Those Who Work, Those Who Fight, Those Who Pray: An Introduction to Fantasy Character Design
This is a series of three workshops. When you book you will be booked onto all three sessions.
Dates and times:
Wednesday 4, 11 and 18 February 2026, 2:30 - 5pm
Location:
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Castle St, Norwich, NR1 3JU
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About the Workshop
A castle is under siege. Design and draw three characters trying to survive the ordeal and fulfill their responsibilities: A fighter, a worker and a worshipper.
Learn how to communicate a character’s personality, purpose and state of mind through their design, details and clothing.
Use Norwich Castle’s museum collections to inspire your fantasy world and characters.
Explore the fundamentals of character design, and study concept art from video games, tabletop games and animation.
Who it's for
Anyone aged 18+ who is interested in imagining and drawing fantasy creatures, environments and stories.
The workshops will be tailored to beginners and those new to drawing and fantasy worldbuilding, but adventurers with all skill levels and experiences are welcome to join.
We especially welcome introverted and neurodivergent explorers, and anyone who is usually unable to afford creative activities.
What’s included
All materials and resources are included, but you’re welcome to bring your favourite drawing equipment if you’d like to.
We’ll also provide teas, coffees, water and some snacks, but you’re more than welcome to bring your own. If you have any allergies or dietary requirements please include them in the sign-up form.
Travel Bursaries
If you’re unable to afford the travel to and from the workshops, we may be able to cover the costs. We have a total of £200 to support participants’ travel for this three-week workshop series.
This can include train and bus tickets, taxi fares, petrol costs or other costs from travelling to and from the workshops.
If you’d miss out on this workshop without financial support for travel, please complete the ‘travel bursary’ section of the sign-up form and we’ll be in touch.
Please note, if we cover your travel for the workshops, we’ll pay you back for the cost once you’ve sent us a receipt, and we’ll make sure to do this as soon as possible after we receive your receipt. You can email your receipt or give it to us at the workshop. We can pay you back via a bank transfer or PayPal.
Facilities
There are gender-neutral accessible toilets off the Rotunda. One on the ground floor and one on the first floor.
There is a gender-neutral accessible toilet on the second floor in the Percival wing. This is above the café.
There are male and female accessible toilets in the Victorian toilets at either end of the Special Exhibition Gallery.
We'll be based in the Clore Learning Space, with a gender-neutral and accessible toilet.
Access
Please click here for Norwich Castle's full access information.
Norwich Castle is fully accessible. There is an accessible toilet for the Clore Learning Space, and a Changing Places toilet on the ground floor off the Rotunda. Please see above for the toilets throughout Norwich Castle.
There are two Blue Badge parking spaces outside the main entrance. You can also drive up and drop off visitors with access needs at the museum entrance.
The closest car park is in Castle Quarter shopping centre. Levels K-N have the shortest route to Norwich Castle. Find information on city car parks on the Visit Norwich website.
There is no obligation or pressure to take part in all of the workshops, or the whole session, and you’re more than welcome to take as many breaks as you need.
If you have any requirements we’ll work hard to meet them. Before booking, please get in touch with anything you would need to access this course, and we’ll try our best to put things in place for you to feel safe, supported and comfortable.
Please email: [email protected] or Phone: 07774080378 with any access que stions and requirements.
About the Workshop Host
Jaz (she/her)
I created the Wayward Adventurers Guild back in September 2020 to share the joy and excitement of making new fantasy worlds.
I've taught art, design and photography for over ten years in schools, universities, and independently. I've worked with children in care, those with special educational needs and children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
I love worldbuilding, but a lot of the time I find it overwhelming and intimidating. I'm terrible at in-depth Dungeons and Dragons campaigns and shy away from rule-heavy games for fear of getting it wrong, which is very common for me. I wanted to create a space for people to dabble in worldbuilding without rules and to find their way of doing it.
Find out more about the Wayward Adventurers Guild here
These workshops are made possible with generous funding from Arts Council England, in-kind support and partnership with the Forum Trust and Norwich Games Festival, and in-kind support from Norfolk Museum Services, the Bircham Centre and the Shoebox Enterprises.