Character Design Using Silhouettes

Posted by Temujin in , on Monday, November 21, 2011

First Christmas Silhouettes
One of the techniques that can be used during character design process is drawing in silhouettes. When people looks at a character the first thing they will see is it's overall outline.

It is important to create a very recognizable silhouette or outline. A perfect example is Mickey Mouse. When you see his shadow you instantly recognize who he is.

Aside from that there are also several Advantages to Drawing Using Silhouettes :

1. I have already mentioned Recognizable Character

2. You won't get bogged down by details - During the early stages of Character Design details is not important.

3. You won't get bogged down by technicalities - don't put to much emphasis on perfect anatomy, proportion. Don't thick about textures at this time or the exact components of a costume.


4. You get Practiced Seeing Shapes - Many real world objects a very complex. In order to draw them properly it is a good skill to be able to simplify them into basic shapes and then add the details later on.

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