Super Character Design & Poses, Vol 2 - Heroine

123 Pages·2003·8.624 MB·English

by  You, Kusano

About the author
You Kusano
He was born in 1 950.
He has been a self-taught illustrator
since he was twenty years old.
He now owns
Kusano Illustration Design Studio (KIDS).
He is known for his Hyper Real illustrations.
character designs and he is a producer of
TVCM.
His wide activities range from the art
directions to the package design, and the
editorial design.
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Vol.2 HEROINE
by
YOU KUSANO
SUPER CHARACTER I DESIGN &P OSES
Vol.2 HEROINE
by You Kusano(C)
Copyright(Q) 2003 MPC Publishing Co., Ltd.
First original bilingual edition was published in 200 l
by MPC Publishing Co., Ltd.
1- 1 0-1 . Uchi-kanda. Chiyoda-ku Tokyo l 0 l -0047 . Japan
URL: http://www.mpc-world.co.jp/
Author : You Kusano
Editing : Jun ltoh
DTP : Tsukuru Morita. Jun ltoh, Massan
Translasiton: Tsukuru Morita. Suzi Yamaguchi. Excite-kun
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored In a retrieval system. or transmitted in any forms or by any means.
electronic. mechanical. photocopying, recording or otherwise.
without the prior written permission of the publish~r.
Distributor
Japan Publications Trading Co .. Ltd.
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E-mail : [email protected]
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First Printing : August 2003
ISBN4-88996-l 22-4
Printed in Japan
The main theme of this book is how to draw tough and hard
ABOUT
boiled characters and thier expressions, costumes, and anns.
The collection of poses might be a reference guide for drawing THIS
your original work.
BOOK
WORKS
This chapter shows the process for creating a new character.
Based on a theme, this section focusses on the rough sketch until
rhe finish. I have tried to summerize it so it is easily understood.
I have included a variation of heroes from different genres and
rried to recreate them as "hard" characters.
BODY
This chapter explains the basic stages of how to create a character.
It includes how to draw the smart body indespensable to "super"
haracters. I have simply and effectively compared different
\'ariations of eyes and nose, and included paints regarding face and
hair.
PEN&T ECHNIQUE
Although this chapter seems small, we have edited it to include
the necessary fundamental techniques which can be obtained
easily with minimum effort.
POSES
This chapter as the name suggests, is a collection of poses. I
thjnk what makes this book attractive is the unification of
hnique and poses. This includes poses which are usually
·fficult to draw and about 200 commmonly drawn poses. As I
:mt an illustrator, when I compiled this collection of poses I kept
· mind "wouldn't it be great to h1;1ve a collection of poses like
· ''.Where possible, the characters that appear in this collection
do not wear clothes. I have drawn them with a T-shirt or tank top
so you can easily understand the body motion and form. You can
add clothing and complete your own characters.
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CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3
WORKS 5 FACE 41
KAREN · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·6 ANGLE · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·42
HARD COP · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·8 EYE · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·43
SF HARD · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·10 NOSE · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·45
PAPILLON · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 2 MOUTH · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·47
WILD GIRL · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 14 THE SHAPE OF FACE · · · · · · · · ·49
STREET GANG · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 6 UNDERSTANDING FACE · · · · · · ·50
LOVELY GIRL · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·18 HAIR STYLE · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·51
FANTASY · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·20
SEALA THE WITCH · · · · · · · · · · 22 CHARACTERIZATION 53
ALIEN WOMAN · · · · · · · · · · · · · 24 SMALL BUT STRONG · · · · · · · · · ·54
MARIA THE SUPER HEROINE · · · 26 POWER INSIDE · · · · · · · · · · · · ·55
COSTUME · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·56
BODY 29
SPECIAL EFFECT · · · · · · · · · · · ·57
SUPER BODY · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 30 FEATURE· · · ········ ·· ·· · ·58
SIDE & BACK · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·31 THEWORK · · · · · · · ·· · ··· · ···59
BODIES · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·32
UNDERSTANDING BODY · · · · · · · 34 PEN&T ECHNIQUE 61
BREAST · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·36 PEN · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·62
HIP · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·38 OBLIQUE STROKES · · · · · · · · · · 64
ARM · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·39 SOLID · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·65
LEG · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·40 ONE POINT ADVICE · · · · · · · · · · 66
ZOOM · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·68
POSES 69
Super Character's
KAREN r:tl
A cool beautiful girl. This is the main theme.
~
This cool girl is a professional killer.
~-\1
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She is a killing machine who
I wanted to give her
belongs to a certain secret
a sharp look
organization. so I narrowed the ~~~
width of her head
She is about 20 years old and has a .
and gave her a
cool expression. straight hairstyle. ~
She is a modern day lady.
She has long straight blond
hair with a cool expression.
It's decided!
flill f Wl: dress her in fashionable clothl:s
~ this character is complete.
~ Completion
~
It is fun to dress her in
Stylish props various fashionable outfits
and sens~s for different scenes.
suit her.
dress
completes her
look.
KAREN
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She has beautiful blond hair. That is it!
HARD COP ~
Sunglasses are
She is one of the stereotype
absolutely required.
"tough" heroines.
She is a hard action female
detective.
Let's create a heroine who is a lone
wolf.
She loves justice and hates
authority.
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Her clothes were already decided in my mind.
~ T, eat her trousers and a black coat. '/. · _.....--...
··.,
I worried about what to put underneath,
a high neck, lank lop. There is lots to choose
I decided on a crew neck.
I
A lank top with an A high neck is smart
open front. It is the but not sexy.
sexiest.
Although everyone has
their own preference I
decided on the T -shirt on
the right.
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