Character Design is Back on 19 October

Artwork by Andrea Torrejon

Our Character Design Evening Class is returning to Escape Studios on 19 October 2020.

Character Design is an eight week evening class taught by the very talented Andrea Torrejon, an experienced character designer whose recent work includes the Disney TV Series "101 Dalmation St".

Like all of our courses, this class is taught by a working industry professional; Andrea will guide students through the principles of character design, building up to a live industry brief.

Learning character design isn't just about drawing cool characters; it is also about learning what the industry actually needs from a character designer - turnarounds, model packs and an animation "bible".

Last Call For Character Design on 29 June

Artwork by Andrea Torrejon

Last call for our Character Design Evening Class, which is returning to Escape Studios on 29 June 2020.

Character Design is an eight week evening class taught by Andrea Torrejon, an experienced character designer whose recent work includes the Disney TV Series "101 Dalmation St".

Like all of our courses, this class is taught by a working industry professional; Andrea will guide students through the principles of character design, building up to a live industry brief.

Learning character design isn't just about drawing cool characters; it is also about learning what the industry actually needs from a character designer - turnarounds, model packs and an animation "bible".

Character Design is Back on 29 June 2020

Artwork by Andrea Torrejon

Our Character Design Evening Class is returning to Escape Studios on 29 June 2020

Character Design is an eight week evening class taught by Andrea Torrejon, an experienced character designer whose recent work includes the Disney TV Series "101 Dalmation St".

Like all of our courses, this class is taught by a working industry professional; Andrea will guide students through the principles of character design, building up to a live industry brief.

Learning character design isn't just about drawing cool characters; it is also about learning what the industry actually needs from a character designer - turnarounds, model packs and an animation "bible".

Character Design Returns 18th November 2019

Artwork by Andrea Torrejon

Our Character Design Evening Class is returning to Escape Studios on 18th November 2019.

Character Design is an 8 week evening class taught by Andrea Torrejon, an experienced character designer whose recent work includes the Disney TV Series "101 Dalmation St".

Like all of our courses, this class is taught by a working industry professional; Andrea will guide students through the principles of character design, building up to a live industry brief.

Learning character design isn't just about drawing cool characters; it is also about learning what the industry actually needs from a character designer - turnarounds, model packs and an animation "bible".

Last Call for Character Design 25 March

Nothin' Personal by Andrea Torrejon

Last call for our Character Design Evening Class - which is returning to Escape Studios on Monday 25th March 2019.

Character Design is an 8 week evening class taught by the very talented Andrea Torrejon, lead designer at Passion Pictures on the new Disney TV Series "101 Dalmation St".

Like all of our courses, this class is taught by a working industry professional; Andrea will guide students through the principles of character design, building up to a live industry brief.

Learning character design isn't just about drawing cool characters; it is also about learning what the industry actually needs from a character designer - turnarounds, model packs and an animation "bible".

Character Design - 2018 Student Showcase

Andrea Torrejon

Escape Studios recently concluded another 8 week evening class in character design, taught by the very talented Andrea Torrejon.

Andrea is an experienced industry professional, who has most recently been working on the Disney project "Dalmation Street" for Passion Pictures in London.

Andrea's class has produced some stunning artwork - check out some of her students' work below.

Character Design is Back on 18th March 2019

Nothin' Personal by Andrea Torrejon

Character Design Evening Class returns to Escape Studios on Monday 18th March 2019.

Character Design is an 8 week evening class taught by Andrea Torrejon, veteran of Angry Birds, and in-house designer on the Disney TV Series "101 Dalmation St".

Like all of our courses, this class is taught by a working industry professional; Andrea will guide students through the principles of character design, building up to a live industry brief.

Learning character design isn't just about drawing cool characters; it is also about learning what the industry actually needs from a character designer. 

Character Design Showcase

Character Design Escapees with tutor Andrea Torrejon

We recently concluded an 8 week evening class in character design, taught by the very talented Andrea Torrejon.

Andrea is an experienced industry professional, currently working on a Disney project for Passion Pictures in London.

The class has produced some stunning work - check out the student work below.

Character Design Returns on 29 October

Character Designs by Andrea Torrejon

Our popular Character Design Evening Class is returning to Escape Studios on Monday 29th October 2018.

Character Design is an 8 week evening class, running until 17th December, taught by Andrea Torrejon, veteran of Angry Birds, and in-house designer at one of London's leading boutique animation houses, Passion Pictures.

Like all of our courses, this class is taught by a working industry professional; Andrea will guide students through the principles of character design, building up to a live industry brief.

Last Call for Character Design on Monday

Character Designs by Andrea Torrejon

Last call for our Character Design Evening Class, which is returning to Escape Studios on Monday 14th May

Character Design is an 8 week evening class, running until 9th July, taught primarily by Andrea Torrejon, veteran of Angry Birds, and in-house designer at one of London's leading boutique animation houses, Passion Pictures.

Like all of our courses, this class is taught by a working industry professional; Andrea will guide students through the principles of character design, building up to a live industry brief.

Character Design Returns to Escape 14 May

Character Design is coming back to Escape Studios, starting on 14th May.  It's an 8 week evening class, running until 9th July. The free video above is a brief introduction to the art and craft of character design, a webinar that I recorded a few months back. It's about the general principles of character design, and also shines a light on the creation of the many characters in the Queen's Counsel cartoon strip, a weekly satire on law and lawyers that I have been writing and drawing in The Times newspaper since 1993.  The webinar was fun to do; we had a great audience who asked lots of questions, so it's a pretty interactive talk, with lots of ideas being bounced around.

Character Design is Back! 14th May 2018

Illustration by Andrea Torrejon

Our new evening class in Character Design has proved so popular that it is returning to Escape Studios on Monday 14 May, running until Monday 9th July 2018.

The course is an 8 week introduction to the art and craft of character design and, as with most of our evening classes, it's a part-time course, designed to fit around jobs and families, and taught by seasoned industry professionals.

Character Design is one of the most rewarding parts of our industry - and also one of the most competitive. As with everything we do here at Escape, the class will build up to a live industry brief, with the final project mapping as closely as possible to the experience of working in an industry environment.

Andrea Torrejon on Character Design

Andrea Torrejon, character designer for Rovio's famous Angry Birds series, will be teaching our character design evening class for the next three weeks, allowing our students to have the benefit of two tutors, bringing two very different perspectives to the art and craft of character design.

We asked Andrea to talk a little bit about her work, and what is involved in being a professional character designer.