A couple things I notice quite a few artists seem to forget are..
1. Height - Some people are tall some people are short. Even in College Roomies From Hell all the characters are basically the same height, it isn't a necessary trait, but it can help a character stand out if they are a head taller than everyone else.
2. Skin tone - In color comics only obviously. Most comics there seems to only contain two skin tones, white and black. But, people are all sorts of shades of brown, geeks are usually paler, cheerleaders usually tan. They don't have to be very different, just if two people shake hands you can see two different skin tones.
3. Body shape - Not just fat or skinny. This can allow to basically similar looking characters to be easy to tell apart. Think construction worker, next to a gymnast, next to a middle aged CEO. I love the way Paul Taylor draws his <a href=”http://www.wapsisquare.com/”>ladies</a>...
Just a few things to keep in mind when you try to make a character stand out. Experiment a little. Play around with more than just facial features and hair.
How do you bring out your characters?
-
Rolenthegreat
- Newbie
- Posts: 22
- Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 7:34 pm
- Location: Kentucky
- Contact:
-
Joel Fagin
- nothos adrisor (GTC)
- Posts: 6014
- Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:15 am
- Location: City of Lights
- Contact:
-
Jim North
- Cartoon Hero
- Posts: 6659
- Joined: Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:55 pm
- Location: The Omnipresent Here
- Contact:
If you're wetting your bed all the way from inside the closet, you might have some physical problems to address, let alone mental ones.Dutch! wrote:Any other closet bed wetters out there?
Unless their bed is in the closet with them, of course. But that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish . . .
Existence is a series of catastrophes through which everything barely but continually survives.
-
Joel Fagin
- nothos adrisor (GTC)
- Posts: 6014
- Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:15 am
- Location: City of Lights
- Contact:
-
McDuffies
- Bob was here (Moderator)
- Posts: 29957
- Joined: Fri Jan 01, 1999 4:00 pm
- Location: Serbia
- Contact:
Does my ass look fat in this hat?Mr.Bob wrote:Great... You ruined it now.Joel Fagin wrote:They express thoughts out loud for the benefit of others and also sometimes help with the cognitive process to put thoughts in a more linear and rigid form.Mr.Bob wrote:What's the point of rhetorical questions?
- Joel Fagin
Just rhetorical question.
-
Prettydragoon
- Cartoon Hero
- Posts: 1981
- Joined: Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:35 am
- Location: Finland, Finland, Finland
- Contact:
If your father is king of a South Seas island and your mother is an angel and you live in a house by yourself with only a monkey and a horse for company, pretty mysterious I'd say.Dutch! wrote:How mysterious a past can you have when you're eleven?
This webcomic, seen here is hosted on the free web host Comic Genesis which pretty much proves its not popular.
Oh noes! Read all about the tormented artist I am!
Oh noes! Read all about the tormented artist I am!
Writing a more-or-less detailed character sheet is a great help when designing characters. You should try to include how they think about each other and why, what they like, their history, family, pet peeves, as much information as possible really. Hust don't feel bonded by it afterwards, leave room for development! As for physical design, the old shillouette trick works wonders, as about a thousand people have already said. Skin tones are also a great thing (I have a separate skin tone for every single character in my comic), and another thing you might try to look into is clothing. Not everybody runs around in jeans and a t-shirt, in fact, I only very rarely see people dressed that plain. Clothes can tell a lot about a character, so try to define a distinct style.
Of course, you could also just tell the reviewer to shut the f*ck up.
Of course, you could also just tell the reviewer to shut the f*ck up.
Warning: This poster regularly makes unintentionally sexual posts. Or at least "unintentional" is what she claims...
Character sheet: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma? AC? BAB? Doombees?Ida wrote:Writing a more-or-less detailed character sheet is a great help when designing characters. You should try to include how they think about each other and why, what they like, their history, family, pet peeves, as much information as possible really. Hust don't feel bonded by it afterwards, leave room for development! As for physical design, the old shillouette trick works wonders, as about a thousand people have already said. Skin tones are also a great thing (I have a separate skin tone for every single character in my comic), and another thing you might try to look into is clothing. Not everybody runs around in jeans and a t-shirt, in fact, I only very rarely see people dressed that plain. Clothes can tell a lot about a character, so try to define a distinct style.
Of course, you could also just tell the reviewer to shut the f*ck up.
-
Nyke
- Cartoon Villain
- Posts: 4704
- Joined: Thu Feb 27, 2003 6:02 am
- Location: OT AND GD HAVE MERGED! *jumps out the window*
- Contact:
*bell rings*wp wrote:Character sheet: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma? AC? BAB? Doombees?Ida wrote:Writing a more-or-less detailed character sheet is a great help when designing characters. You should try to include how they think about each other and why, what they like, their history, family, pet peeves, as much information as possible really. Hust don't feel bonded by it afterwards, leave room for development! As for physical design, the old shillouette trick works wonders, as about a thousand people have already said. Skin tones are also a great thing (I have a separate skin tone for every single character in my comic), and another thing you might try to look into is clothing. Not everybody runs around in jeans and a t-shirt, in fact, I only very rarely see people dressed that plain. Clothes can tell a lot about a character, so try to define a distinct style.
Of course, you could also just tell the reviewer to shut the f*ck up.
*Wakko comes down with a mallet, hits wp*
My LJ | ComicGen CoH/V | Vampire/Amazon looking for Betas. Want to sign up? PM me. | Figure out my Avatar's joke, and win bragging rights.
-
Blahsville!
- Regular Poster
- Posts: 79
- Joined: Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:04 am
- Location: Blahsville, USA
- Contact:
-
McDuffies
- Bob was here (Moderator)
- Posts: 29957
- Joined: Fri Jan 01, 1999 4:00 pm
- Location: Serbia
- Contact:
Webcomic character sheet: Normal/weirdo/goth/slut.Luprand wrote:Character sheet: Appearance, History, Personality, Likes/Dislikes, Intelligence, Quirks. Social Class. Doombees if necessary.wp wrote:Character sheet: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma? AC? BAB? Doombees?
--Sij