Course Overview
Celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary by stepping into the role of a real media designer. In this course, you’ll explore how Pokémon grew from two Game Boy games into one of the world’s biggest entertainment franchises. By investigating games, books, anime, trading cards and merchandise, you’ll discover how creators use design, storytelling, and audience appeal to make products that fans love.
You’ll follow the Creative Design Process to research existing Pokémon media, analyse what makes it successful and develop your own ideas. With help from a professional animator during an incursion, you’ll design and animate an original Pokémon character. Then you’ll create your own Pokémon-inspired product—anything from a video game or trading cards to a comic, handbook, animation, tabletop game or toy.
Through testing, feedback and iteration, you’ll refine your work and show how your design fits into the Pokémon universe while still being uniquely yours. If you’re ready to think creatively and build something amazing, this course is for you.
