WEBTOON Basic Designing and dressing characters, targeting women
GCC Academy
Learning Goals Explain the features of webtoon character design separated from general character design Be able to design webtoon character targeting women
Learning Contents Features of webtoon character design Make character targeting women
Kang Jiyoung CAREER mentor at Seoul Webtoon Academy WORK Kings maker OH, MY GOD! 2014 NAVER WEBTOON, WHAT IF? HELL CAMP SHORT SEASON 2 CONVENIENCE STORE KING
Hello My name is Kang Jiyoung I am webtoon writer and published serially
Kings maker on Kakaopage and Lezhin and OH, MY GOD! on Naver
this time we will talk about webtoon character design
now let's take a look at index
we will learn about this today
learning objectives for webtoon character design
Learn about the features of webtoon character design separated from general character design
learning objectives for making character targeting women
learn about what needs to be considered when you design webtoon character targeting women
and design character with hands-on
the features of webtoon character design
design is above
people have to read webtoon on small screen necessarily
in paper, mobile, even if it is big, monitor is all
and the frames are separated in that screen
and the frame that has been read is disappear
and the time for eyes to stay in one frame is short
writers spend over 3 hours to make a frame and readers read it within 3 seconds
therefore most of the webtoons design
focusing on above the waist, above the chest
frames with the blown up face are used a lot
and small frame or frame with the small character
is usually for readers to recognize the character
and drawing less below the waist cost less for writers
therefore when you design webtoon character
it's good to put all the design elements above the waist
let's take a look at example
both are characters with design elements
for convenience, I brought fantasy characters
now let's put these 2 characters into frame
how do you think
do you see the character with more design elements above take up more space in the frame
this kind of design is also used a lot on the games that use above the bust often
drawing face showy and hair colorful is also part of it
you probably don't understand well about putting things above
let's take a look one by one
when you design hair it includes general color, shape of forelock, length
and hair accessory
and design of clothes from top of hair to waist
also includes color and hands
for hands, it has attached with agile joint
so it comes up near the face often
like this
therefore design around the hands is important
and the most important one, face, looks
if you design these elements by priority
then the character will be seen better in the frame
on the other hand, if you put less design above the waist
it will be less noticed
if you want to draw mob character who doesn't stand out but want it to have some designs
it will be good to put designs below the waist
make character that stand out
then is the one having designs on where it is visible on the frame good design
no
webtoon is the genre of art which express words in paintings
beautiful design, paintings, splendid effects are exist
to express the message behind, that is to say words
you can tell people that 'ah, that person is beautiful' in dialogue
but raise the persuasive power by drawing a beautiful character
therefore the design of webtoon character needs reason
there has to be some message
whether it is beauty or direction or message
put elements that is needed to deliver message on design
it is as follows
showing the personality and feature of character
it's okay to say physiognomy
shall we draw some characters
so how each of these characters looks like to you
designate looks, features, clothing, age, gender
for my needs like this
so readers can figure out the characteristic by the appearance of character
this kind of describe of appearance gives least of information about
what sort of person this character would be
for instance, this character has many scars
seems like his life wasn't smooth
and had dangerous experience whether by his own will or not
on the contrary this character looks like either researcher or doctor
giving differences like this makes information about character
by minimizing the differences, you can even direct
if all of the characters have same appearance
then readers would doubts why
distinguish character from other characters
leading character has to be distinguished from other characters
especially on the webtoon appearing a lot of characters
there are various way to do that
now let me draw a character
let's say there is a character
and distinguish this character from others
suppose this character is beautiful
to make beautiful character stand out
draw others relatively unattractive
have you heard a lot of it
in addition to that
distinguish by color
describe side characters with different brightness and saturation
of main character
the main character is colored with high saturation
but
if it goes like this then the main character has been isolated again
not always the high saturation is standing out
even if you can isolate main character from surroundings
then you can make this character standing out enough
also
there is a way of using blur
or you can separate adding effect
behind the character like this
then even though the colors are similar, more focused are standing out
but this is the area of direction
and it could give eye strain
so I recommend you to use it when necessary
characters can be distinguished by painting technique like this
make elements included in character design to affect on the play of story
let's develop a character
but this time, with words
the setting is fantasy
main character used to have a fiance
