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Published: 2019-11-12 21:58:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 25059; Favourites: 903; Downloads: 0
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Hey everyone!Here is something a little different from me!
Back in August, I introduced new rewards for my Patreon tiers, and one of them was new tutorials every month, suggested by Patrons!
Here is the first of them, suggested by the lovely (RWyvern), which revolves around silhouettes!
This was so much fun to make and research, and I hope it is useful to you when creating more unique characters!
If this proves helpful, feel free to post the results in the comment section below! No credit required, I'm truly curious to see what you create with it!
And if this new type of reward tickles your fancy, be sure to check out my Patreon for more!
www.patreon.com/arven
Tutorials are posted one week in advance on Patreon, and supporters get a chance to vote on the argument of the next tutorial, which is also dedicated to them!
Thanks so much for your support, you guys are the absolute best!
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this is quiet helpfull. thank you ever so kindly for the pointers
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Wow, grazie mille!! Ho sempre avuto questo problema con i miei personaggi, e difficile mantenere le diverse forme e caratteristiche avvolte 
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This is excellent!!! So well researched and concise. This is the exact kind of stuff I stress over when it comes to character (and creature) portraits.
For those interested in looking further, I’d recommend looking at animation studios Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks (Kung Fu Panda uses distinct shapes in brilliant tandem with each character’s personality and martial arts style), as well as Aaron Blaise’s art. He actually worked on Disney animated films.
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This is a beautiful tutorial and I will definitely be keeping it in mind as I work on my own comic! Thank you so much for sharing <33
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to be fair, it is also a perfectly valid strategy to have them all look identical aside from eye color if you're purposely trying to give them the vibe of being indistinguishable and acting as a single unit (usually for the purpose of mischief or spookiness, i suppose)
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This is something I have been working on for a few months and after years of having same face/body syndrome I am having a huge struggle with it but it's fun experimenting.
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wooow o.o this is really good !
i never thought of it that way O:
i need to try that too with my characters x)
i always thought they look .... the same.. same body type etc.
but this really helps 
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oh god, silhouettes are the bane of my existence. I'm currently working on a project of drawing multiple Kingdom Hearts characters as dragons and especially with certain characters, it's ridiculously difficult to make them recognizable yet still keep them looking similar to each other. I might need to try silhouetting them to get some new designs going because the details are just not doing it.
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I always have trouble maintaining a silhouette while also trying to keep the character's appearance closer to a wolf rather than a dog. I also have trouble with making characters looks good. Most of my attempts to make a character unique also makes them looks fairly ugly. Any tips for these things?
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I have to say, green's my fav. And not just because it's my favorite color!
I like how this tutorial is structured, seriously. It explains What it is, Why it's important (that is, why you'd consider it) and How to use it. And it does so cleanly, concisely and informatively. Those are hallmarks of good writing, or at least I believe it to be so.
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This is going to be very useful in the future, thank you so much for doing this! ^^
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Thank you for this tutorial, its fascinating what simple silhouettes can accomplish! I think Blue is my favorite lol
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Very welcome, they're such a powerful tool!
Haha same, I love the design xD
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Very informative! Can't wait for the next one!
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Interesting! Silhouettes can tell a basic story at it's core!
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That's a very important lesson, thank you for sharing it with us! <3
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Actually one of the first things I got tought in comic class whilst studying a few years ago.
Our tutor was a comic artist himself, it was the most interesting class to me. His lessons improved all my arts and characters so much, the importance of body shape and silhouette is quiet important. Good thing you wrote it up so people can learn it too!
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Aw that is lovely, I'm glad that class was helpful to you
Thank you so much!
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