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How To Design a Cartoon CharacterPosted Apr-22-08 16:35:10 PDT Updated Apr-22-08 16:53:23 PDT Plenty of Artists would say you have to be born with the ability to draw or paint like an expert, but of course that's a bunch of bull. All artists encluding myself practice our hands off to get where we are in art skill, I literally developed a slight grove in my right index finger from all of the drawing practices and work I do. I'm just going to point out some of the important aspects on designing cartoon characters, some artists may say differenly but these are important in my studies on design: 1)What roles are your characters in - Designing cartoon characters isn't much different from designing movie or stage characters, there's your hero, comic relief, know-it-all, personal issue driven, mentor, seductive and many more(I almost forgot the all important bad guy). If your designing a comic relief character for instance you would have this character dress in bright cloths, have the character smile and be happy almost all the time and crack jokes every chance the character gets. Number 3, Mikie, Cosmo and Kenny are good examples of a comic relief character. Of course this also depends on what kind of story or world your characters exist in. 2)How Diverse are your Characters - One of the common mistakes designers would make is they would make characters look too much the same(Unless the characters have uniforms). You don't want to draw two characters with identical body shape or facial looks unless your designing twins like the twins in the Simpsons, that's okay. 3)Are your Characters Memorable - The best cartoon character designs are the most memorable. The reason the Loony Toons or Disney characters are still around is because there's somthing about them that people can't forget. The best ways to pull this off is to make your characters somehow really relatable to people or completely out of this world; yet the comic relief characters are the most memerable when it comes to Animation and Cartooning. That's all for now on important aspects on designing cartoon characters, some artists might say differently but this stuff would be universal ideas that alot of designers would agree on even famous ones like Stan Lee, Butch Hartman, Maxwell Warburton and Walt Disney(If he was still around). |
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