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The thing about making a character for a comic is that you need to keep in mind that you could potentially end up drawing them millions of times. So it's important to remember to make them simple enough that you don't get stuck on them every time. I don't listen to that advice very often. Maddison is failry simple to draw though. Hopefully she won't be a problem in future. I drew this as fast as I could just to see if it would be easy.
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I agree with this. Animators use the same principle with cartoons I believe and they have to draw characters way more than comic writers. I used the same principle with redesigning Batty and I plan on using it with the growing cast of characters that will be in his story I plan to make one day.
It's not a bad idea to make your characters definitively unique, though. If you keep it too simple, they sort of just blur into the cast of characters, or just begin to look extremely unoriginal. The key is striking that balance between uniqueness and simplicity.
Like this character could use a graphic design on their T-Shirt. Something simple like a Smiley Face, or a Peace Sign works. But it's always more fun to adventure with unique or unusual graphics that are somehow representative of the character. Like I have a character with "Pi Squared" on their T-shirt, and they're a nerd. For your character I would imagine myself putting something like a Watermelon design on the shirt--But I don't really know this characters personality so you can imagine my motivation. :3c
:3 Just mix it up a little. It's fun to be dynamic!
Like this character could use a graphic design on their T-Shirt. Something simple like a Smiley Face, or a Peace Sign works. But it's always more fun to adventure with unique or unusual graphics that are somehow representative of the character. Like I have a character with "Pi Squared" on their T-shirt, and they're a nerd. For your character I would imagine myself putting something like a Watermelon design on the shirt--But I don't really know this characters personality so you can imagine my motivation. :3c
:3 Just mix it up a little. It's fun to be dynamic!
I find that shirt designs tend to muddy up a character with my linework. They also tend not to fit with most character's idioms. I tried it with a character last year and it was all trouble. I think if the character is simple enough a shirt design is a good idea. Especially if it rotates like in Ginger's Bread. Except there's always the problem of accidentally making a shirt look like a real one.
It kind of a complex choice in some ways.
It kind of a complex choice in some ways.
Well that's just something Stylistic. Whereas it doesn't work for you, I've never had any stylistic problems with that sort of thing.
It ultimately comes down to just creating defining characteristics in some way. To have a character look unique enough against their backdrop and their associative characters. Looking at your comic, I see that you do do that.
Don't take what I'm saying as a criticism, but more as just a spurting of random observational knowledge.
It ultimately comes down to just creating defining characteristics in some way. To have a character look unique enough against their backdrop and their associative characters. Looking at your comic, I see that you do do that.
Don't take what I'm saying as a criticism, but more as just a spurting of random observational knowledge.
I reckon that's the face she makes when someone brings in donuts. XD
Simple character design can be good in the long run for both animators and comic artist, but they also have to still take into consideration the silhouette rule where they have to balance that simplicity, but have enough features to make that character recognizable if they were to draw them in silhouette. That's why characters from Mickey to Spongebob are very iconic.
Simple character design can be good in the long run for both animators and comic artist, but they also have to still take into consideration the silhouette rule where they have to balance that simplicity, but have enough features to make that character recognizable if they were to draw them in silhouette. That's why characters from Mickey to Spongebob are very iconic.
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