[gLitterbug]

That will be the main character in a personal project. I would like to know what you think of him. Do you like him? Is he attractive? What character traits do you think he does have? What should I change?

Just write what you think, there are no dumb comments, I just wanna hear what impact he has on people. Thank you!

[NullTygre]

To me it seems you just drew a guy. Not much character there. Nothing to indicate what he's like.

[gLitterbug]

hm, maybe I should have drawn something with 2 big characters...

After reading your comment NullTygre, I�ve drawn that, maybe you see more character in there?

[Ahcri]

It seems to me that the main character looks a bit plain. I'd suggest that you draw another picture of him with clothes (because custumes often make someone unique), or some facial hair. That's all I can think of now.

[gLitterbug]

Thank you very much Ahcri!
I�ll do some drawings of him tomorrow.

[gLitterbug]

Another one. The last two are just concepts for practice, nothing special.



Maybe I�ll get another comment on a pic if I continue posting more here in this topic.

[ August 01, 2001: Message edited by: gLitterbug ]

[MoleculeMan]

I agree, he needs somethign to make him stand out. Scars, Facial Hair, Hair-dos, "get-ups" and such usually help. Maybe if you included some backgroud we could help you brainstorm some more.

[Tinusch]

Well, I know very little about anatomy, but it seems to me that the biggest problem that is causing your characters to look bland is the distance between the nose and mouth. Shorten that a little. Also, I generally make the ear extend from the level of the eyebrow down to the base of the nose. Another thing is the top lip. It's a little too defined. It makes it look a little too big and round. Try making the top lip a little more subtle.

[FireFry]

Your first image reminds me of the guy who was the head of the vampire council in blade. The one who frost killed.

He looks like someone who may have a hidden agenda. I'm thinking he's either a professional assassin or a power hungry business man. Thats all I can come up with for now.

[Ragnarok]

My crits would be that in general, you're pushing the jaws to the front to much, and making them too big

[gLitterbug]

Thx for all the suggestions and comments guys, thats great.

Tinusch you don�t know HOW much you helped me with that lip-tip , I�ve always thought about how to draw those lips not so obtrusive. I mean it looks not that bad on women, but my guys always looked somewhat strange with their big-lips Thx soo much.

I will also especially look out for the gap between nose and mouth and the jaw being too much in the front, as those are two big problems of mine, I�m doing that nearly unconscious, don�t know why.

And he is some sort of pro-assassin.

[Frosted Flame]

Heya glitterbug, I took the liberty of doing a *QUICK* rework of your second character. I just tried to give him a tad bit more personality. There are some anatomy issues with my sketch as well, but I only spent like 2 minutes on it to prove a point. Take it with a grain of salt..



Cheers!

Edit: d'oh, typo

[ August 04, 2001: Message edited by: Frosted Flame ]

[gLitterbug]

thx frosted thats great!

I haven�t put any thoughts or too much effort in that pic I must admit. I simply drew it in quite a short time.

I just did it to see if NullTygre would like that "extravagant"(lack of better word right now) character more than the "normal" first one and would have to say more about it.
But I gave up on that after the second additional character, which I did to see if NullTygre sees in it what I wanted him to.

NullTygre hates me!

[nova]

Yo gLitterbug ..

why don'cha try doing a full or half-body image of one of these guys? Maybe that would let you define your character more.

[gLitterbug]

Yo Nova I�ll do that. But just of the top character since the other two were just quickies without thought.

I am developing the main character traits some more and try to visualize him better.