Dynamic Character Design

Learn to draw perfect portraits with this primer from Fernanda Soares de Carvalho, the artist behind @creativenanda.

Dynamic Character Design makes drawing people fun and easy for everyone! From Fernanda Soares de Carvalho, the talented artist behind @creativenanda, the book features step-by-step lessons, tips, and techniques for drawing digitally and traditionally.


Fernanda is a self-taught artist with a passion for creating semi-realistic portraits that are almost cartoonlike in nature and inspired by manga, anime, and fantasy art. In Dynamic Character Design, she shows you how to work with digital or traditional drawing tools to create faces, facial features, poses, characters, and more in her signature animated style. This easy-to-follow book includes:
A review of drawing tools, whether you work with digital apps like Procreate or prefer to use pencil, pen, marker, or colored pencil
Portrait-drawing tutorials, including how to simplify facial features, hair, anatomy, and poses
Sketching tips and techniques, including how to use reference photos, ideas for what to sketch, and more
Instructions and tips for the digital drawing process, including creating layers, base shapes, background colors, and shadows
Tips on finding your drawing style and how to design your own cute characters
QR codes that link to Fernanda's online instructional videos created exclusively for this book provide additional guidance as you learn and are featured in the book.
Perfect your portrait-drawing techniques with Dynamic Character Design.

About the Author

Fernanda Soares de Carvalho is @creativenanda on social media. She's a young, self-taught artist from Brazil. A law student with a passion for art, Fernanda likes to experiment and play around with various media, from oil paint to digital drawing. She gets her artistic inspiration from nature as well as the music she listens to during her creative process. Fernanda has illustrated book covers and works on commission, including digital family portraits and clothing design.