Character Design: Creatures & Cryptids

The Character Design: Creatures & Cryptids 5-week course at The Art Club is all levels workshop and focuses on creating compelling creature and cryptid designs with strong storytelling, personality, and believability.

You’ll learn how to ground imaginative designs in narrative, anatomy, and shape language to create creatures that feel alive and intentional, from eerie cryptids to original fantastical beings.

Over the 5 weeks, you will learn to:

• Design creatures with clear personality and purpose

• Use shape language and anatomy to support storytelling

• Develop and refine original creature concepts

• Create expressive poses and behavioral studies

• Turn ideas into clear, professional-level final designs

What You’ll Make: A portfolio including creature sketches and ideation, design iterations, a 4 refined final creatures or cryptids, and expressive pose and behavior sheets.

Participants may join as Active students with feedback and drawovers, or as Viewers with access to live sessions and chat.