Choose your proportion set before you sketch. Lock it in.”
If you want a ‘cool’ character, shrink the eyes, widen the jaw, lower the eyebrows. If you want a ‘cute’ character, enlarge the eyes, shrink the nose, raise the eyebrows.
“Photorealists use the full value range: 0 (black) to 10 (white). Stylized artists live in the ‘Safe Zone’: values 2 through 8.
Now the hero. Square + Circle. A broad, square chest, but round, friendly eyes. That’s the ‘lovable oaf.’ A square is only boring if you don’t add circles.
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“You can’t be both. You can lean one way and hint at the other.
Eleanor Vance (Professional Voiceover) [0:00:00] - INTRO / THE “STYLIZED” MINDSET
Why? Because if you use pure black, it looks like a hole. If you use pure white, it looks like plastic. Compress your values.