WEBTOON Basic Designing and dressing characters, targeting men
GCC Academy
Learning Goals Know the basic physical features for men and can draw expressing age and personality Know and able to draw the principles of folds in clothing for underwear. modern clothing and Hanbok(Traditional Korean Clothing)
Learning Contents Designing male characters Dressing male characters
Kim Yonghoe CAREER fmr. adjunct prof. at ChungKang College of Cultural Industries fmr. dean at Seoul Webtoon Academy WORK KAKAOWEBTOON Flowers that bloom again KAKAOWEBTOON Just that KAKAOWEBTOON A Midsummer Night's Dream KAKAOWEBTOON Drink Together
Hello My name is Kim Yonghoe I am a webtoon writer
In this lecture, we will go through designing and dressing male characters
Appearance and dress of character represent it's personality, genre and era of webtoon
There is typical appearance of main character
There'd be differences of age and appearance of main character depend on the characteristic of play
The main characters of popular stories
are commonly tall, muscular and good looking
The appearance of main character has to be likable
and in webtoon, it has to be expressed in drawing
In this video, we will pick up basic physical features for men
and how to express age and personality
also from basic underwear to thin and light texture of clothes
and the principles of folds in clothing
Designing male characters
Let's draw the male character design
Let's split human body into 4 parts : head, torso, arms, legs
When you first draw a model of a human figure
use soft line to estimate the size
of each part of body figure
It is important to get used to the shape and parts of body figure
with your hands and eyes
The torso can be divided into chest, abdomen and pelvis
For the chest part, ribs form the chest
Abdomen is a bag-like part contains organs, unlike chest, is not protected by ribs
Pelvis is a series of bones that form pentagon shape
These 3 parts make torso and it shapes the line of torso naturally
Let's turn it on its side obliquely to understand the line of torso
You should remember the shape of ribs and pelvis that make torso
and the spine which connects both
The bones of torso are altogether a big jar that carries and protects organs
Also understand that neck is connected above the chest, arms are on sides
and legs below the pelvis naturally
Knowing the anatomical skeleton and muscles
will help you to draw stylish and three-dimensional character in appearance
There are some bones of human body that we can touch because they are prominent
Skull, shoulder blade, olecranon, femur(around the head), patella, tarsal bone
These are the connecting part of the body and great point to draw in proportion
The neck which connects head with body
is cylinder-shape and slightly curve into collar bone
Shoulder is located where the end of the collar bone meets hanger-shape curve from the neck
Elbow is consistent with the bottom end of ribs roughly
Wrist meets femur
Femur is located on end of both sides of pentagon-shape pelvis
The female pelvis is broader than the male pelvis
therefore femur located further away
Length from the femur to knee is similar to one from elbow to wrist
The same goes for the length from knee to ankle
This is human body has standard proportion
Then let's design the looks, face that makes up about 90% of the design of character
For skull, you need only learn the structure and location of eye sockets, nose holes, mouth and ear canals
Back of the skull is quite larger than you think
You can't look down on it
Draw triangle connecting eyes and nose on egg shaped head
I drew simple and typical eyes, nose and mouth
This is hairline where hair grows
Make hairstyle base on this line
Distinguish adult and child and make physical strength and weakness with thickness of the neck
Emotions and personalities can be expressed only with the shape of eyes and mouth
Upturned eyes give you healthy and positive impression
No matter what shape of mouth is, basic impression doesn't change much
Downturned eyes give you relaxed impression
but at the same time, you can feel proud and rude that looking down on people
When angry, muscles around eyes are gather to the center and frown
When sad, eyebrows are lifted centering around nose and get wrinkles
and same as eyebrows, both side of mouth droop and get wrinkles below the lower lip
Make facial expressions and apply it to your drawing
You can make sensitive narcissist
or sporty and extroverted person using hairstyle
You can use facial shape to show typicality of personalities
In fact, no matter what shape it is, as long as it has eyes, nose and mouth, people perceive it as person
Therefore in paintings, rather than depicting it realistically
it is possible to have a technique called Deforme(Deformation)
which is a technique of expressing an object by adding some transformation, reduction, or distortion
Square jaw makes you look tough
while if jaw is sharp and short, you look weak
Make the shape of face into figure to distinguish changing personality traits
In comic, you can make it perceived as person
Basic egg shaped face
makes normal impression like this
then if I change this
into trapezoid
it changes the impression
and
quadrangle face
