Character Design
For children, teens, young adults, schools, and community organizations.
Turn Ideas Into Characters
In this hands-on workshop, participants use imagination to create an original character—developing its personality, strengths, interests, backstory, and design through drawing, writing, storytelling, and digital character creation.
As characters take shape, participants can also explore their character’s voice, what they like, what they need, the choices they make, their boundaries, and how they might ask for help or express themselves in different situations.
Guided by Chanel, participants make creative choices, express their ideas, and experience what happens when something they imagined becomes something real. The goal isn’t perfect art. It’s creating, expressing, building confidence, and discovering what parts of the creative process excite them.
CREATIVITY IN ACTION
Character Design is hands-on. Participants can explore ideas through drawing, writing, conversation, and digital character creation—using the creative methods that work best for them.
WHO IS CHARACTER DESIGN FOR?
This workshop is designed for:
Kids and teens who enjoy characters, drawing, stories, or imagination
Young adults exploring creativity, self-expression, and new interests
Schools and transition programs seeking inclusive creative enrichment
Homeschool communities looking for hands-on creative learning experiences
Nonprofits and community programs serving participants of all abilities
FROM IMAGINATION TO CREATION
Participants will:
- Create an original character
- Choose personality traits, strengths, interests, and other character details
- Build a short backstory or character description
- Explore their character’s voice, choices, preferences, and needs
- Draw, write, or use visual supports to develop their ideas
- Bring their character to life through digital character creation
- Share or introduce their character in a supportive space, if they choose
Participants do not need to be “good at drawing” to join. There is no perfect character. What matters is creating, making choices, expressing ideas, and discovering what they enjoy.
CREATIVITY THAT BUILDS CONFIDENCE
Through character creation, participants can explore and practice:
Self-expression — sharing ideas, interests, and feelings in creative ways
Confidence — making choices and taking pride in something they created
Communication — describing characters, choices, ideas, and stories
Character exploration — exploring a character’s emotions, needs, choices, and experiences
Self-advocacy — exploring preferences, needs, boundaries, choices, and ways to communicate them
WHY WE START WITH CHARACTERS
Characters can make creativity, expression, and exploration feel more approachable.
Through a character, participants can explore strengths, interests, feelings, choices, needs, and challenges without having to begin by talking directly about themselves.
As they create, make decisions, tell stories, and express ideas, participants also have an opportunity to notice what parts of the creative process they enjoy most.
That is why Creative Talentz starts with characters. A character becomes the bridge from imagination to expression, confidence, and discovery.
Characters pull them in. Creativity helps them grow.
WHERE CHARACTER DESIGN CAN HAPPEN
Individuals & Families
Character Design can be offered as a personalized creative experience for individuals or families who want to explore character creation together.
Small Groups & Communities
Character Design can be adapted for homeschool groups, youth groups, community programs, and other small-group settings.
Schools & Organizations
Character Design can be incorporated into Creative Talentz experiences for schools, transition programs, nonprofits, youth organizations, and other community partners.
Tell us about your participants and goals, and we’ll help determine the Creative Talentz experience that best fits your group.
HOW TO REQUEST AN EXPERIENCE
- Submit a program information request
- Tell us about your participant or group, including ages, goals, support or accessibility needs, preferred schedule, and group size
- We’ll recommend the Creative Talentz experience that best fits your participants, goals, and schedule
- We’ll confirm availability, program details, accessibility considerations, and next steps
- Once arrangements are finalized, we’ll send everything you need to get ready
REQUEST A CHARACTER DESIGN EXPERIENCE
Ready to create, express, and discover through character design?
Submit a request and we’ll follow up to learn more about your participant or group, confirm availability, and determine the Character Design experience that best fits your needs.
Submitting the form does not confirm your experience. We’ll work with you to finalize the date, program format, accessibility considerations, and other details before confirming your program.
STAY CREATIVE!