Spamton Is Like 3 Feet Tall And You Cannot Convince Me Otherwise

Spamton is like 3 feet tall and you cannot convince me otherwise

WHEN VIVIAN DOES THE THING

Doesn't know what it's rain

My original post on twitter here :D

I don’t normally do character interactions. I only draw one character per canvas lol. Do you have any tips on drawing characters being intimate or interacting. I want to make a romance comic but drawing those things are intimidating since it’s not in my comfort zone

The key is to finally start drawing interactions. My advice would be:

1. Use references to understand how human body works: how far a hand can reach when you hug someone, how the body adjusts to make a room for another's person's head etc. Movies are great as references because actors are in motion and try to be convincing with their emotions and movement, while posed photos of models on google or pinterest don't always look natural.

2. Learn from other artists. Check other people's art to see how they solve the issues, How the artists focus attention, what they can hide or expose to make the pose believable, convincing and clear for the viewer.

3. Plan the pose ahead, do thumbnails. And redraw the pose until it looks good. Then start drawing bigger. Don't focus on details at first, focus on big shapes and how they interact first.

4. Don't be precious with lines. Sometimes you need to hide the hand you like, otherwise your poses will look stiff and unconvincing, that's tough. If you draw digitally copy the layer and erase what's unnecessary.

5. Draw see through shapes so you can see if the proportions and structure makes sense.

You can also check my patreon, I posted there one big tutorial (in two parts) about drawing interactions and different tips and tricks that can help with it. There are drawings that explain my approach to this thing. Dunno. The most important thing is to dive into actually drawing people interacting. You get more comfortable doing it with time.

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