J. B. Warner
05-11-2009, 06:40 PM
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A few of the female characters I created for my comic strip "Maxwell Silver Hammer". I wanted to practice drawing them from the front, as I recently augmented their character designs and I'm doing all I can to get a good bead on drawing them from every angle.
- Michelle Hsien (top left): Michelle's eyes were originally kind of small and not very expressive. I made them bigger, but retained their Asian appearance (for reference, I studied frames from Disney's Mulan; that seemed to help).
- Abby Mortenstein (top right): Abby has facial features that are a little larger than the other girls. I made her ears stick out a bit more from this angle. I also made her eyelashes point inward instead of outward, to constantly give her eyes that downtrodden look.
- Jocelyn Stafford (bottom left): To accentuate Jocelyn's tough personality, I changed the shape of her eyes to something more square, so that it looks like she's always got her brow furrowed. I can still loosen it up for those rare moments when she gets sentimental.
- Ashleigh Mello (bottom right): For Ashleigh, who's energetic and very chatty, the first thing that came to mind was that I wanted her to subtly resemble a squirrel. So I enlarged her eyes and gave her a very tiny mouth, which I think not only creates that visual parallel but also makes her a bit cuter.
A few of the female characters I created for my comic strip "Maxwell Silver Hammer". I wanted to practice drawing them from the front, as I recently augmented their character designs and I'm doing all I can to get a good bead on drawing them from every angle.
- Michelle Hsien (top left): Michelle's eyes were originally kind of small and not very expressive. I made them bigger, but retained their Asian appearance (for reference, I studied frames from Disney's Mulan; that seemed to help).
- Abby Mortenstein (top right): Abby has facial features that are a little larger than the other girls. I made her ears stick out a bit more from this angle. I also made her eyelashes point inward instead of outward, to constantly give her eyes that downtrodden look.
- Jocelyn Stafford (bottom left): To accentuate Jocelyn's tough personality, I changed the shape of her eyes to something more square, so that it looks like she's always got her brow furrowed. I can still loosen it up for those rare moments when she gets sentimental.
- Ashleigh Mello (bottom right): For Ashleigh, who's energetic and very chatty, the first thing that came to mind was that I wanted her to subtly resemble a squirrel. So I enlarged her eyes and gave her a very tiny mouth, which I think not only creates that visual parallel but also makes her a bit cuter.