Sunday, August 18, 2013

Good Character Design

This Poster is From Shonen Jump 2013, Vol 37,
Drawn by THE Former Ero Artist Saeki Shun, AKA Tosh



From all of the girls here,
When I took a glance, there were only about 4 girls that I could recognize without taking a careful look or being explained on who's who.

This is not because the Artist isn't skilled enough to portray characters from other Artists' works.
It's because the original design lacked the elements that make them truly stand out on their own.



Silhouette - A common practice in Character Design

If you wanted to test and see whether your character has design that stand out,
Try asking another person to draw the character in their own taste, and see if the character is still recognizable.

 A good example would be American Comic Characters who usually got different portrayal over the years by various artists, but is still recognizable.