Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate

A course by Ed Vill , Illustrator and designer

Illustrator and designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2017

Learn how to create a character for brands starting from a pencil sketch right up to the digital illustration

98% positive reviews (241)
5,715 students
Audio: Spanish, English
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch

Learn how to create a character for brands starting from a pencil sketch right up to the digital illustration

If you are passionate about pop culture and all things vintage, you will love discovering how to apply this unique style to your advertising projects. Illustrator and character designer Ed Vill found classic cartoons to be a never-ending source of history, comedy, and social criticism capable of transmitting the identity of just about any brand.

This online course will help you take the next step, showing you how to use Procreate and the Apple Pencil to get the most out of your illustrations no matter the media.

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What will you learn in this online course?

17 lessons & 24 downloads

What will we do in the course?
2 minutes, 46 seconds
Planning our project
6 minutes, 16 seconds
Deciding the personality
14 minutes, 32 seconds
Moodboard
4 minutes, 53 seconds
Final sketches
5 minutes, 23 seconds
Procreate interface
7 minutes, 51 seconds
  • 98% positive reviews (241)
  • 5,715 students
  • 17 lessons (2h 25m)
  • 24 additional resources (6 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish, English
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Design a cartoon-style character that reflects the personality of a brand using Procreate and prepare it to be used in a range of digital and traditional advertising media.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

This course is for illustrators, designers, and anyone curious about creating characters from scratch with Procreate. Also for lovers of cartoon-style illustration and retro pop culture.

Requirements and materials

To take this course it is necessary to have prior knowledge of cartoon-style illustration.

In addition, you will need paper and a pencil, an Apple Pencil, and an iPad Pro with the Procreate app installed.


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5,715 Students
241 Reviews
98% Positive ratings
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Ed Vill

A course by Ed Vill

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Illustrator and designer

Ed Vill was born in Caracas (Venezuela), although he has been living in Mexico since 2016. He considers himself a cartoon enthusiast and has turned his passion into a profession by creating custom cartoon characters.

This multidisciplinary illustrator and designer has also worked as a copywriter and photographer for print media, recorded albums, created radio and television shows, and launched his own design brand: EdVill. Currently, he illustrates children's books and teaches character creation workshops for children and adults.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Who I am?
    • Influences
    • What will we do in the course?
  • U2

    What does the project represent?

    • Planning our project
    • Deciding the personality
    • Moodboard
    • Final sketches
  • U3

    To work

    • Procreate interface
    • Apple Pencil
    • Colors in Procreate
    • Import into Procreate
    • Illustration in Procreate P1
    • Illustration in Procreate P2
    • Illustration in Procreate P3
    • Illustration in Procreate P4
  • U4

    Finishing and assembly

    • Export files
    • Applications
  • FP

    Final project

    • Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate

What to expect from a Domestika course

  • Learn at your own pace

    Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.

  • Learn from the best professionals

    Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.

  • Meet expert teachers

    Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.

  • Certificates
    Plus

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  • Share knowledge and ideas

    Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.

  • Connect with a global creative community

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FAQs

Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.

All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.

The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.

You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.

If you're a Plus member, when you complete a course you've purchased, you'll instantly get your personalized certificate. You can see all your certificates in the Certificates section of your profile. You can download your certificates as PDFs and share the link online. Learn more about certificates.
Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate. Illustration course by Ed Vill

Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate

A course by Ed Vill
Illustrator and designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2017
  • 98% positive reviews (241)
  • 5,715 students