How to Add Life to Your Drawings with Carlos Gomes Cabral

Join professional character designer Carlos Gomes Cabral—whose diverse work spans books, games, and clients like Sony Music and Envato—to transform static sketches into dynamic art. In this course, you will learn practical techniques to infuse movement, weight, and personality into your characters using line variety and dramatic perspective. Perfect for artists of all levels, this class provides the essential tools to make your subjects leap off the page and truly come to life.

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5 Lessons

Draw Along

Mini Lesson

Procreate Primer

Never Expires

Rewatch Often

Homework

4 Assignments

Materials List

Students may use any drawing material they wish though simple pencils and paper or tablets with Procreate or Photoshop will work best for this course.

Instructor's Biography

Carlos Gomes Cabral (born April 01, 1982) is a professional character designer with many years of experience in several segments, such as books, games, comics, technology, and packaging. He did work for clients such as Sony Music, Envato, The Quarto Group, Son of Oak Games, Karmieh Toy Design and Total Alimentos among others.

He is the author of the book called “Whoosh! 250 Ways to Get Motion into Your Drawings”, published by Barron’s Educational Series, where he teaches beginner and professional artists to create attention-grabbing drawings that practically leap off the pages. This book has been translated into more than 4 languages and it also features guest artists from companies such as Marvel Comics, Image Comics, and Dreamworks Animation. Carlos is also the guy behind the famous cartoon tutorials published by the Tutsplus site.

Carlos is well known for his ability to create both funny and dramatic characters in any style, ranging from cute cartoons to comics. He lives with his wife and daughter at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and likes to interact with his fans and followers on social media, where he posts sketches, digital paintings, and drawing tips.

Instructor's Work