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RE: Character Design - Mag (The Pilot) for Tugboat Comic
That is such a cool character and also you give an insight how one develops a comic character. All the things one has to think about, like the age thing!
I have tried so many times to develop comic characters but always have the problem that they don't look the same, like no consistency.Any tips?
Thanks for your kind words! I'm glad this was helpful. As for the consistency thing, my biggest tip would be to make strong, clear, conscious design choices from the beginning. Silhouette and proportions are so important when designing a character, and once you establish something that works, these will help you have something to refer to if the character looks off-model. After that, it's just practice, which is a vague and unhelpful answer, but unfortunately is how most of drawing goes! You just have to do it a lot for your hand and brain to get comfortable. Hope this helps, thanks for stopping by!
No indeed a very helpful answer! I never really thought about silhouette and proportions and made my characters all with 'average' outlines and focused more on facial features but now I realise that these are not distinct enough for a comic character to make it unique! Thank you so much for this advice. Sometimes the simplest things don't occur to me.
Glad this helped! There are a lot of tutorials online that can give great tips on general design Do's and Don'ts. Check those out and see if they are helpful to you!