/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

i have this weird problem with drawing characters in this style where i can draw them from the back no problem but to draw them from the front i have to visualize from the rear and sketch that before going back and clean up/switching details to make them face forward. anyone suffer from a similar problem and/or have tips?


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the smaller/farther away something is the lower it's level of detail should be

>if a character needs to be recognizable then that's my problem.

good character design should be recognizable even if you have to reduce the face to two dash lines and a dot nose, hell, it should be recognizable even if you leave the face completely blank, look at mike mignola's work with hellboy and bprd

you use visual cues such as hair, clothing, body type etc. to create a unique silhouette which allows you to plant a visual anchor in your reader's mind

think of it like how you might look for one of your friends in a crowd of people, it's difficult to read faces clearly at a distance/from behind so you look for their haircut/outfit/bodytype combo