Silhouettes
It’s a good idea to start with quick sketches and basic shapes that will help you explore and find the right proportions for your character (see Figure 5.1). Then, you can pick the ones you like and keep developing and adding details to them. This is a technique a lot of artists use when designing a character. Silhouettes are very important and a great character design is recognizable by its silhouette. You can recognize Super Mario, Mickey Mouse, or Sonic just by seeing their silhouettes; this means they have an original and unique design.
Figure 5.1 The silhouettes of Jim drawn for the purpose of studying the desired proportions ...
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