In this class, we’ll explore how circles, triangles, and rectangles can completely transform your characters and give your drawings personality, story, and emotion.
Through simple step-by-step lessons, you’ll discover how to use basic shapes to build strong foundations in your artwork and how to apply this knowledge to design your own charming animal characters.
What You’ll Learn
We’ll go through three creative stages to understand how shape language works:
- Level 1: Redesign a simple body into three base shapes – a circle, a triangle, and a rectangle.
- Level 2: Fit an animal into one of these shapes to explore posture and visual storytelling.
- Level 3: Fully illustrate three animals with shape language guiding every feature and detail.
Then we’ll wrap it up with a fun Shape Language BINGO!
We’ll randomly select a shape, an animal, and a level to create a spontaneous final illustration – your main class project!
By the end of this class, you’ll understand how to use shape language to design expressive and appealing characters, and you’ll have a full illustration created through your own unique combination of shape, form, and personality.
Let’s bring your illustrations to life – one shape at a time! Are you ready?
See you in class!
- Beginners in digital illustration who want to understand design principles in a fun and approachable way.
- Procreate users who want to move beyond basic drawing and start designing expressive characters.
- Illustrators and hobbyists looking to develop stronger compositions and more personality in their artwork.
- Students and creatives who want to build a solid foundation in shape, form, and visual storytelling.
