Learn To Add Clothing To Your Characters | Comics - Manga - Character Design - Loomis

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Designing a great character is one thing. But making sure you can quickly draw it again and again is another!
A key part of drawing comics with your own characters... or re-drawing your favourite fan art... is knowing how to sketch in the figure with all the special elements that make up the character.
Often we need to both quickly pose and get the proportions right... but also know that all of the important elements of clothing and accessories are there too.
The character is made up from their base anatomy.. what they wear and how they hold themselves. So sketching all three at the same time is key.
In this video I go over some tips and advice for how to do this. And demonstrate what it looks like based on some of the comic characters I have had to draw over and over again.
This is something you can think about once you start learning the basic anatomical proportions and understand how to quickly pose characters using stick figures or 'Mannequins' (that word just means puppet! which is a great way to think about our characters).
I have talked about this idea in some of the other videos on the channel:
If you want to learn about the techniques I am using based on the Loomis Method you can check out these videos:
Building The Figure - • Learning To Draw The F...
Posing The Figure - • Learning to Pose Your ...
Different Body Types - • Learning to Draw Diffe...
Drawing an Action Pose - • Practice Drawing An Ac...
With most types of stylised types of art - There is often a mix of structure and perspective and technical drawing.... combined with symbols and abstract features.
Once you get good at blocking in proportion and posing with the Loomis Method you can use it to suit your own style.
It's just a tool you can use to help you draw cool stuff!
Happy Drawing!
Tim Mcburnie
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[@TheDrawingCodex]

Let me know if you would like to see more character breakdowns!

[@dilliyondalrymple5366]

Yes👍🏻

[@seanholland5743]

Yeh thee are great

[@omeed9015]

absolutely, these are great

[@andrewwilson9052]

That would be great

[@martiantony777]

Yes, thank you!

[@americancrusader2582]

Every second, Tim will figure out a way to bring up that street fighter book.

[@tiagodagostini]

The consistency and easy identification of the characters has been my hardest struggle so far.

[@evoramello1877]

Your channel has been saving me in my journey to draw better, thanks Tim!!

[@TheDrawingCodex]

Awesome! I’m so glad to hear that!!

[@TeKn1qe]

The quality information in your KZbin series is better than most paid material available. Thank you for your generosity.

[@martiantony777]

Thank you, I've been waiting for this topic, adding cloting! Also, hair styles would be nice, Thank you again

[@nisargart302]

this is the video I am lookin for 🙇🏻 thank you sir.......

[@EtherealUriel]

So basically Just gotta draw the stick figure not adding shapes for all the body except the torso and pelvis then u can add the detsils...ive never thought about that damn ive learned something new For torso its a circle as for pelvis well....yeah not sure what shape would be good for it/ easier to use as u draw poses

[@peterryczkowski]

i think maybe a demo on how to make characters recognizable. like what do you. need to make ryu look like ryu

[@Miguelrirez-ne6kq]

I second this..

[@remembernavarro5344]

That'd be really cool

[@saramations]

Honestly, the most recognizable character designs are very "brandable" Ie, Micky mouse, Pikachu, super man, Goku, Link, Darth Vader, Clifford the big red dog, even [the despicable] cocomelon. They make good mascots and this makes people want to buy merch of them (or create fanart and cosplay). Or you can look at it as they have appeal. They have traits that "speak" to their intended audience.

[@tiamatandall]

Hey Tim, I haven't had time to watch the video yet, but I've been meaning to ask you what is the brand of you red kneaded eraser. I know it makes no difference on how much it erases, but it certainly looks cool! 😎

[@FluffyJackie]

Aside from your video being a huge help, where can I get that Ara book? Looks super interesting.

[@dubarban]

Hey tim !! awesome job on SA novel!!! Keep us updating :D loved it

[@charlescumming9019]

There's that skeleton model again. Love that guy.

[@fabiovaldesaraneda2012]

great video ! ! ty

[@nochipmunks8692]

hey tim , which is better a book or a video course , i see that you really like loomis books

[@ramondias9530]

17:00 really cool indo, thanks.

[@aries3102]

Wow nice soo informative ..

[@bradleyJgraham]

Where is it possible to buy your comic “ARA”? I can’t find a link.

[@theoburden6592]

Why these so called artists just can’t draw from their heads on how to clothes characters. I can do that by looking at what see. These are not artists these are copycats who can copy art by looking at it. There’s nothing original here