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Proportions

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Purpose: To establish character traits and aesthetics. Tips: Keep consistent scales, use character sheets, exaggerate features to convey personality.

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Clothing and Accessories

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Purpose: To give clues about the character's background, status, and personality. Tips: Research related clothing styles, ensure practicality and movement, personalize to the character.

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Posture

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Purpose: To suggest character's confidence, health, and mood. Tips: Observe real people's posture, draw from different angles, use posture to show character progression.

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Expression through Movement

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Purpose: To depict character's emotions and reactions dynamically. Tips: Study principles of animation, use arcs of motion, exaggerate to emphasize feelings.

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Voice and Expression

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Purpose: To bring the character to life through audio. Tips: Match voice to personality, consider the impact of accent and speech patterns, use voice to add to character's uniqueness.

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Facial Expressions

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Purpose: To convey a range of emotions and reactions. Tips: Simplify expression lines, practice asymmetry for realism, reference human expressions.

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Hair Style

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Purpose: To enhance the character's personality and silhouettes. Tips: Research various hairstyles, experiment with shapes and forms, use hair as an emotive element.

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Hands and Feet

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Purpose: To express action, personality, and interaction with the environment. Tips: Practice drawing hands/feet in various positions, understand their anatomy, use them to emphasize actions or emotions.

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Age Indicators

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Purpose: To display the character's age realistically. Tips: Display physical signs of aging, consider cultural age markers, adapt posture and movement appropriately.

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Line Quality

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Purpose: To add depth, style, and emotion. Tips: Vary line weights, practice consistency, and use lines to suggest texture.

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Character Role and Stereotypes

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Purpose: To clearly indicate the character's role and purpose in the story. Tips: Subvert or embrace stereotypes thoughtfully, define the role through design elements, reference archetypal characters.

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Balance and Stance

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Purpose: To reflect the character's attitude and physical abilities. Tips: Use dynamic poses to suggest motion, create balance for believability, study anatomy for accurate postures.

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Personality Traits

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Purpose: To create relatable and memorable characters. Tips: Embed personality in design, reflect traits through body language and facial expressions, use consistent details to reinforce traits.

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Silhouette

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Purpose: To create an identifiable and distinct character shape. Tips: Use bold and clear shapes, ensure distinctiveness from other characters, test silhouette readability.

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Color Scheme

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Purpose: To convey personality and mood. Tips: Use color theory, choose harmonious colors, and consider cultural color implications.

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Texture

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Purpose: To add realism and tactile feel. Tips: Use visual references, vary brush types, and match texture to the character's environment.

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Eye Design

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Purpose: To express feelings and emotions cleanly. Tips: Ensure eyes are expressive, maintain eye contact rules consistent with cultural norms, align eyes to face proportionately.

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Anatomy

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Purpose: To create a believable and functional character. Tips: Study human anatomy, adjust for style and exaggeration, ensure movement is possible within the character's design.

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Facial Structure

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Purpose: To give the character a recognizable and relatable face. Tips: Study different face shapes, use geometry to form the basic structure, allow structure to inform facial expressions.

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Character Backstory

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Purpose: To inform design choices and create depth. Tips: Write a comprehensive backstory, integrate personal history into design details, allow backstory to inform behaviors and appearance.

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