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BEETLEJULIA'S CHARACTER LAB:
Full Guide to Expressive, Intriguing designs
Boost your creative digital skills: create catchy designs with my help!
Learning a New Creative Skill Can Feel Overwhelming…Â
Character design becomes exciting and approachable once you understand the process!
That’s the strength of this course: a clear, structured path that helps you build expressive, memorable characters with confidence.
This program was created to help you move past doubt and overwhelm, giving you the skills you need to design characters with personality, emotion, and strong visual storytelling. Step by step, you’ll explore shape language, anatomy, poses, color choices, expressions, and the deeper worldbuilding that shapes who your character truly is.
Once you learn the foundations of expressive character design, you’ll have the freedom to develop a visual style that feels uniquely yours. Throughout this journey, you’ll be guided with practical techniques, creative exercises, and professional insights that make the entire process easy to follow and fun to explore. You’ll learn not just how to draw characters, but how to bring them to life with purpose and style.
By the end, you’ll have the tools, clarity, and confidence to create polished, lively characters that feel full of personality and story.
Hi! I’m Giulia, or @beetlejulia
a cartoon character designer and illustrator.
I’ve been drawing since childhood, but things got serious after I saw my first Tim Burton movie - that mix of whimsy and darkness completely hooked me.
I originally studied agronomy, then followed my heart to the fine art academy, where I dove into digital art and character design.
My work focuses on expressive, colorful cartoon characters -  full of personality and story. I love exploring shape language, poses, gesture, color palettes, and expressions to make each character feel alive. I also enjoy creating fan art and developing my own comic characters with their worlds.
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Imagine overcoming your worries and finally knowing how to create expressive, alive, and uniquely stylized characters…
Starting something new can feel intimidating—you might worry your characters won’t look how you imagine, that your anatomy or poses aren’t “good enough” or that you don’t have a unique style to stand out. But what if you could move past those doubts and design characters with clarity and confidence?
That’s exactly what this character design course is built to help you achieve. Step by step, you’ll learn how to:
✏️ Sketch and build strong foundations, using shape language, simplified anatomy, and clear construction.
đź’« Create dynamic poses and expressive motion that instantly bring energy and personality to your characters.
🎠Design characters with real emotion and personality, exploring expressions, storytelling, and identity.
🎨 Develop visual language and style, from silhouettes to color choices, making each character feel uniquely yours.
With practical techniques, structured lessons, and creative exercises, you’ll not only improve your drawing skills—you’ll discover how to think like a character designer and develop your own artistic voice.
By the end of the course, you’ll feel confident creating polished, expressive characters full of story, style, and life—and you’ll know exactly how to get there.
SIGN UP NOWAt the end of the course you will be able to:
Create Polished Digital Paintings
Master Color, Light, and Form
Develop Your Unique Style
Course Content
I will show you how to use the available tools and templates to create fun and authentic designs in an easy way.
But this course goes beyond just acquiring technical skills. I will also show you how to create visual and creative content that captures your audience's attention and effectively communicates the message you want to convey. You will learn to choose the right colors and fonts and position images effectively.
In addition, the course also includes practical activities and 40+Â video lessons to help you practice what you have learned and develop your skills gradually. I will also provide you with all the resources you need to support you on this journey from zero to becoming an expert!
In this course you will learn:
Introduction, Getting Started, Inspiration & Basic Anatomy
At the beginning of the course you will learn everything you need to begin your journey. You will discover the tools and software required, understand where to find inspiration, and learn how to analyze references effectively. You will also explore the basics of anatomy—skeletons, muscles, and simplified shapes—so you can build a strong foundation for creating your own characters.
Poses, Shape, Expression & Feelings
Here, you will learn how to bring your characters to life. You will explore how shapes create personality, how motion adds energy, and how different poses communicate mood and story. You will also see how facial expressions and body language work together, helping you create characters that feel dynamic, expressive, and believable.
Who Your Character Is, Building the Base, Refining & Bringing Them to Life
You will dive deeper into creating meaningful characters. You will learn how to define who your character is, understand their role in the story, and use archetypes, color language, and worldbuilding to strengthen their identity. You will build the base design, refine shapes and details, and explore how to make your character feel complete, consistent, and alive.
Recreating Styles, Self-Insert, Finalizing & Course Conclusion
In the final part of the course, you will learn how to recreate existing art styles, how to turn yourself into a character, and how to adapt designs so they fit naturally into different worlds. You will finalize your self-insert, understand how to share your work safely on social media, and receive guidance for protecting your creations. By the end, you will complete the course with confidence, feedback, and everything you need to continue your artistic growth.
Included in the course you will find:
40+ lessons in FULL HD, totaling more than 7+ hours of course time. You can watch these lessons whenever and however you want, FOREVER!
Exercises along the lessons to become familiar with digital tools and processes!
Bonus materials at your disposal that you can use to practice or create your own stunning designs!
Access to a Telegram community of students who are learning to use Canva, just like you! You can practice together and clear up any doubts by talking to me or other subscribers!
My dedicated support: you can write to me anytime you want on Telegram or via email for support, or for any other concerns. I will always strive to get back to you within 24 hours!Â
...and much more!!Â
FIND OUT MORECourse Strucure
In this video, I will show you the course, lessons, and additional materials.
Within the course you will find 15 modules, starting with the basics of digital art and ending with specific uses of this tool. I recommend that you watch the sessions in order, as we will see progressively more complex topics in the course. Remember that you can always go back and watch the lessons as often as you need to!
All videos are in FULL HD and you can adjust the speed, audio, and quality. Also, depending on the lessons, you can find attached PDFs for exercises and links to the templates we use during the lessons.
Bonuses:
What will you get extra by joining the course!
Sketches for Practice or Reference
With this bonus, you will get access to a collection of curated sketches designed to help you improve faster. You can use them for practice, study, or as reference material when creating your own characters. Learn form the examples!
Value: $29Â FREE!
Anatomy Study Resources
You will receive a PDF anatomy guide and access to a 3D anatomy website. These tools will help you quickly understand muscles, proportions, and body structure so you can draw more accurate and confident characters.
Value:Â $19Â FREE!
2026 REGISTRATIONS ARE CLOSING SOON!
🎉 New Year, New Goal – Create your authentic characters once and for all 🎉
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TWO OPTIONS TO ACHIEVE YOUR 2026 GOALS ✨
2026 has just begun; it is the perfect time to refocus on yourself and your ambitions!
Here you can find two options that only differ in how you want to pay. The first option is a one-time fee, and the second is a monthly option with three installments. The price displayed below is in dollars, but you can pay with ANY currency.
Let's go achieve your art dreams in 2026 ✨
My guarantee to every student
If you are not satisfied with the course for any reason, you have the right to a full refund within the first 14 days. This is my guarantee to you; I want all my students to be satisfied. Also, this means there is no risk at all!
Try the course yourself to find out if it is right for you!
