21-Draw-Illustrators-Guidebook-vol-2-ebook-(2021)

CHARACTER EXERCISE
Let’s do an exercise together—select a
pose (see above), again start with basic
geometric shapes and then apply two very
different styles and body structures to each
character. The basic body structure will
help us apply styles, sizes, and different
strokes, but where your designs end up
only depends on your imagination.
In all these examples, I worked quickly
using a red pencil then used a blue pen for
my line work. These exercises clearly show
that it doesn’t really matter what style of
drawing you have in mind—the key is to
start from a clear base structure (I’ve drawn
this here using green). Then from the base
structure you can distort and stylize to
achieve a wide variety of designs.
STYLIZED FIGURE DRAWING
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