and that character believes that her fiance died in war about a decade ago
that's because an arm was everything had returned
she holds memorial service every year in memory of her fiance
at this time, what if a character with a cape covering an arm appears
giving you another example
zombie is chasing after
the main character with glasses is running away
if you want to give this character trouble
then you can make character trip and break the glasses
let's do one more
there is most successful idol artist among the world, A
mole under his/her eye is his/her charming point
and the main character is long time fan of A
one day, new student transferred to his/her school
wearing glasses and slightly bent
but if he/she has a mole under the eye
how is that
elements of appearance of each character affecting on the story
these elements are intriguing
and make paintings stick to the story
and increase the immersion level of viewers
words and paintings are interacting
since the role of comic is to express words with paintings
on the contrary pictorial elements
can support and emphasize words enough
in this manner, consider what design you need
with story
then you can design well for webtoon
lower the cost, develop material
then is it good thing to
put many things in to leave many choices
not necessarily
it would be nice if it was character with lots of various elements
we are not just going to draw once and leave it
we have to draw hundreds of thousands of frame
so we have to consider again
if this character is less fatigue to draw
and able to meet deadline
if you need brushes or materials
the prepare and organize in advance on level of design
and designing the character appears frequently
in the form of repeatedly drawable is good
in that sense, let me tell you how to make materials simply
shall we make a button for the common material
first make a single stroke for brush
and select as much as you want
select edit menu, register material, image, use for brush tip shape
and register material in folder
you have to check it to use as brush
now let's make a brush
to approach easily, select most similar type
among the brushes you have
I will use the duplicate of basic brush
go into the settings for brush
brush tip, material and select the one we made
and adjust the interval of the brush as you like
now, let's use the brand new brush
how is it
if we apply this, we can make materials
hard to draw but easy to stroke like frill, necklace or epaulet
of course, a lot of materials are on the market
but if they don't have a perfect material on your drawing style
so it is good for you to make your own materials you use frequently on important character
if you make elements included in design into material like this
then you can lower the cost than drawing it by yourself
making character sheet
one of reasons for lowering the cost is to maintain the condition of paintings constant
longer the publishing is change more the appearance of character
by changing the drawing style of the writer
there are times you feel the paintings you drew
few months, few years ago and now are different
so is writer
or if you handle too much characters
then you have times when you are confusing how this character looks like
position of mole, direction of forelock
these are the things you confuse every time you draw
to minimize these problems
you make character sheet beforehand and record design information
sometimes platform wants you to make a character sheet before publishing
so it will be nice to practice in advance
this is the character sheet I made
the elements needs to be included in character sheet
are, first, entire body
it's nice to arrange among other characters to compare the height
and you should able to know the appearance at a look
and the color
as for this, it's for the worker
if you will do all the process alone
doesn't matter how you make
if you get assistance for base color
then you should make color palette separately
you should record skin color, eye color
and white if you don't use pure white
on this sheet
same for the black
and includes hair color and color of clothes as well
shape doesn't matter if it's okay to pick color with spuit
these are bread and butter
and followings are additional elements to maintain paintings constant
if you draw looks and angles
you use often in advance
then you can refer when you are drawing and prevent the changes
especially for asymmetric hairstyle
a lot of things are change depends on angle, like volume
for those who feels the face is different every time you draw
I recommend to record the proportions of eyes, nose and mouth in detail
as an artistic freedom, you can distort face as much as you want
so beware not to make paintings stiff
depending too much on character sheet
and when you hit the point where the appearance of character changes
make sure you record on sheet or make a note
such as cutting hear as a big decision
or getting scar on face
when you try to find these stuff later
it is hard to find
and it needs to be used surely
as you can see
I also don’t make character sheet in detail
I am doing this much
even if it's annoying, check necessary elements
while you're making sheets
making character targeting women
about character targeting women
then what kind of design would be good for work targeting women
to be honest, I think the criteria to divide into targeting men and women
is ambiguous
there are many works written by female writer which have many male fans
and works targeting men have many female fans
so what I'm about to say is not what it is
please consider it has this kind of tendency
there are many things that come up in mind when you say work targeting women such as romance, drama
but these days in korean webtoon
it's tend to be rofan
