Here are some action poses I tried with Araya. It just occured to me that she’s not happy in a single one of these poses. Yep. That just about sums Araya up.
Araya- Action Poses
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Dec
2013
Category: Sketches
Araya- Expression Sheet
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Dec
2013
Figuring out expressions for your character is when they really start to come a live.I’ve a got a long way to go, but this is what I’ve got for Araya for now.
I guess she’s kind of naked. I think it weirded out my teacher. But, what can I say? I dunno why, but I love drawing shoulders. Shoulders are beautiful.
Araya Five-Point-Turnaround
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Nov
2013
Here’s a five-point-turnaround I made to see if I could draw Araya from all angles.
Even though her hips got a bit wonky, I think this one turned out pretty good. It will be really valuable
Araya- Character Mechanics
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Nov
2013
I didn’t really want to make this mechanics sheet, but it was required for my illustration class. After finishing it, I can really see the benefit.
Making a “character mechanics” sheet is something done most frequently for animation. It’s basically the explanation of how to draw your character and how they work. It’s used to keep the character design “on model” as the show progresses, or to make sure that the character always looks like, well, themselves.
If all webcomic artists made one of these beforehand, the world would have far less comics where the style changes drastically through out.
Spirit Bond- Old Summoner Line-up
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Nov
2013
In my comic, Spirit Bond, the group of protagonists is made of both humans and spirits. These are the humans, also known as the spirit summoners.
Though this is a few months old now, most of these characters are almost exactly how I want them, minus a few details like hair and clothes. Making lineups like these is great because it’s important to see your cast all together, and to feel the group dynamic.
Old Araya and Kay Sketch
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Nov
2013
Looking back, I had a lot of things right. There are some things in this sketch that I love, and that I later moved away from. It’s just funny that I’m moving back to some of those same elements of their character design that I had in this old picture.
Though there are things in this sketch that I would change now, there’s something about their clothes, expressions, and postures that is just dead on for both Araya and Kay in this sketch. I may be lacking that in some of my more recent sketches. I ought to learn how to recapture that.
As much as you grow and change, sometimes you had things right the first time.
Spirit Bond- Araya thumbnails
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Nov
2013
For my Entertainment Illustration class, my teacher challenged me to really experiment and find the best design for the main character of my comic, Spirit Bond. So I really messed around with he design, and in the process made these thumbnails. It’s funny that they look to old to me now, even though it’s only been a month since I made them.
Looking back on old art can make you feel really good about yourself as you realize all the progress you have made. You get to say, “Hey! my work really is paying off, isn’t it.” Or you might just laugh and say, “Wow, I used to draw really manly jaws on my girl characters, haha!”
Doing character design thumbnails always helps, even if you think you’ve already got the design you want. Everytime I do this, I find something better.
After making these, I decided to give her shorter hair to fit her personality a bit better, and I changed her eyes from green to blue, because I there’s going to be a lot of fire in Spirit Bond and blue/orange is a cool color scheme.