Workshop two, New Continental, September 11th 2010

Workshop two!

Following on from workshop one's character designing, the group learnt some nifty tips and tricks to get their drawings to the next level. We concentrated on the basics of character drawing by simplifying complicated things like the human body down to very simple lines, which we would then build up using simple shapes. I had to do a bit of posing in this workshop - pretending to be Theo's character DOOM for a bit of reference for him, but I think we got there in the end.
We essentially worked backwards, starting with a drawing exercise putting final details onto a character, to building up from the simple stick figure drawing. Once this was done, we got busy putting our new found skills into creating our own mini-comics.
Mini-comics are a great way to quickly tell stories to swap and share with friends - they are very cheap to do and I hope that the workshoppers go off and make lots of their own.
Incidentally, I got my first full comic from Alexa (perhaps with a little assistance from Oscar?) starring their character, Underpants Alien! Thank you guys!