Anime & Cartoon Design (10-14)

with artist & tutor with Kelly Zou Tuesdays 4.30 - 6pm

Started Jan 28

220 British pounds

Great King Street

Service Description

During this workshop, students will learn to draw and develop their own anime characters through a series of engaging exercises designed to enhance their artistic skills. We will focus on the fundamentals of drawing, including line work, shading, colour theory, and perspective, all of which contribute to creating accurate and dynamic character representations. Additionally, the course will guide students in crafting compelling and unique characters, emphasising the importance of backstories and visual traits that resonate with audiences. By combining technical skills with creative storytelling, participants will gain the tools needed to bring their characters to life and make them memorable. Week1: Head rotate perspective Week2: Facial expressions & Drawing eyes Week3: Body figures- child figure & Chibi characters Week4: Body figures- adult man & woman Week5: Body figures- movements stand, sit and run Week6: Dynamic of cloths & hair Week7: coloured pencil colouring Week8: Design your own anime character Kelly Zou is a visual artist based in Edinburgh. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a MA in Illustration, and is an alumni of the Online Drawing Development Year at Royal Drawing School. Kelly has received several awards, including the Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards, finalist of the 2024 Creative Edinburgh the Development Award and the Honorable Mention in the 3x3 Illustration Awards. Her work has been exhibited in different shows, including the "Now and Then: Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Show," the "Art & Science Exhibition: The Developing Brain," and the SSA 126th Annual Exhibition at The Royal Scottish Academy. She works across painting, drawing, printmaking and illustration. Currently, she is an artist in residence in Leith School of Art.

Upcoming Sessions

Cancellation Policy

We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance