Character Design MADE EASY with Moho & Anime Studio

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In this short lecture Jeremy goes through 'why' use Anime Studio pro!

Why use Anime Studio Pro for character design?

• With the EASE of the Add points tool, no matter what skill level you are you will be able to make the drawings you have always dreamed of.

In this lecture Jeremy walks you through the draw tools in Anime Studio Pro. Each of these have important properties to succeeding with this software. By the end of this lecture you will have fast knowledge of the tools needed to make your creations!

• The add points tool (Shortcut:A)
• The Curvature tool (Shortcut: C)
• Select and create shapes tool (Shortcut: G)

In this lecture Jeremy walks you through the different types of layers we will be using with Anime Studio Pro.

The layers we are learning about:

• Vector layer
• Image layer
• Group layer
• Nested folders
• Switch layers

Everything we learned in this section wrapped up into a quiz!

In this lecture Jeremy walks you through the two ways of importing reference images in Anime Studio Pro.

What we will be learning:

• Importing an image using New -> Image Layer
• Holding down CTRL-> Y to add an Anime Studio Tracing image

Download in this lecture under the 'Resources' tab!

In this lecture Jeremy starts drawing our Monster step by step!

You will be using:

• Start by using the add points tool
• Learn how to use the curvature tool
• Start gaining experience with drawing in ASP!

In this lecture Jeremy walks you through drawing the arms and hair of our monster!

By the end of this lecture you will have:

• Continued to draw our monster
• Learned the style palette
• Importing our custom color image

In this lecture Jeremy walks you through drawing our facial features and finishing our Monster!

By the end of this lecture you will:

• Add the simple features that make up the face!
• Learn how we can draw other poses to supplement our ready to rig character. By making a bunch of small poses with re-usable assets we are able to make several rigs to get the job done.

In this lecture Jeremy gives ideas on how to organize your newly created monster making it ready to rig!

By the end of this lecture:

• Organized your file for one of many ways to start the thought process on how to organize each layer for rigging.

In this section we are going draw a rugged lumberjack!

• Let's start by tracing out a really simple shape for our head
• Next we will hide the ugly parts with a manly beard

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

• the .anime file for his head
• the .png sketch of Lumberjack

Let's go ahead and compliment our lumberjacks face with a hat and eyes

We will draw:

• A cool hat made from two simple shapes
• Two eyes to finish off the face

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Let's go ahead and finish up the head by adding a nose and ears for the lumberjack!

We will draw:

• For the nose we will pick a simple shape and a slightly darker color to contrast the rest of his skin
• Next we will finish the head up by drawing to simple ears

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Let's go ahead and draw the lumberjack's arms!

We will draw:

• With the add point tool two separate shapes
• One shape will be the bicep area of the arm
• The other shape will be the forearm, in order to animate the forearm in front of and behind the body, we need to have the arm in two separate shapes

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Downloads Included:

• the .anime file for the torso

In this lecture we are going to draw out one of the most difficult parts of the human body, the HANDS, but fortunately it is a cartoon so it will make that a little easier!

We will draw:

• A simple, fast, basic hand design for a resting hand position

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

So now that we got our arms and head let's go ahead and connect it with a torso!

We will draw:

• With the add points tool simple shapes to create the overalls
• and last we will top it off with a navy blue and caution colored orange overalls

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Downloads Included:

• the .anime file for his overalls

Let's go ahead and finish up the drawing!

We will draw:

• In his legs and boots
• Our character and double check everything to make sure we are good to go to start rigging
• Once everything looks good we start on our next and sometimes challenging part, rigging the character!

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Downloads Included:

• the .anime file for the legs

These are just some basic questions to see what you learned

In this section we will draw a FAT WIZARD!

We will draw:

• Starting off tracing our head and beard

• After the head is drawn we will hide it with a grey Merlin's beard

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Downloads included:

• the .anime file for the head
• color template
• the .png image sketch of the wizard

Now that we got the head let's go ahead and give this wizard a moustache!

We will draw:

• A simple shape for the moustache

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Let's go ahead and top this drawing off with a hat for our wizard! In this lecture you will learn how to mask in Anime Studio

We will draw:

• A cool wizard star hat using masks!

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool
• Group folder for the mask

In this lecture I thought I would show you another way to go about drawing out your character!

We will draw:

• The wizards round magical robe!

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Downloads included:

the .anime file for the robe

Alright now we got the robe drawn let's go ahead and draw out the wizards belt using simple shapes

We will draw:

• Simple shapes to make up the belt

Time to draw out some boxers and farmer tanned legs for our fat wizard. Also add some masks for the design of the boxer shorts

We will draw:

• Simple shapes to make up the legs and add masking

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool
• A group folder for masking

Downloads included:

• the .anime file for the legs

Last thing to add to finish up the wizard is adding some arms. After we finish that off we will go ahead and start rigging!

We will draw:

• Simple shapes to make up the arms

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Downloads included:

• the .anime file for the arms
• the final .anime of the wizard!

Before we get started I just want to let you know a little of what to expect from character design, how to design, and where to design!

Downloads included:

• The .png image of the model sheet

Now that we have the character, let's go ahead and draw him out at a 3/4 turn

Software used: Sketchbook Pro 7

Here we will draw out the front view of the character in using reference lines to match up the character

Software used: Sketchbook Pro 7

Alright last angle that we will be drawing is the side angle, let's go ahead and draw that out!

Software used: Sketchbook Pro 7

Now that we got our character drawn out, let's import him into Anime Studio and start working on the head!

We will draw:

• The goofy head shape of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Let's go ahead and give that head a body!

We will draw:

• The torso of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Can't be a complete torso without the arms, let's go ahead and add those next

Let's go ahead and give that torso some arms!

We will draw:

• The arms of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Now that the torso is finished up let's go ahead and add the legs

Let's go ahead and add to the arms with some legs!

We will draw:

• The torso of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Alright time to wrap up this view of our character by adding the hands!

We will draw:

• The hands of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Now let's get started on drawing the front view of our character in Anime Studio!

We will start with the head!

We will draw:

• The torso of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Download included!

• The .anime file for the front view of the monster character

This lecture will be a lot quicker and easier, we will build the torso and arms!

We will draw:

• The torso and arms of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Let's go ahead and finish up the front view by adding his legs!

We will draw:

• The torso and arms of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Let's go ahead and start the view of our character by adding a head!

We will draw:

• The head side view of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Download included!

• .anime file for the side view

Now that we got the head let's add the Torso & Arms

We will draw:

• The torso and arms of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Now let's add some hands!

We will draw:

• We are now going to work on drawing the arms of our monster character

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Let's go ahead and finish up the side view by adding his legs!

We will draw:

• The legs to finish up the side view!

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Let's go ahead and finish up the back view!

We will draw:

• The easiest part, the back view!

You will be using:

• The add points tool and curvature tool
• Select and create shapes tool

Download included!

Thank you so much for taking our course!