10 Steps to Create Comic Characters
By Vineet Raj Kapoor
"Sheikh Chilli" is a notorious comic character popular in India. Here are some exclusive pictures to provide a step-by-step guide to readers for understanding the procedure of conceptualizing and designing a comic character.
Step 1: The rough scribbles
The rough scribbles The first step towards making a comic book or a design starts with rough scribbles. So, first of all you would need to make the characters on whom the story is going to be based. For the same, you would first need to make rough scribbles of the character based on the character details provided.
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Step 2: Head scribble expressions
After reviewing the scribbles made in the first step , the next step involves detailing the head of some of these scribbles that were made earlier.
Step 3: Head Tweaking
Based on shortlisting out of these, some of the heads would be tweaked to add more detail.
Step 4: Head final touch
Now the final head is selected and final touches are given to the same.
Step 5: Basic shapes
Basic shapes of the complete body including skeleton are now created. Doing this gives the profile a proper meaning.
Step 6: Model sheet
After creating basic shapes of the body, the character model sheet is made.
Step 7: Panel
Now, the panel needs to be created which is based on our comic prototype.
Step 8: Rough thumbnails
Now rough storyboard is made keeping in mind camera angles and shot distance as described in the screenplay.
Step 9: Final clean up
Now the cleanup of the storyboard is done to give it a proper shape and the storytelling reviewed.
Step 10: The final touch
The last step involves final coloring (ink and paint). All the colouring and painting gives the final output i.e. the comic!
About the Author:
Program Director, Chitkara University; Mentor, Arena 17, Chandigarh; Chief Mentor, Shiksha.com; Career Expert, Balaji Telefilims Education Institution ICE, Chandigarh