Week Five: Character Drawing

 In today’s session we learned about basic proportion in the figure. The method that we were looking at can be modified to create a unique character. We looked at proportion measured in heads. About 8 heads is a full body. 

The “8 heads’ measurement breaks down like this:

Going from first section to the last one we have:

1. Head
2. Chin to chest
3. Chest to navel
4. Navel to bottom of hips or crotch
5. Bottom of hips to mid-thigh 
6. Mid-tight to knees 
7. Knees to mid-shin
8. Mid-shin to bottom heel of foot

To create my sketch I used he pencil. First I tried to create sections of same size, then I started drawing the figure starting with head. 

After this exercise we had 40 minutes to create our own character. I decided to draw my character digitally. 

First I find my reference photo. Using this photo I draw my very first sketch. 

Then I added details such as hair and face. Here I just used my imagination. To make sure that everything is in the good place I used my knowledge about face proportion. 

After that I decided to wear my character into royal dress. I did my research and I decided to draw basic, cottage style dress. 

First sketch, hair and dress are on different layers. To work easier I decided to use different colours on different layers, however to create my fine line draw I used one layer and only one colour - black. I had to be sure that all my lines are ‘close’. It is important for my further work.

After this step I deleted my sketch layers because I didn’t need them anymore. 

Then I added colours. To make work easier I changed my line layer into reference layer. With this step, I could add my colours on different layers and they stay inside my line draw. I just had to remember to create all new layers under the reference layer. 

After that I added shadows on different layer. I changed my shadow layer into overlay and turn on my colour layers. This step changed everything on top of my overlay into darker colours. 

To create final result I added background.