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ShapE and Character
BUILDING CHARACTER(S)
Artists of all ages should get an average of 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous sketching each day. Along with consuming a healthy diet of intellectual stimulus, being creatively active is an important part of a healthy lifestyle.
just face it
There are no short cuts. No tricks, no secret hand shakes, no way around it. If you want to draw well you’re going to need need to draw … A LOT!
But if you’re into sequential art such as comics, animation, storyboarding, and such, you’re in luck. Drawing is what it’s all about – if you can do enough of it.
And actually there are some sketchbook tricks to getting yourself to draw enough. Well … you can never draw enough, but the video below is something. (approx 3 min)
shape it up!
“If you put your character in an empty room would they be interesting? Somebody you would like to meet, want to hang out with, and get to know?”
I’ve heard it said that the mind is a muscle, and in that context it makes sense that to get it to work well we need to exercise it. Quite honestly I am not good at keeping up an exercise regime, but I don’t mind putting my characters through a workout. The video below talks about how you can shape up your creative mind by giving your characters a sketchbook workout routine. (approx. 3 min)
