatable characters.
• Animators Seeking to Improve Workflow: Learn how to streamline your character design process for faster and more efficient animation workflows.

Ready to transform your creative ideas into animation-ready characters? 🌟 Enroll in "Designing Animatable PSD Characters in Procreate" today and take the first step towards becoming a master character designer and animator!