Studies for a pouting character
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@tessaw Here are a couple of the previous iterations. Some look more scowl-y, but in the end the more worried expression won out because I am trying to develop character consistency and this character has eyebrows that tend not to point down. I'm still working out exactly what she looks like and how old she should be, but most often I go for about 5-years-old.
So far I haven't figured out that much context. This is why I want to take the environments class so badly! She's just based on some kids I see around my neighborhood, usually with their parents. I'm imagining that she has been told no and is not merely angry, but seriously disappointed! But I have experimented with a range of reactions. Here are some, but I decided I didn't like them as well, partly because her posture was too straight in the first ones:
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@kathrynadebayo By hyper-extended knees, do you mean like the legs in the second sketch I just posted? Because I might like those better myself! I had gotten out a pair of Hunter boots to work out the details of the boots in the most recent sketch, but my real boots are pretty straight. Maybe the point is that I should curve the inside contour of her right leg a little more. And even if it's unrealistically exaggerated, maybe I can turn the left one in just a hair more.
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Here are a new sketch and a silhouette, taking your considerations into account. Note that the hand is farther down in the silhouette, which I thought looked better in silhouette, but it didn't look that believable from a pose point of view. And there's still something bothering me about the legs:
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Nice. That face. Reminds me of my daughter's when she doesn't get her way. XD
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I asked my daughter, who loves to draw too, if she'd like to help with your art and she was very enthusiastic. We had fun.
Hopefully this is helpful - sorry my description before wasn't very clear...I think that the way you have the legs is believable as they are, but maybe this might help if you're wanting to push the pose further.
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@kathrynadebayo Thanks! You're right, that's quite a hyper-extension! Nice that you have a model in the house, too
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@tessaw said in Studies for a pouting character:
Without any other context, and just viewing this as a single illustration, I think she could perhaps be mistaken as just sad or apprehensive instead of pouting. If you'd like it to be even more clear, I think enhancing her furrowed brow to look more angry would sell it more as pouting.
I concur with this assessment. She needs a little more attitude in her expression.
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@jaepereira Are you referring to the first drawing in the thread, or the corrected one? Just trying to get a feeling for whether it needs to be pushed even further. Thanks.
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Thanks so much for your critiques and your patience, guys! I think this poor child has had several different head tilts, and about a dozen arm and leg poses. No wonder she's so cross! But here's the latest version I'm posting for you to help me get a fresh eye. At least next time I have to draw someone pouting I will have thought it through!
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Update: What do you think, guys? Does this get across the idea of the sketch? Do you see errors? Thanks!
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@lauraa I think it looks great, you can really feel the emotion in it.