can be recognized and perceived as person in comic
likewise, if the shape is
triangle
still recognized as a character
pentagon
hexagon shape also perceived as person
but even if it has same eyes, nose and mouth, it makes different impression depends on the shape
and in comic
even if you draw random curve shape
still recognized as a person, character
You can make the feelings from the shape
perceived as person inside the character
Only the shape and thickness of eyebrows can make different impression
Design face you like apply various shape of eyes, nose, mouth
and hairstyle inside the frame of appearance
To make it younger
draw broad forehead and short nose
thin neck and narrow shoulder
According to the age of child you want to draw, younger the age is,
shorter and thinner the proportion of face, torso and limbs
Basically increase the volume of forehead and the back of the head
and draw eyes, nose and mouth small and cute
Younger the face, shorter the nose
on the contrary, if draw nose longer, it looks mature and strong
if you only put nasolabial folds around the mouth, it looks like middle-aged man
if you add wrinkles below eyes, it ages certainly
What kind of face would be good for appearance
Let me apply typical face shape
Let's draw medium length tidy slick back hair
or untidy but stylish hairstyle with beard makes a man with strong personalities
People say that eyes are windows to the soul
Eyes are soulful
Character with the narrowed eyes that the pupils cannot be seen is unfathomable
and can be a good supporting character
Thin and skinny person also has no fat on their face so their bones are prominent
As with the face, the shape of body can be applied various figure
In accordance with feeling of the shape of body
let me show you inverted triangle shape muscular body
and fat body representatively
as for inverted triangle shape body
certainly, draw thick neck to add
strong impression
also for this style, it'd be fit in with square head
whereas for same big figure
but big fat body
draw ellipse shape
and to give more fat on face and neck
draw bigger round on the below
also for this fat body,
make arms, hands and legs
round and thick
Dressing male character
Now, let's paint some clothes on body
starting with underwear
Generally for the underpants
both briefs
and boxers
draw on torso line and clothes line
As mentioned earlier, all of torso is round
since it is round cylinder shape
make sure you remember that when you draw the lines of clothes
also for the lines of the torso
if you keep the feeling of the lines in mind when you draw
then you can make it much more solid
and since the perspective and grid is applied on body itself
if you think about where the camera eye would be
let's say on this eye level then below that
these round would be tilted
therefore as it goes down, more looked down it is
draw on that principle and above this
think of the round being looked up
then you can draw solid picture
Let's dress up the rest
matching with the body line
draw undershirt
on this line
and let's say dress it up short sleeve
round-neck t-shirt
make it protrude along the shoulder line
sewing line would go into armpit
then naturally there will be folds centering that
it doesn't matter for tight short sleeve
but for boxy
t-shirt, make the folds that comes from here
same direction to the flow of torso naturally
and making wrinkle on the wrinkle help you
to make more stylish three-dimension
wrinkle would be deeper on the other side
under the influence of gravity this part would be on the skin
and there will be gap on the lower part
and the wrinkles along that
and the wrinkle from the shoulder meets the one from the armpit
then it would be natural
make one along the curve of the chest
and the clothes goes down naturally
until it meets fingers and make layers
it goes along the body line on this side
then meets inclined torso and makes wrinkles
and draw tilted bottom line along the torso
Let's dress up the pants that suit him
it's the most standard type of pants
there's a button on the beltline
there's a zipper fly and drawing some shallow wrinkles along the pelvis line would make it look natural
and the pants line goes down
make wrinkles around the knee naturally
then make it follows the line towards calf
if it is some casual pants like jeans or cotton trousers then it would be comfortable for you
to follow this line
and if it is suit pants
which has softer fabric then it won't make
much wrinkles and goes down neatly
like pulling the weight of the fabric
instead the gap between the fabric and leg that are narrowing down to ankle
could be drooping on the front or so
making natural wrinkles
what about drawing something casual on the other side
let's draw some casual pants
but the jaunty ankle pants
now then this one is
more like suit pants made of soft fabric
while this one looks like casual pants made of
stiff fabric
it's time for shoes let's say draw a most basic sneakers
along with the shape of foot
then make a round wrapping up the toes
then cover on the top
and shoe tongue under the laces
tied shoelaces
and knot above it
to draw same shoe from the side
for sneakers, it's not covering ankle and make natural line below ankle
and the round part
to cover and protect toes and front soles are slightly lifted for all kind of shoe
