Character design in blender These Videos show how to make a character

 

Blender has a video describing how to make a stylized character.  Beginner to expert concepts. 

 

Beginner

Create a Cartoony Bear. 2 part series Part 2  Uses Placed images directly in Blender

 

 

 

Create Base Meshes to start your sculpting  Grant Abbit's videos are very good.

 

Intermediate

Character design in blender using make human program as a basemesh.

 

 

This video is also in the style page.  He creates a toon character. 

 

Great how to make a character (Fuzzy Characters that look awesome)

 

 

Advanced

Cggeek Goes over pretty much every aspect of character Design

  Blocking out a character, Sculpting Details, retopology, UV unwraping, Vertex painting, Vertex Dirty shader,  Texture, and Baking

 

How to make a realistic troll.