Master of the Fork
Cid's Knight
I love your eyebrows. I've always neglected them but you're showing me how important they are to help with the entire theme of the characters.
TALK TO ME ABOUT NOSES. I always end up drawing the same type of nose for my characters. I'm not sure how people figure out how to do more eccentric noses and it look good.
Do you find the grid paper helps with shaping? I often have an issue with proportions.
SHOW ME MORE OF YOUR WAYS
I never thought about the grid paper helping, since I just used whatever I was using for class, but I guess yeah, there might actually be something to it. It does make faces somewhat easier to manage.Originally Posted by Freya
When it comes to noses, all I can tell you is keep experimenting, see what works.I also had that problem and although I can make some distinct noses, I also keep to a couple set patterns mostly. I always try to find ways to minimize lines, so that the facial features become a bit more light. So I guess that's my main tip - try to find shapes that feel and look right, and then try to reduce the lines a bit, see if that helps you achieve a more desire able look.
And yes, eyebrows are super important. As you may have noticed, a lot of my characters have really thick eyebrows. Not only can you arrange them differently for more expressions, but their shape alone can really influence how you perceive a given character. Like with noses - I advise you to keep experimenting with eyebrows
I like your tutorials
Master of the Fork
Cid's Knight
I tried to not so much follow his exact tutorial the other day but his style, btw other eoffers, this is how it turned out.
It's Bones McCoy from Star Trek. I showed fynn and he suggested to post it here. I really liked the step by step he goes through and it clicked a bit better in my head thanks to that. Mine is still not nearly as cute and polished as Fynns but I do enjoy the style!
cool pic Mrs freya i hope you and Fynn continuo to draw great picturesI tried to not so much follow his exact tutorial the other day but his style, btw other eoffers, this is how it turned out.
It's Bones McCoy from Star Trek. I showed fynn and he suggested to post it here. I really liked the step by step he goes through and it clicked a bit better in my head thanks to that. Mine is still not nearly as cute and polished as Fynns but I do enjoy the style!
Don't sell yourself shortI tried to not so much follow his exact tutorial the other day but his style, btw other eoffers, this is how it turned out.
It's Bones McCoy from Star Trek. I showed fynn and he suggested to post it here. I really liked the step by step he goes through and it clicked a bit better in my head thanks to that. Mine is still not nearly as cute and polished as Fynns but I do enjoy the style!
So here's something I've been dying to do for a long time but lacked the capacity - a group picture of the Crosswords gang. I'm not that satisfied since it's still far away from my vision, and I still suck at coloring with pencils only, but I'm still glad I finally got them together (and got to pracitce their alternative outfits). So what do you think?
Oh, and the characters are (from left to right): Jess, Leo, Ian, Freddie, Brandi, Martin and Mia. Let me know what you think of each and the group as a whole, if you'd be so kind
So I've recently written another chapter of Crosswords. To make it easier for my tumblr followers to remember the characters, I drew full color portraits of them all. Also, at some point I started to have a color coded for each of them, I don't even know why.
So first comes Leo, the narrator/main protagonist. His color is green. I wanted him to look youthful and boyish, kind of naive, even. i know this image may clash for some of my readers, since I never gave a proper description of him, but this is at least how I see him
Next up is Jess. Her color is white. She's kind of spunky and assertive, though the look I gave her was intended more Zoey Deschanel-ish. I still can't do even bangs right, but what the hay, practice makes perfect, amirite?
Next comes Ian, whose color is sky blue. I've already talked at length about the intricacies of his design. He's a bit of a cloudcuckoolander, but the main idea behind his look is that he's supposed to be nice and warm. And yes, that is a Triforce on his t-shirt. Don't get me started on the plaid shirt...
Freddie's coded color is magenta, mostly because I once had this dream where a weird voice said that magenta is the manliest colorStill, as Ian's partner, he's supposed to be a kind of a foil to him, being more grounded in reality, but at the same time, even though he swears and looks like a tough guy, he's just as sweet.
Up next is Brandi whose color is a deep, dark purple. Feminine, tough and collected are the main traits I had in mind when designing her. I wanted her to look like someone who remains calm at any situation, but at the same time is a person who is really open and earnest with friends. She's also meant to look pretty similar to Leo, since they're related, albeit distantly.
Here's Mia in yellow. She's one of my personal favorite designs! I designed her as someone of a mixed Caucasian/East-Asian heritage, and I wanted her to look really headstrong, as she's the character that is most likely to remain patient and keep striving to achieve her goal no matter how much she fails. I hope she looks (and turns out in the story!) as driven as I want her to be.
Last comes Martin. For some reason, I coded him with my personal favorite color - Indigo. He's supposed to come off as someone very cold and distant, with a hint of quite a crazy sense of humor underneath. For some reason, he turned out looking like one of my real life friends
I like it. I never associated the Crosswords characters with any particular images, they were always just kinda names for me, so seeing them drawn is pretty nice.
Those are all really well done Fynn. I like how distinct and different they all are.
So my mind has recently been flirting with this idea of a visual novel. I've put some basic character sketches in the quick sketch thread, so now I'll post some more refined character portrait doodles
The story would take place in Hawaii and would be a slice of life/mystery hybrid (for now at least). I was thinking of a choice between a male and female protagonist. Here's the male protagonist, Kenta.
Here's another character, Dakota. A possible love interest to the female protagonist, Naomi. He would play a much larger role in her route. I see him as this alluring surfer dude. I think he might be fun someday. He accidentally looks very similar to Kenta. Might make the brothers.
Looks good. They look kind of similar actually
I do approve of your idea
They look quite similar, yeah. Although the facial expressions give them two rather distinct auras.
These are all incredibly well done, and super creative designs and great tutorials.I like the Eden and Crosswords ensembles a lot. Marvelous digital colouring too. It takes a lot to make the shades when colouring a drawn image in. I know that from past experiences.
Still, you've some beautiful and handsome fellows and furries on here.
Here's another character, Geoff. I conceived him as the main protahonists's best friend since childhood, regardless of the chosen gender. He's also a potential love interest for either gender. Either way, whether it's Kenta or Naomi, Geoff loves them (either platonically or romantically) and will remain a staunch ally no matter what happens. At least, that's the way I see it now. His hair is red, by the way, with green eyes, while Kenta and Dakota were both black-haired and brown-eyed.
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