and below
draw soles
draw shoelaces and knot
this is how to draw most basic
sneakers
since it is casual clothing, how about we put a cap on him
for cap
you should think of the shape of head first
being curved inwards along the head
the cap itself
is a cylinder shape and the peak is attached
therefore you should make a cylinder shape along the head first
and do not forget about the volume of the back of the head
and you pull the back of the cap low so it's not a straight line
but slightly sloped towards back
then naturally the peak side would face a bit higher
and the peak
make curve lines on front
well, people wear a cap with flat peak these days
but general baseball cap has a curve peak
so I'll stick with a curved one
and there will be
a brand logo here
this is how to draw the baseball cap
now it's time for the shirt
collars of the shirt curve down toward front along the neck
both end of the collars spread slightly like the wings
and the buttoned line of shirt goes down
vertically along the torso
it's good to draw a wrinkle on the shoulder line
there's a sewing line on the shoulder and you don't have to draw it
but if you do, then you can draw wrinkles from armpit
to neck naturally so it's good for you to do that
and for the sleeves, since it's soft fabric
sleeves are slightly wind along the cylinder shape of arms
now that we rolled down this side of sleeves why don't we roll up this one
for rolled up sleeves, it's good to create some senses of volume with multiple layers of wrinkle
and if the shirt is tucked in
draw pants line first
then draw gathered wrinkles are tucking in the pants line
add lines of torso since there are curves on the chest
just like we did before
when we drew t-shirt
then you can make shirt naturally
now then let's draw the pants that match with this shirt
as we did earlier
it'd be more authentic suit if it have wrinkles on the front
and let's draw dress shoes
also for the dress shoes, along the shape of foot
and with the sharp cool toe box
the curves need to be centered more on the big toe
with slightly lifted outsole
and draw sloes to describe thick outsole
same for the heel
and the leather above
there is a toe box like this depending on the shape of the shoes
there is one that covers the top of the foot
and there is one with the shoelaces like this
and not covering the top of the foot smoothly
but leathers are along the curves
of the foot like this are general
therefore let me use this type of dress shoes
make contrast with black
and describe gloss of highlights naturally
and if you describe with colors, stick with the describe of the shape
and make it simple where the contrast would be
below that
there is a shape of the dress shoes with impact on top
and the side of the dress shoes covering the side of the foot
and the outsole and heel
make contrast same as other one
so we have dressed shirt and pants on
use and apply this
to draw simple shorts
for wide shorts, in the same manner
draw the lines thinking of the cylinder shape curves of body
for the wrinkles, as same as the one from the armpits
think of the curves winding toward thigh gap
as for v-neck t-shirt
if we draw some v-neck rough t-shirt
that matches on shorts
you could describe like this
when it comes to period piece
you should put him on hanbok(traditional korean clothing)
you should know the very least of clothing structure
this is dongjeong(white collar) and this is otgoreum(the two ribbons knotted to close jeogori(the upper part))
if it is not for dopo(outer jacket) which has long otgoreum but for jeogori, it's short
and loose
and sleeves are baggy
having about this amount of space
and describe the wrinkles from that space big
make shoulder line dropping down lower than the modern clothing would make it have enough space
and it narrow down a bit at the end of the sleeve
make sure you know this kind of design is jeogori of hanbok
there is apseop(overlapped column on the front)
since the knot is on the apseop, wrinkles would
flow down naturally from here
also for the trousers, it's unstretchable and loose
therefore the line goes down straight
it comes down straight but there will be enough space around knee
and the trousers will be tied around the ankles
so think of the line drops down toward ankles
and he will wear durumagi(a variety of overcoat) on this basic clothing
also for the durumagi, close the apseop
left over right
as you know, usually left seop is on the right one for men's clothing
there is a story about it probably it is easier for right handed to draw
sword or weapon, therefore the design
became the left fabric is over right one, not right one over left one
as for dopo, it is much bigger and looser than jeogori
so draw dongjeon bigger and lines of clothing are heavier
it is made much bigger so otgoreum is longer naturally
the line of clothing that dropping was grabbed by the hand
but still dropping continuously
also for the sleeves, the sewing line is lower and make wrinkles
and make sleeves
with plenty of space
it is good to draw natural wrinkles from armpit
to shoulder line, same as always
make wrinkles winding towards elbow
on the heavy dropping sleeve
draw heavy dropping wide sleeve
the long dopo skirt wind along the body