rofan is abbreviation for romance fantasy, to put it another way, fantasy
experiencing things that doesn't exist in real life has significance
to the fantasy
experience is the point of fantasy
creating a new worldview
therefore you should design on that worldview
it's okay to design completely new things
if it has a period or background based on
then it's good to use materials go with the motif
this also has to be design goes with story or message you want to write
and noticeable features of genre
such as romance fantasy, modern romance
there is difference of deforme between male and female characters
which means make difference of appearance between male character and female character
of course there are exceptions based on the settings
such as bulky figure of female knight character or weak small male scholar character
and many works are using those design deliberately
to criticize society and give message
on the contrary, it seems to prefer not making difference on BL(boys love)
I mentioned earlier that experiencing new things
has significance to fantasy
it can be seen that taste leads to preference of
extreme masculinity and extreme femininity
writers can be demanded design
even it those models don't exist in reality
extremeness is requested on describe of beauty
long eyelashes, blush on lips or cheeks, twinkling eyes
delicate hands and lean body as such
but you have to pay attention that readers of genre that has more female readers
are tend to value the stability
they don't like it if design ruins the stability to readers
exaggerating beauty
such as skimpy design, realistic and violent
behavior of character
unconcerned character is smashing the mountain and cutting rocks
but hate beating child
or bullying animals
the more violence they actually feel, ruin more the stability
we've talked about many things but in my opinion
the most important element to decide and appeal target reader is
whether writer really likes that element or not
it happens time to time that writer draw things writer don't like
just because specific genre is trendy then get caught and come under fire
no matter the gender of writer
did writer really express it for love
readers notice it quickly
so before you worry about how, I recommend you to have time to think about what you want to deliver with this design
and whether you really like it or not
making example character
shall we design a character base on what we discussed
we drew a beautiful female character earlier so I'll draw male character this time
wherever I demonstrate, there is a sentence I always hear
I ask, before demonstration, let me draw what you like
what do you like
then always the answer is handsome
I'll draw handsome character this time as well
shall we do handsome boy
what did I say the most important thing when you design
yes, put everything in above
let's say this character is high standing good-looking boy
therefore he should wear posh clothes
for your understanding, I'll put some fantasy elements to make it fantasy character
if you decided design elements then make a sketch like this
what was the next important thing
yes, it is
distinguish from other characters considering colors or designs
shall we make him black-haired
now we decided hair color as black
so side characters who is black-haired
needs to be faded black like this
or brown hair, unlike this character
the next important thing is to put elements affect on the play of story in
what this work would be
since it has beautiful appearance on fantasy world
ah, let's say kingdom of vampire
so the prince of vampire kingdom has been same appearance over thousand years
let's say the proof of member of this blood line are red eyes and beautiful face
the the eyes of character should be red
pale face since he is vampire
and red eyes
shall we emphasize the features of vampire
what about fang
like this
and color the clothes
now let's decorate this character
I mentioned earlier that prepare materials beforehand to lower the cost
which elements would be good
it would be good to have a button and a string
since we made a button earlier, let's make a string
as I mentioned earlier, make image needed then register material
edit, register material, image
use brush tip shape
if I use brush in this state
it becomes like this
and it's a bit different from what we want
we can make connected string naturally using ribbon effect
like this
if you want to use continuous ribbon effect, adjust interval
or remove the blank of material image
it's easy to describe string
applying brush we just made
and we can put on a button
so we finished one character design just like this
it's easier than you thought
in this way, we've been through the webtoon character design
obviously what I mentioned are important but
the most important thing for designing character is
do what I like, do what I want
feel free and design character you like whatever you want freely
that's it for the course
thank you for keeping up with me
SUMMARY Features of webtoon character design Design Design webtoon character above the waist, above the chest
Making standing out character Showing the personality and feature of character Distinguish character from other characters Make elements included in character design to affect on the play of story
Lower the painting cost Register material Make character sheet
Making character targeting women Character targeting women Romance fantasy is targeting women in korean webtoon Since fantasy let you experience the things not in reality
Therefore have to create design goes with new worldview Rule out the factors ruining stability of readers such as skimpy design, realistic and violent behavior of character
Long eyelashes, blush on lips or cheeks, twinkling eyes, delicate hands and lean body as such extreme describe of beauty is required