- 1). Ask a basic question: What kind of character do I want? Once you've made that choice--whether it's a superhero, for instance, or a talking sarcastic cat--it's time to determine your audience and your aim.
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An example of doodling from an artist's sketchbook.
Draw thumbnail sketches to outline different forms of characters. Nearly every well-known comic artist, like Robert Crumb, keeps an ongoing sketchbook to help them develop their characters' beliefs, life histories and experiences--whether drawn from the people they know or their own imagination. - 3
Drawing comic characters for fun is a great creative technique.
Once you've settled basic details of the character's appearance, start fine-tuning their personalities. Are they crazy or logical? Outgoing or shy? Villain or hero? Where does your character live, and what do they do, if anything? Trying to answer these questions now goes a long way toward opening up more story possibilities later. - 4). Draw your character in motion, as well as how they will appear from the side--and rear--to ensure a more lifelike appearance. Resolving these issues now should also give you a better feel for spatial relationships--specifically, how your character moves in the environments that you create.
- 5). Work out the surrounding cast of foils and villains, since your plots depend on how your character interacts with them--as well as the obstacles they may encounter while trying to get or achieve something.
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