and same as earlier, there will be long wrinkles
started from the knot
you can make a stylish line of dopo
if you describe that much of details
let's draw padded jacket before we go to fur clothes
for padded jacket
as for outer clothes, basically start the lines much further from the shape of body
and outer clothes don't make many fine lines
it's good
to make it heavy to describe
the mass
wrinkles around the arms
proper amount of wrinkles for weight and volume
and in the same manner
light wrinkles
depends on the fabric such as zipper on front
this connected part, it pulled from this part
so it's good to describe wrinkles on that part
speaking of outer clothing, it would be good to make him wear stylish jacket
as for jacket, it is contemporary suit
but is also the western traditional clothing
collars are naturally go down toward chest or below the pit of the stomach
and the shoulder line is made stylish certainly
since it is jacket, not drawing many wrinkles is much more posh
as in the case of dopo earlier, it is good
to describe with only few thick lines
on the basic lines
just remember that this line on the armpit becomes the point for the wrinkles
and not only giving wrinkles on the folded part
but put it in along with the curvy shape of body
then you can make the clothes naturally
without any excessive describe
as for the jacket, it's good to make it as long as it covers the butt naturally
now it's time for fur clothes
draw basic coat line
that would be overcoat
among the coats, there is tight slim fit and there is loose
design as well, but for the heavy and thick
fabric, emphasize the heavy pulling down feeling
under the influence of gravity
now for the fabric on the sleeves will be
winding down as well under the influence of gravity
to describe that, make one thick wrinkle
pulling from the elbow
and describe the drooping sleeve of the coat naturally
the line of coat came down heavily
also will wind along the rounded line of body backwards
like this
therefore some will be seen between the legs and the line of this side
will be dropped with weight from around here
and here will be folded as well
make and describe lines into wrinkles naturally
on those parts to make it a overcoat
and if we make this as fur clothes from cold northern hemisphere
actually strength of digital tools is that there are
a variety of brushes you can use to describe fur or grass
but there are differences how to use those brushes naturally
between who has the ability to draw and who doesn't have
for describing furs, you can just
put on small and thin lines on the line like this
or you can symbolize it and use deformation
the more you symbolize and use deformation, more the paintings have its own style and look cool
and being able to symbolize itself
means understanding what the object is
therefore if you want to draw stylish paintings
you will be pursue diminished symbolization eventually
and describe fur particles inward
following the outer shape of the fur we drew
and the part that will be polish
the part folding inward
this x mark means where the ink stick will be used
it's a symbol in the area of comic
in this way it is much easier
to make better looking shape of fur
consider the left part as realistic describe
of course I cannot say that right side is not realistic
but symbolized it as cartoon expression using deformation in more simple way
and there is concept of style for all paintings
therefore writer have to decide what kind of style you want
whether develop their own needs with the style about how much you symbolize
or develop needs with realistic paintings
we took a look about dressing up the male character
how to make wrinkles or draw shoes, etc with demonstration
thank you
SUMMARY Designing male character Designing appearance Human body can be divided into head, torso, arms and legs Needs to understand the line of torso consist of chest, abdomen and pelvis
Skull, shoulder blade, olecranon, femur, patella, tarsal bone are the connection part of the body and become the point for the proportion Face design Understand the structure and position of eye sockets, nose holes, mouth, ear canals and the back of
Be able to describe the characteristic and emotion with the shape of eyes and mouth Child: broad forehead, short nose, thin neck and narrow shoulder Middle-aged: add long nose, nasolabial folds and wrinkles below eyes
Be able to describe the typical personalities with the shape of the face; quadrangle, inverted triangle, pentagon, hexagon, etc Design the shape of body As for skinny body, protrude skeleton because of lack of fat
Draw short and thick neck for inverted triangle shape muscular style Draw ellipse shape body with thick outline for fat style
Dress up male character Kind of clothes Underwear: briefs, undershirt Modern attire: round-neck t-shirt, v-neck t-shirt, shirt, casual pants, suit trousers, shorts Modern coat: overcoat, padded jacket, fur
Accessory: cap, snickers, dress shoes Period piece: jeogori, trousers, durumagi of hanbok Understand the cylinder shape body and draw cylinder shape clothing line for three dimension
Armpit is the point for wrinkles of top Understand the structure of clothing to draw hanbok Needs drawing practice for describing texture and shape