Redesigning (standardizing?) my webcomic characters. Critiques and suggestions most appreciated
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My webcomic's primary purpose is to make me draw at least a page every week. Over the last 300 pages or so I've kinda played around with style from page to page. Once I start up the next chapter I really want to try and be consistent with character design.
So what do you think? Lines too thick? Too thin? (the second guy's legs look a little wonky, but ah well). More sets of eyes are most appreciated
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These look good to me, but it would be easier to give feedback if there were a few different poses for each character, to get more of a feel for their personality as well as consistency in design.
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@art-of-b the lines look good, a little fuzzy but that is prob due to the compression of the upload. Most of my images uploaded into the forums get fuzzy. As far as the boys legs, they are short. Maybe if you lifted his waist up, i believe the waist should come around the middle of the forearm.
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I like the style. The boys feet look too small from what I'm seeing compared to the other character. Good start though.
Instagram: @StepOne_DrawCircle
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Doing a character reference sheet for each character is probably something I should do anyways. I think I'll do that sooner rather than later. Thanks
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Thank you! getting proportions right is one of the reasons I'm trying to really nail down the designs.
Those ARE tiny feet XD
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Adding a couple of extra poses/characters as suggested. Also kinda changed a few things already... (damn you, consistency).
Other than keeping character references, does anyone have any tips for staying consistent from page to page?
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Looks good! Are you using photoshop?
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I am not great at staying consistent, but I feel what helps is if you do all your sketching on one day, then inks on another and then color on another that will help. If i go page by page, i start to see a shift in how I am painting/inking.
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Thanks! I'm using Corel Painter instead of photoshop. Weird choice, I know, but I'm used to the program at this point.
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Thanks for the advice! This is the advice I got from the how to make graphic novels vid as well. I think the next chapter I'll definitely give it a try.
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@art-of-b These look good and I really like the expressions. As for consistency part of the trick is drawing the characters repeatedly over and over instead of just doing a couple of character references alone. The more you draw and put them in different poses and angles you'll begin to commit the shapes and quirks that make up that character to memory so that it's easier to draw them when it matters. Keep it up!
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Thanks! I suppose once I commit to drawing them the same from page to page the designs will kinda cement themselves.
