Join The Art Club for a free, two-hour live class exploring the essential principles behind strong character design. This special community workshop covers the same core information as our full Character Design: Essentials workshop, condensed into a focused two-hour session.
The class is free to attend, with an optional Pay What You Want contribution. If you enjoy the class and want to support what we're building, your contribution will help support The Art Club Kickstarter and our goal of making professional art education more accessible to everyone.
Support The Art Club on Kickstarter
What you will learn:
Shape language, rhythm, proportion, and appeal
Character construction, perspective, tilts, and angles
Expressive faces and acting
Poses that communicate personality and story
Practical principles you can apply to your own designs
Free to attend! Pay what you want!
This special community class is our way of giving back to The Art Club community while supporting The Art Club Kickstarter. If you'd like to help us continue making professional art education accessible to everyone, consider backing our Kickstarter.
CHARACTER DESIGN: ESSENTIALS
Join The Art Club for a free, two-hour live class exploring the essential principles behind strong character design. This special community workshop covers the same core information as our full Character Design: Essentials workshop, condensed into a focused two-hour session.
The class is free to attend, with an optional Pay What You Want contribution. If you enjoy the class and want to support what we're building, your contribution will help support The Art Club Kickstarter and our goal of making professional art education more accessible to everyone.
Support The Art Club on Kickstarter
What you will learn:
Shape language, rhythm, proportion, and appeal
Character construction, perspective, tilts, and angles
Expressive faces and acting
Poses that communicate personality and story
Practical principles you can apply to your own designs
Free to attend! Pay what you want!
This special community class is our way of giving back to The Art Club community while supporting The Art Club Kickstarter. If you'd like to help us continue making professional art education accessible to everyone, consider backing our Kickstarter.
Date
Tuesday - Aug 25
Time
6:00pm - 8:00pm PST
Location
The Art Club - Discord: <https://discord.gg/TZb8wK292j>
The Art Club - Youtube: <https://www.youtube.com/@dzine555>
FORMAT
Class meets on Discord.
Students will be able to participate via text chat, voice chat, and ask questions directly to the instructor.
Register for the class to receive a notification email with the class date, time, location, and all necessary links.
THE FACULTY
David Perez is a husband, father, and artist with over a decade of experience in the animation industry. He has had the privilege of working at some of the most renowned studios, including Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Bros, Nickelodeon, Sony, and Netflix.
Teaching and giving back has been one of the most rewarding aspects of his career. David occasionally offers online workshops, and he also shares free insights on his YouTube channel (@dzine555) to help aspiring artists on their creative journey.
Character design isn’t about being “advanced.” It’s about mastering the basics at a deeper level. Over the years, He has learned that great design always comes back to simplicity and that’s the foundation of my teaching philosophy.
You’ll not only learn how things work but also why they work. More importantly, you’ll gain the tools to deconstruct and rebuild characters in your own unique way. His goal is to make learning accessible, easy to understand at any age, and use his courses as a resource you can return to no matter where you are in your artistic journey.
David has a 100-page how-to book designed to teach anyone the fundamentals of character design. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your skills.
If you would like to see more of his work you can check out. www.davidperezdzine.com
David’s Credits
We’re building The Art Club to make professional art education more accessible and affordable. Our Kickstarter helps us bring more working artists into the community, offer more live workshops and courses, and continue building a space where artists can learn, share, and grow together.
Every contribution helps us keep creating better opportunities for artists.
David’s Books
Every Book Includes an Original Hand-Drawn Sketch
Trusted by Industry Professionals
"I had the pleasure of mentoring David early in his beginning journey as a character designer. He's a creative talent that has a solid knack for crafting characters with personality and depth. I'm happy to endorse David as a skilled character designer who can bring creativity to any project.
Joe Moshier (The Emperors New Groove, Boss Baby, Vivo)
"David taught me everything i know. I know very little, but i owe it all to him. You need this book!!" Peace and Love!
Craig Kellman (Hotel Transylvania, Madagascar, Samurai Jack)
"David has that design insight that will get you to the next level in your work. "
Tony Siruno (Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, Kung Fu Panda, How to train your dragon)
Learn the WHY and HOW behind great character design.
Beginner-friendly
More art. Less text.
Easy to understand
*Includes a HiRes and LoRes PDF for Mobile Devices and Desktops*
Trusted by Industry Professionals
"I had the pleasure of mentoring David early in his beginning journey as a character designer. He's a creative talent that has a solid knack for crafting characters with personality and depth. I'm happy to endorse David as a skilled character designer who can bring creativity to any project.
Joe Moshier (The Emperors New Groove, Boss Baby, Vivo)
"David taught me everything i know. I know very little, but i owe it all to him. You need this book!!" Peace and Love!
Craig Kellman (Hotel Transylvania, Madagascar, Samurai Jack)
"David has that design insight that will get you to the next level in your work. "
Tony Siruno (Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, Kung Fu Panda, How to train your dragon)
Learn the WHY and HOW behind great character design.
Beginner-friendly
More art. Less text.
Easy to understand
Join The Art Club for a free, two-hour live class exploring the essential principles behind strong character design. This special community workshop covers the same core information as our full Character Design: Essentials workshop, condensed into a focused two-hour session.
The class is free to attend, with an optional Pay What You Want contribution. If you enjoy the class and want to support what we're building, your contribution will help support The Art Club Kickstarter and our goal of making professional art education more accessible to everyone.
Support The Art Club on Kickstarter
What you will learn:
Shape language, rhythm, proportion, and appeal
Character construction, perspective, tilts, and angles
Expressive faces and acting
Poses that communicate personality and story
Practical principles you can apply to your own designs
Free to attend! Pay what you want!
This special community class is our way of giving back to The Art Club community while supporting The Art Club Kickstarter. If you'd like to help us continue making professional art education accessible to everyone, consider backing our Kickstarter.
