Writer armitage_isabel offers 17 tips to develop your characters, with artwork by Toby Hawksley.
Though you can be as simplistic or elaborate as you like; the Seven Dwarfs aren’t famous for nothing.Get to know your characters by thinking about their relationships with others .
You can achieve this in a multitude of ways. I enjoy various forms of media and like watching a film I know well to try to figure out what unique mannerisms each character possesses, and use them in my work. Absorbing as much information as possible from the world we live in can help within your art by making it seem more authentic. Most of my journalistic ideas come from experiencing life, the news, films, art – anything with substance.
It may be daunting to start drawing a stranger, so why not take it easy? Perhaps draw someone’s dog first, and see where that path takes you. Use their features, watch their mannerisms, and study them to create a piece of artwork that reflects how they look. It’s up to you how far you go with this, whether you opt for my technique of using an old scrap of paper and a trusty uni-ball pen, or if you want to go to town on Procreate and customise the tree to be a beautiful, tea-stained tapestry of times gone by.The Procreate ether can often be a daunting concept, I find there is a multitude of brushes, colours, depths and tones that can bring richness to your painting later on.
Naturally we associate softness with a sweeter character, whereas harsh lines can correlate a tenseness or anger. Use this to your advantage by exploiting line shape and length for the character in question, using certain lines to reveal characteristics you’ve worked hard on so far. You’ve added the lines, the colours, the gestures and movements. Now, it’s time to accessorise.
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