Forming Characters

A character’s appearance plays a significant role in a comic book. Their face expressions, body language, dress, and customs make them more real to the readers. The genres and comic book style affect what the character will dress and look like. Learning how to draw human, or even animal, poses will help your comic.  Depending on your style, character face expressions could be drawn somewhat in a realistic or cartoon manner. [1][2] Draw various poses of your character that show movement so he or she won’t be as static as the comic page. [3] There are many YouTubers with excellent tutorials. [4][5][6] Here is a list of a few:

• Mark Crilley - an American manga artist
• DrawWithJazza - weekly tutorials and speedpaintings
• LighterNoteProd - drawing tips, tricks, and techniques

Genres and comic styles affect how character will look like. In this infographic, I drew Hanabi Baka Sake in the diverse ways of drawing a character. The characters line-art can be as clean or messy as you want it to be, what is most important is your story and how your character acts in it. 

Sources:

[1] Njay. (2010, June 30). Expressions. Retrieved from http://www.deviantart.com/art/Expressions-169617254

[2] Lorenz, Nancy. (2007, July 4). 25 expressions challenge – Eriu. Retrieved from http://ravietta.deviantart.com/art/25-expressions-challenge-Eriu-382841573

[3] Athena King, Shamine. (2011, February 14). Body Frame Doodles. Retrieved from http://canadian-rainwater.deviantart.com/art/Body-Frame-Doodles-197390182

[4] Crilley, Mark. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/markcrilley/videos

[5] Jazza. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/DrawWithJazza/videos

[6] Dunn, Alphonso. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/LighterNoteProd/videos