I don't usually don't do a lot of designing of men, but I've assigned myself a project with a strong male lead so now I'm just trying to figure him out. I want him to be brainy, but not really dopey, eccentric, but now I'm thinking maybe not entirely buttoned down polished.
Okay, so I was inspired by the book Dream Worlds by Hans Bacher. So I decided to experiment with media. I have a great unpredictable roller ball that I love to use. You can never really tell what the line quality is going to be so it really forces me to be more spontaneous. ...now if I can only carry that over into color...
So I've started the Painting Drama class over at Chrisoatley.com. Great, great forum to share ideas, improve your process, etc. This is a little drawing I've done for a character design for the class. I think it captures just the right blend of emotions for the character that I was looking for.
