character expression and poses
When playing with expression try stretching the faces and add wrinkles to emphasize the expression. Also think of if the expression of the character would match his.her personality or not. Same applies to the action poses.
character design week update****
Sorry I haven't been updating my blog lately.. but heres are all the weekly designs all bunched up in one post! What I have noticed was that every week my designs were slightly improving whether it was the action, or the overall character in general. Keep on practicing! Enjoy. :)
Week 2: Witch
For this character I gave her a shy personality and I reflected that persona through her action; her arms and legs are very bunched up together. If you look closely, I gave her short eyebrows which can also indicate a shy character trait.
Week 3: Scientist
I know his action is a bit off but I want my posts to be genuine! As you can see it's a mad scientist with an unknown substance in his hand. I portrayed his personality by giving him a malicious smile with dark thick eyebrows. I was also watching a lot of " the Simpsons" during that week and as you can see, it has rubbed off on my drawing. So watch a lot of cartoons! It helps. I also added curves and overlapping lines which creates dimension and movement to the coat.
Week 4: animal gangster
This week's theme was a gangster but in an animal's body. I chose a dog and give him a spiky haircut and mad eyes. I added wrinkles so it can provide exaggeration to the face. I of course had to add the bootcut jeans, leather jacket, choker, and piercings to exaggerate the bad boy look.
Week 5: Animal king
I wanted to chose a unique animal for this weeks theme, and since a rat king is hardly done I stuck with that. Instead of making the king heroic, I gave him a snarky and evil look through providing thin pointy eyes and eyebrows. I coloured his skin green to emphasize a snarky look.
Note: When doing character design, you always need a reference. It gives your character a more descriptive detail and it overall just looks better.
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