Female Character Design for Comics
Refining the Figure Pt.1
A course by Marcio Takara , Comic Book Artist
About the video: Refining the Figure Pt.1
Overview
“Now that the layout is on the page, I will start refining the figure. I will show you how to add the basic shapes thinking about volume. Also thinking about the silhouette of the figure and anatomy. ”
In this video lesson Marcio Takara addresses the topic: Refining the Figure Pt.1, 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
“Refining the figure Now we're gonna refine the figure using the layout that I did during the last time. So you can use the kneaded eraser. Now you can start placing everything. Let's start with the face. Let's put the eye sockets there. These straight lines. And the mouth would go here. So you have the cheekbones. Your ear should be the size of this here, from the eyebrow to the nose. So more or less here, if you do this, you can place the ear somewhere here. So there's the neckline, it connects to the collarbone. You can think of a cylinder for the neck. There's a bone here that will conne...”
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Course summary for: Female Character Design for Comics
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Category
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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
