Sep '23

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.

Sep '23

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.

Sep '23

Great gestures mate, and I see great improvement on cylinders

Sep '23

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.

Sep '23

haha that's great! he looks like a fun character! and those are good studies!

Sep '23

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.

Sep '23

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carolcarrizales80112

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

Oct '23

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

Oct '23

I like the sketchy lines. and the pose of the character.

16 days later

Nov '23

Just a quick loose sketch. My goal was to create a sketch that the audience can easily identify the story by the characters gesture and expression. Definitely could have exaggerated more but, overall, I'm happy with what I was able to come up with.

Nov '23

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carolcarrizales80112

Looks like classical Disney drawing which at that time looks simplistic but also keep it expressive. Is there any particular artist you look toward at?

Reminds me of Preton Blair.

Nov '23

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Gordon003

Thank you. I love the style of old cartoons like tom and jerry, the rescuers, or the sword in the stone. The characters were so expressive and their character designs stood out to me so much as a kid. I'll probably tend to gravitate a bit towards that style since I love it so much.
For artist, there's a lot of them I look up to but if I have to pick one or two maybe Cécile Carre and Thibault Leclercq. They are awesome artists.

2 months later

Jan '24

Yo wake her up, it's time for the next show!

Drawing looks good. Stylized but well formed and proportioned.

8 days later

Jan '24

I like the pose and the expression.