Main program for teenagers
ANIME
CREATING
YOUR OWN CHARACTER
CREATING
YOUR OWN CHARACTER
Course start: September
Duration: course of 8 lessons of 1.5 hours, 1 lesson per week
Schedule: Wednesday 17.00 - 18.30 or Friday 18.00 - 19.30
Tuition fee: from 2800 RSD (with subscription) per lesson
ABOUT THE COURSE
Welcome to the anime drawing course!
Here we will start with the very basics - simple lines and shapes, gradually mastering the anime style, its expressive eyes, emotions and dynamics. Step by step, you will learn to invent and draw your own characters. At the end of the course, everyone will create their own character in anime style - with a character, history and unique image.
Here we will start with the very basics - simple lines and shapes, gradually mastering the anime style, its expressive eyes, emotions and dynamics. Step by step, you will learn to invent and draw your own characters. At the end of the course, everyone will create their own character in anime style - with a character, history and unique image.
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COURSE PROGRAM
1. Introduction to anime style
Goal: to get acquainted with the features of the style, basic head shapes.
Practice: drawing simple heads in different styles (realistic, chibi, shonen/shojo). Examples: Naruto (children and adult characters), My Neighbor Totoro (chibi).
2. Face shapes and proportions
Goal: to learn how to build different types of faces (children, teenagers, adults).
Practice: drawing ovals, selecting the chin, ears, selecting proportions.
Examples: Naruto (Naruto is a teenager, Jiraiya is an adult), Your Name (teenage faces).
3. Eyes - a mirror of emotions
Goal: to master the construction and stylization of eyes.
Practice: drawing different eye shapes, learning to convey emotions (joy, anger, sadness). Examples: Sailor Moon (large expressive eyes), Naruto (different styles of eyes in characters).
4. Mouth, nose and eyebrows
Goal: learn how to work with facial details that affect facial expressions.
Practice: draw noses and mouths from different angles, experiment with eyebrows.
Examples: One Piece (cartoon emotions), Your Name (realistic stylization).
5. Hair: structure and movement
Goal: understand how to draw hair dynamically and with different hairstyles.
Practice: draw bangs, long hair, ponytails, hair movement in the wind.
Examples: Naruto (Sakura, Ino, Hinata), Jujutsu Kaisen (Gojo, Megumi).
6. Emotions and expression
Goal: learn how to convey the character's mood through the face.
Practice: make an "emotion list" of 6 emotions for one character.
Examples: Naruto (Naruto - laughter/anger/shock), One Piece (bright emotional reactions).
7. Basic figure and clothes
Goal: to get acquainted with simple body proportions in order to "put" the head on the figure. Practice: draw a mannequin body and dress it in basic clothes (T-shirt, hoodie).
Examples: Haikyuu!! (sports uniform), Naruto (simple genin clothes).
8. Final project: character
Goal: to collect all the skills into a single project.
Practice: create your own character: head + emotion + hairstyle + basic clothes. Examples: My Hero Academia (students with unique styles).
Goal: to get acquainted with the features of the style, basic head shapes.
Practice: drawing simple heads in different styles (realistic, chibi, shonen/shojo). Examples: Naruto (children and adult characters), My Neighbor Totoro (chibi).
2. Face shapes and proportions
Goal: to learn how to build different types of faces (children, teenagers, adults).
Practice: drawing ovals, selecting the chin, ears, selecting proportions.
Examples: Naruto (Naruto is a teenager, Jiraiya is an adult), Your Name (teenage faces).
3. Eyes - a mirror of emotions
Goal: to master the construction and stylization of eyes.
Practice: drawing different eye shapes, learning to convey emotions (joy, anger, sadness). Examples: Sailor Moon (large expressive eyes), Naruto (different styles of eyes in characters).
4. Mouth, nose and eyebrows
Goal: learn how to work with facial details that affect facial expressions.
Practice: draw noses and mouths from different angles, experiment with eyebrows.
Examples: One Piece (cartoon emotions), Your Name (realistic stylization).
5. Hair: structure and movement
Goal: understand how to draw hair dynamically and with different hairstyles.
Practice: draw bangs, long hair, ponytails, hair movement in the wind.
Examples: Naruto (Sakura, Ino, Hinata), Jujutsu Kaisen (Gojo, Megumi).
6. Emotions and expression
Goal: learn how to convey the character's mood through the face.
Practice: make an "emotion list" of 6 emotions for one character.
Examples: Naruto (Naruto - laughter/anger/shock), One Piece (bright emotional reactions).
7. Basic figure and clothes
Goal: to get acquainted with simple body proportions in order to "put" the head on the figure. Practice: draw a mannequin body and dress it in basic clothes (T-shirt, hoodie).
Examples: Haikyuu!! (sports uniform), Naruto (simple genin clothes).
8. Final project: character
Goal: to collect all the skills into a single project.
Practice: create your own character: head + emotion + hairstyle + basic clothes. Examples: My Hero Academia (students with unique styles).
Dasha Prokhorova
Is anime good or bad?
As in real life, there is no clear answer. The world is not divided into black and white, and our attitude to children's hobbies should not be categorical either. Any activity has its pros and cons: sports bring health and joy, but next to this - fatigue or injuries.
It's the same story with anime and manga. The cons of watching are the same as with any cartoons or films. But there are many more pros. Anime characters are most often schoolchildren or students, and therefore they are closer and more understandable to our children than distant superheroes like Superman or Iron Man.
In a bright cartoon form, a child sees how characters of his age diligently go to the goal, cope with difficulties, do not give up. And involuntarily tries it on for himself: "I can also pass exams", "I can pass the selection and get into the team."
For me, anime is not just cartoons. These are beautiful and instructive stories that teach you to dream, believe in yourself, go towards your goal and be a true friend and caring child.
As in real life, there is no clear answer. The world is not divided into black and white, and our attitude to children's hobbies should not be categorical either. Any activity has its pros and cons: sports bring health and joy, but next to this - fatigue or injuries.
It's the same story with anime and manga. The cons of watching are the same as with any cartoons or films. But there are many more pros. Anime characters are most often schoolchildren or students, and therefore they are closer and more understandable to our children than distant superheroes like Superman or Iron Man.
In a bright cartoon form, a child sees how characters of his age diligently go to the goal, cope with difficulties, do not give up. And involuntarily tries it on for himself: "I can also pass exams", "I can pass the selection and get into the team."
For me, anime is not just cartoons. These are beautiful and instructive stories that teach you to dream, believe in yourself, go towards your goal and be a true friend and caring child.
