Discover the art of bringing characters to life through drawing and design. This workshop introduces you to the fundamentals of character creation, from developing an initial idea through to constructing engaging and stylised figures. You’ll explore essential drawing techniques while learning the foundations of proportion and structure, building confidence through guided exercises and demonstrations to pose your characters with strength, energy and personality. Over the duration of the workshop, you’ll progress from stick-figures and simple shape based sketches to developing a fully realised character design. Along the way, you’ll experiment with stylisation techniques, gesture drawing, costuming and visual storytelling. Whether you’re a beginner eager to start designing your own original characters or an artist looking to strengthen your stylisation and storytelling skills, this workshop will equip you with the tools and creative insight to design compelling and memorable characters. This workshop focuses on the designing phase of character construction and will not be delving into colouring or rendering techniques.