Design your ultimate 2D game characters with Inkscape!

Learn to design versatile vector characters for games using Inkscape with character blueprints and a step-by-step method.

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Brief Summary

This course teaches you to create awesome 2D game characters using Inkscape. You’ll dive into character design theory, develop your own characters from scratch, and even animate them! Plus, you’ll get to work on fun projects like robots and warriors—how cool is that?

Key Points

  • Learn the theory of character design
  • Explore what makes a compelling character
  • Master a 6 step character design method
  • Create character sheets for animation
  • Use Inkscape for designing characters

Learning Outcomes

  • Create and evaluate unique 2D game characters
  • Utilize a structured character design method
  • Develop character sheets and basic animations
  • Gain proficiency in using Inkscape
  • Receive continuous updates and new character blueprints

About This Course

Simple and fast method and character blueprints to create versatile vector characters with a free open-source program!

-- UPDATE - Warrior girl character blueprint added upon request!



What makes a good game?

A good game needs a great story. It needs nice overall graphics. Engaging gameplay. 

And it also needs well designed characters!

This course is exactly about that! When you are developing your own game, and you are not a designer, you will find creating a hero for your game challenging! 

During the course we learn

  • the theory of character design

  • what makes a good character

  • my 6 step character design method

  • to create a character sheet

  • to prepare our characters for animation

  • to animate our characters 


And we will do all this in Inkscape, this epic free software! It is a very versatile vector tool, which makes designing characters much more easier and faster!

Apart of the above, I will share character blueprints with you! These are showing how I design a character with Inkscape from scratch. We practice different skills with each character. We create character sheet from one, and basic animation from the other.

The characters we will create:

  • a simple and cute robot character - great for kids

  • a black ninja warrior - simple and smooth

  • a heavy rpg warrior - a real tank!

  • a  fantasy skeleton warrior - cute but deadly

  • NEW! a warrior girl - ready to fight!


Your task will be to practice and create character sheet and basic animation for all the characters, or your very own game hero/enemy!

I will also share tips and tricks in the course. In these short lessons I usually want to help you to work faster and create better designed figures.

Mind that this is only the first version of the course! I will add several new character blueprints - and listen to the need of my students - and I will keep the course updated.

I don't want to talk about myself. If you want to know me better, read my instructor bio. But I can tell you one thing: I am here to teach. When you ask me, I will help and will find a solution to your problem the best I can!




  • Create 2d game caracters with Inkscape

  • Evluate the final character design

  • Prepare the character for animation

Instructor

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István Szép

I'm a graphic designer, illustrator and design teacher for more than 10 years.  I create clever logos and cute illustrations, I like to inspire, share my knowledge and  make people think and laugh!                I use Inkscape, an open  source graphic design program in most of my design, and I was teaching this to my students too in a college in...

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ui-avatar of Guillaume AUBREE
Guillaume A.
4.5
1 year ago

I like the pace of the course. Very knowledgeable teacher and interesting learning experience.

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Alexandre C.
5.0
1 year ago

Really nice course! Professor explains very well and everything detailing the process of making every character! I highly recommend watch the videos first to focus on every detail of the process of making the character, and next trying do yourself! That's what I've done! Thank you professor!

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Nikhil K.
2.0
2 years ago

The actions are taken much faster for the beginner with no knowledge to learn.

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Keith H.
4.0
2 years ago

Simple and easy to follow.

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Jamie M.
5.0
3 years ago

Great course. Learning lots, gonna build my own game artwork now. Also, funny and likeable tutor.

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Anonymized U.
5.0
3 years ago

Good.

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Ismael O. G.
5.0
3 years ago

Muy Buen curso, aun y cuando esta en ingles con solo ver y practicar aprendí algo mas.

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ui-avatar of Isaac Chaves Araya
Isaac C. A.
4.5
4 years ago

Awesome class

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Iffan M.
5.0
4 years ago

เข้าใจง่าย ทำตามได้ เอาไปใช้ทำสติกเกอร์ไลน์ได้

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Romone T.
5.0
4 years ago

This is by far the best course you can take to help you understand Character design in simple and complex characters. On top of that you get a bounce of module design principles. Super Instructor challenge compete!

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