AI Characters, Stickers & Merchandise Concepts
Recommended: 4 × 3h · 12 hours
Create a first character, refine it with specific requests, and develop 3–6 expressions and a merchandise mockup.
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Related teaching experience
Draws on the October 2023 Pocheon sticker workshop and the supplied GPT and Midjourney practice deck covering characters, expressions and merchandise concepts.
Who is it for?
Adults and teenagers starting character creation. No earlier course or drawing experience is required; guided examples are provided.
What will you work towards?
A character brief and reference image
3–6 expressions and one merchandise mockup
Before-and-after comparison, description and image files
How much time should you plan?
Standard 12-hour format includes demonstrations, individual work, troubleshooting, feedback and saving.
Short format: Three hours cover a character sheet and one main image.
Output scope is adjusted to the learners’ starting level.
What will you explore?
Four sessions, 12 hours. Begin with account access, image generation and saving files. Each session moves from examples and guided practice to personal adaptation and feedback. Full short-comic production has its own course.
01 Your first character
- Practice
- Practise access and saving, define a use and personality, then create one image
- Output
- Character brief and reference image
02 Specific revisions
- Practice
- Inspect expression, colour, shape, hands and cropping one at a time
- Output
- Before-and-after images and revision requests
03 Expressions and poses
- Practice
- Keep defining features consistent while selecting 3–6 expressions
- Output
- Expression set and consistency checklist
04 Mockup and introduction
- Practice
- Place the character in a supplied mockup, review readability and export
- Output
- One merchandise concept and description
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Non-members are welcome. Existing members can verify their membership and reuse their details.