Female Character Design for Comics
Refining the Figure Pt.2
A course by Marcio Takara , Comic Book Artist
About the video: Refining the Figure Pt.2
Overview
“Here, I will continue refining the figure of the other models. You'll see how they start to become alive. ”
In this video lesson Marcio Takara addresses the topic: Refining the Figure Pt.2, 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 All right so this is done so let's try the other version. I usually start with the head, so let's do that. You can use a circle to place the head. So you can place the eye socket here. The neck would come from here like a cylinder. We have the shoulder line opposite again. This is what the line of the body is doing. Then we're gonna have this line here and this one balancing. Waist line here. Breast line. Arms would come from here somewhere. For this specific pose you'll probably need to use reference. And you can place more or less the hand here. The next arm is a littl...”
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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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