Showing posts with label face drawing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label face drawing. Show all posts

Friday, October 1, 2010

Making some cartoon reference sheets, color charts, and colored samples for class

Getting the handout materials and colored samples ready for next week classes.
Used my trusty Sakura Pigma Sensei 0.4 mm to draw these cartoon face reference sheets.
Sample cartoon faces sheet drawn with a black Sharpie fine point pen.
Example of possible coloring approaches using a set of 20 Crayola Super Tip markers.
Crayola watercolor pencils color chart and cartoon portrait colored with Crayola Super Tip markers.
Sample colored with Prismacolor Double ended art markers. Started coloring the sample illustrations in my display poster to promote trend classes. While coloring takes longer, it does grab the attention more effectively.
Sharpie Fine Point Pens coloring chart and colored sample on white card stock.
I rely on this set of pens mainly for making customized name plates for each student.
Each name plate gets a random cartoon doodle on the back for inspiration or even serve as a tracing template during class doodling exercises.
With a bit of glitter and glue decorations.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

A few Sample Warm-up Worksheets for upcoming After-school Manga Cartooning class

Ok guys if you dropped by to get a head start on the material for the After-school Manga Cartooning class, you could try using the following worksheets as a reference for your daily practice doodles which I trust you have been doing all summer. By now, I expect most of you should have used up at least half of the pages from your sketchbooks.Sample doodle sheet drawn with a graphite pencil.
Worksheet with a large selection of facial traits and head shapes that could be used to draw many distinct faces for a basic cast of characters. Let your imagination fly and create a few characters for your next manga project or short story. These last 3 pages were drawn with a 08 Prismacolor Archival marker.
Constructing assorted faces by starting with different types of head shapes. Round faces with thin necks would be suitable for younger characters while square faces with broad necks would better fit older characters with greater physical strength.
Step-by-step head construction sequence with a bit of age progression in the final step. When sketching in a typical manga cartoon style, just a few wrinkle and expression lines can add several years to the character. Youthful characters tend to sport slender necks and pointy chins. To age them to adulthood: try broadening the chin, thinning the hairline, and widening the base of the nose.