Good work on the cylinders and the studies. Keep up the good work.
Mostly cylinders. Trying to draw cylinders in a direction I want but it sure is challenging. I'm getting the hang of it but it will take more practice until I feel comfortable.
Did a quick gesture drawing of a big muscular mustache circus/performer man since I got bored and it turned out fun. I'm definitely going back and see if I can refine him and maybe draw more fun poses.
Focused more on gestures this time. Timed myself for 30 seconds.
This time I did character studies from an artist that I admire so much for her character designs Brittany Myers. I adore her work and always look forward on seeing more of her art.
I chose to study one of the characters that she designed from the Netflix movie Over the Moon. I loved the dynamic poses that she came up with for the character Chin. There was so much personality for each pose and I wanted to see if I could learn a bit from her by studying this character.
I first decided on drawing the body so that I can focus on getting the gesture right. Afterwards, I added the clothes over it.
I am very passionate when it comes to character design so if you guys have any tips or recommendations please feel free to share.
Oy, those are nicely exercices. Looks like you are building the observations skills very well.
For character creation... there's a LOT to be said. Many videos cover guidelines, tips and visual cues. I recommend just diving and taking a look at different videos and blogs by searching "art character creation"
From my own experience I can highlight a few points:
1) Keep in mind the medium. If it's for a medium like manga or animation where you need to redraw the same character many times, make sure to keep the design simple. If it's just for art, you can usually go crazy. If it's for game development, it's a whole different topic, like visibility, colors, etc.
2) Define the character archtype and main personality traits. Try to brainstorm what words define your character. This will help create the visual story.
3) Try to make the outline unique so it's easily identifiable. This doesn't just include the line itself, but a specific pose, physical characteristics. You can usually identify this by simplifying your character to a few lines (draw it in 1 minutes) and making sure it's still identifiable with a few rough lines.
4) This applies to much more than character design, but, don't be afraid to screw up. Create a design, then try to iterate it. Get feedback, iterate again. Leave it, try to do a new one aiming to do it better. Iteration and practice makes perfect. NO ONE gets it right the first time.
There's quite a bit more to keep in mind, such as style, consistency, color theme, and so on, but this is what comes to mind at the moment.
Thank you so much for sharing this information. This was really helpful!
Great gestures mate, and I see great improvement on cylinders
Did some gesture studies. Been watching lots of gesture videos from Mike Mattesi and I've learned so much. My gestures still have a long way to go though.
30 second gestures
Character studies from artist Cecile Carre. I highly recommend checking her out. Her work is super incredible.
I first used a big brush with a low opacity to get the basic form and flow first and then I used a small sketch brush to outline the troll's features.
I wanted to end week 4 with a rough character design draft that I came up with for the big muscular mustache performer man I previously did. I changed up his design a bit to a more simple design cuz it's a lot easier to work with. Also, added some extra characters for him to interact with to showcase more of his personality.
Will work on Oli later but for now I will move on forward to Week 4.
haha that's great! he looks like a fun character! and those are good studies!
Felt like just drawing something so I did one of Beverly Johnson art exercises. I just got a random color and started putting in some random shapes or forms, then I would just draw in something that came to my mind.
It was super fun. Recommend this exercise if you have no idea what to draw.
Nice gesture drawings. Very nice exercises. I like the strong man character.
Putting in random colors and shapes, then drawing what comes to mind... Interesting.
18 days later
Gestures
Made this character based of an image I saw on Pinterest. I liked the pose so I decided to do a fancy lady enjoying herself with her martini drink.
10 days later
I like the sketchy lines. and the pose of the character.
