#art tips?

Either way, ive been wanting to improve my character design / shape language myself, but this semester im stuck in an artistic anatomy class and dont wanna lose my rhythm there lol- got any tips for improving shape language in character work?

Helloooo - I’m going to be honest I’ve been racking my brain around this ask since you sent it. And have a while of trying to figure out how to answer I’ve come to the devastating conclusion that I am ✨ stupid ✨

First of thank you so so so much , and yes I did study at a uni for Animation and illustration ! But ima be real from my personal experience I didn’t actually learn all that much. But I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Most of my ( questionable ) knowledge comes from looking at other artists around me ! Which I highly suggest you do !

From your favourite video games , to comic book artists to even physically things like fashion and architecture! ( the charcater designer around Meg from Hercules actually based her on a Pillar )

But here’s some tips

Detail draws attention - a lot of detail will draw the eye so use it where you think it’ll be most important. For example for my sillouettes I tend to put most of the smaller more detailed shapes in the hair to draw attention to the face.

Shapes have personalities - you probably already know this but shapes can convey different feelings , but you don’t have put a while square in a design to say what yoy want , depending on the style your going for it might not work. But simple sharpening folds or curving out the strands in the hair can also work just as well !

Accessorise ! - accessories can make a silhouette feel more dynamic and can really push the movement of your character!

Experiment don’t be afraid to make mistakes or make a meh design , a lot of people put a lot of focus on having your design be recognisable and unique, which is incredibly is it is - but also as long as you can tell them apart in cast of charcater they’ll actually be around then you succeeded !

Feedback and tips is appreciated🙂‍↕️ also why does the quality have to suck when you screenshot🙄

I’m making an amanda rig for a play my way remake!!!

It’s my first time making a rig or trying to animate anything OR using alight motion lmao can’t wait to see what goes wrong

Also the actual drawing, I like it but it’s off. Like she’s too stubby? Too tall? Improvement tips? No matter how I do it she won’t stop looking damn BUG EYED

I really really really wanted to make the chorus animation, learned FlipaClip is SHIT, and decided well if I’m gonna use a rig for this animation might as well make the whole damn music video (as well as a music and possibly lyrical cover)

Now the next step is to get around to sitting down and drawing.