Female Character Design for Comics
Preparation - Composition
A course by Marcio Takara , Comic Book Artist
About the video: Preparation - Composition
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how I usually start the composition of a page by placing the figure on a white space. I will explain the importance of thinking about negative space, rule of thirds, focal points and thumbnails. Also talking about action lines and narrative.”
In this video lesson Marcio Takara addresses the topic: Preparation - Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Female Character Design for Comics. Learn the traditional techniques to draw a female figure with volume, movement, balance, and expression from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparation - Composition Now we're gonna talk about the composition, how I place the figure on the page thinking about the white spaces and the flow of the body and the hair and the costume, thinking about the body language, the way the hands are placed, the feet. So let's start doing this. This is a nine by twelve page. So you can start by placing the head over the neck. Then you can put the main action line of the figure, which is gonna be in the middle of the body, more or less. You put the rib cage and the structure of it, more or less. You place the hips. And the legs. So the line of ...”
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Course summary for: Female Character Design for Comics
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Character Design, Comic, Drawing
Marcio Takara
A course by Marcio Takara
Marcio Takara is a comic book artist who has lived in Toronto and Rio de Janeiro over the years and has worked on comics for Marvel and DC, mostly. He used to be a graphic designer but made the switch to working with comics in 2006.
He has done work for videogames, ad agencies, and toy companies but spends most of his time working with comics for Marvel and DC, doing the covers and interior art for the books. Some of his most recent works include Detective Comics, Nightwing, Birds of Prey, and Hellblazer for DC Comics; and Captain Marvel, All-New Wolverine, Jessica Jones, and Wolverine for Marvel Comics.
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- Updated on 08/04/2020
