Join digital artist Eloise Cookson at Bury St Edmunds Library and learn how to design your own original characters and bring them to life! This is part of The Blank Page Project which offers high-quality creative workshops for 10-16 year olds during the school holidays.

Workshops take place from 9.45AM to 3.30PM and include lunch, drinks and snacks!

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Whether this is the first time creating your own character or you already have existing characters, this workshop will support and level up your character designing skills! Eloise will first introduce some character design principles she uses in her own process with examples from animated media and comics. Throughout the day with different character designing activities, taking inspiration from objects, nature, as well as their own passions and interests, participants will explore how to practically incorporate these concepts when creating their original characters.

By the end of the workshop, participants will go home with their character concepts & illustrations for the day, having created their characters and an idea for the world and story they live in.

How to book
Workshops must be booked in advance. You can book online via Eequ. If your booking is made within 72 hours of the workshop, we may not be able to accommodate specific dietary requirements. Please get in touch with the library location for the workshop to discuss options. Please note that whilst we welcome all young people, our staff are not specifically SEND trained.

This workshop is for 10-16 year olds only. If you feel your child requires additional support in the form of adult attendance in order to access this workshop, contact us by emailing erin.hamilton@suffolk.gov.uk.

Free places are available for those eligible for benefit related free school meals. Unsure if you’re eligible? For guidance visit www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals.

About Eloise Cookson
Eloise is a local artist who specialises in digital art. Her work takes inspiration from manga, graphic novels, video games and animation as well as alternative fashion communities she is a part of. She takes interest in visual storytelling broadly through character design, environmental storytelling, and creating atmosphere in a piece to convey an emotion or a message. As an artist who started drawing digitally from the age of 10, Eloise is also passionate about providing in-person resources and guiding young people interested in digital art and styles inspired by animated media.