Creating my own characters: Stage Two Face Structures

Creating my own characters: Stage Two 

Face Structures

In stage one I introduced my characters Vicky and Eric and developed their personalities as well as stated their relationship. Here is my second blog post about the process of creating my cartoon characters, in this stage is will explore the possible face structures of my characters and their personalities. Since one of my characters is female and the other is male there will be distinct differences in face structure, so I focused on them separately rather than together.

Eric

When developing Eric's face structure I kept in mind that he was  a male with an edgy personality on the outside but a big softy on the inside. Its important to develop a familiarity with the more 'common proportions' of the skull/head. (Brooks 34) When drawing him I keep a rough sharp edges for his eyes and his jawline as well as his eyebrows.  His jawline was extended to a sharp point while his cheekbones were less defined. I kept his cheekbones the same while softening up his jawline but kept his eyes angled and sharp, in a somewhat anger mood. This could be interpreted as him being angry at the world or his teenage angst. For Eric's hair I kept it it short and choppy with a little hair hanging like Johnny Depp's character in the movie Cry Baby. Just for fun I added a few piercing and scars to give him an overall bad boy look.

Vicky 

Personally I found that drawing female faces are a lot easier than drawing males.  her faces shape is an oval round face with freckles. The main feature that I wanted to show through Vicky was her large doe like eye, on her long faces, her eyes give her the appearance of innocents that will work to her advantage as a spy later on in her story. Her small petite nose and mouth work also as a character contrast to Eric who has a larger nose and mouth and an also larger personality. Vicky's are her only angled feature, unlike Eric's eyebrows she has a sharp point at the end. Her hair works as a way to frame her face give her a small appearance, her whole appearance is an opposite to her personality that is sassy and sarcastic, the dangle earring plays as small symbol of her personality.

Tips: "Shading and angled features make the development of the character more noticeable." (Brooks 32)

What would your characters faces look like? Would their personality match their faces?

Brooks, Josiah. Draw with Jazza - Creating Characters: Fun and Easy Guide to Drawing Cartoons and Comics. Impact, 2016.