So for my Life Drawing II class last week, we were assigned an 18x24 work with the theme "Yellow." Rather than just paint or draw something more traditional like I've been doing recently in that class, I opted to design two characters that embodied the theme.
I chose to make them styled not for animation, but maybe more video-game or comic book centered. Basically these two are traveling companions, a young girl whose Sanxian (a chinese instrument) lets out a golden light, and a kangaroo-skull thing with a pipe whose tail is luminescent.
I don't have names for these characters. Is it important to name characters like this? I'd like someone else's take on the matter, because I often forget to name them. I usually identify characters by traits, i.e. Smoke Light Being and Plucky Scarf Musician.
... Maybe I'll just call 'em Smoky and Scarfy for short.
One of my favorite artists is illustrator and webcomic artist Der-Shing Helmer. She's been a big influence on my work since I was probably in middle school. I'm a big fan, and if you have the chance, check out her amazing webcomic The Meek.
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