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Illustrator working in film as a designer and storyboard artist- known as the "animal guy" for my passion for doodling animals. insta @davidsdoodles
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Art imitates life, so it’s important to understand the practice of taking inspiration from life to design our characters. In this lesson, we see the importance of curves in character design.
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In this lesson we'll focus on designing characters from life!
I had a lot of fun with these even if they took me a while. I think there's a clear distinction between my first session (the first page) and all proceeding sessions, I gained a lot of confidence during that second one which helped me push and pull the drawings a lot more than I was previously willing to.
There are a few standouts that I'm really pleased with though I will say I wasn't really sure what David meant by not drawing caricatures but designs. My interpretation was that the people used as reference were more like inspiration than direct subjects. I think I'll continue this practice in the future and I'm looking forward to continuing the course.
The Shere Khan drawing was also quite fun and led me to look more into Milt Kahl's amazing work. I developed a deeper appreciation for art that I'd already loved for decades which was a great experience.
On that day, there were some people busy doing their job while others were doing their business chilling. I also drew my relatives and my pet chickens.
1) Cafe Sketches (In Green)
2) Figure Drawing
3) Figure Drawing + Design /Shadow Shapes
4) Depressed Shapes (2 images)
Awesome practice! I think your figures and shapes just look a little stiff. Maybe try introducing more angles, or exaggerating what angles, swoops, and swirls you are already using/seeing. I think the cafe sketches look the best (most expressive and lively) out of the bunch.
