How To Draw Figures In Matlab

How to depict a falling effigy

The painting technique that I used for this piece is pretty straightforward, so I'm going to talk near how to draw manga, plus my ideas and decision-making processes that adult while I was creating this character cartoon.

I started this prototype for fun during my gratis fourth dimension. I got inspired while randomly watching anime shows one Saturday forenoon. I wanted to convey a floating or jumping character, on a bookmark-sized canvas. After trying out a variety of poses, I ended up with a female educatee effigy descending from the heaven.

The biggest headache during the initial stage was the skirt. I wasn't keen to become down the road of doing what'due south widely known as a 'fan service' slice, so I moved the left knee joint a footling more to the left of shot. My aim was to depict a character loaded with accessories, so I gathered references for a Japanese schoolgirl's handbag, and added it to my vague memory of what other items my school friends carried around with them.

In ane of my sketches the graphic symbol is property on to her umbrella. It looked a picayune awkward and then I decided to carve up the hand and umbrella. The reason for including the umbrella was to accept an interesting shadow cast over the character, and to draw the effect this had on colours that were at present in the shade.

01. Capture the all-time pose

I outset off past producing a series of rough sketches that help finalise the composition, graphic symbol pose and accessories. I create between two and three layers over a sketch earlier I actually refine my art. I take information technology slow at this stage and then I don't dirty the line art.

02. Layering and cleaning up

I love this phase the nigh, because it involves fixing every pocket-size item of everything in the prototype. I also have to decide what elements of the prototype become on which layers. I'll become back to the refined sketch layer whenever I'm uncertain how I should progress.

03. Colouring and lighting

Right from the get-go of the procedure I have a rough idea virtually the lighting and colour I'll be depicting. I prefer to fill in elements using a solid colour, so that whatsoever future colour adjustments will exist easy to practice later on. I also apply a simple shadow here.

Words: Sai Foo

Sai Foo is an artist based at Streamline Studios in Kuala Lumpur. He previously worked in advertising and animation. In his free fourth dimension he produces personal art a world away from his 24-hour interval task. This article originally appeared in ImagineFX issue 131.

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