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How to design casual people
Hello, I have a question, how does one design casual people ? It's very nice teqnique with motifs and mirroring shapes to get some interesting combinations and puling out cool armor or creature design, but it doen't work when you need to design lets say 40 years old highschool teacher, is there a technique I could use to help me get ideas fast for things like realistic faces, normal clothes, hairstyles etc ? And in general what makes person unique and rememberable ? ..when you can't stick a hurn on his head and put intrigue spiky armor on top ?




Have you tried people watching in a high traffic public space, like a park or mall? Try doing quick caricatures of people that are walking by you, and see what aspects of their facial features, gait, and outfit stand out to you.
Thanks for suggestions, will try sketching random people, sounds like fun idea
I think you should follow some casual bloggers. Many of them are regular people and they have personality and style. Some are very truthful with their audience tbh.
Watching people isn't enough, you need to think about the persons backstory and personality, why do they wear what they wear
It might not be what you're looking for, but a great way to just how to understand what makes a person appear "casual" is to just go out to a public space and start sketching people quickly as they pass by or are doing their own thing. as @Jaleh said, what's their facial features and maybe even expression? how do they walk? how do they stand? what kind of stuff do they wear?
Kienan also went into how the features of a face make it memorable and recognizable, which the important thing to do is to understand its silhouette. One way i find useful to figure out a shape of a memorable head is just to take a fat black brush on a new file and just start drawing the bulk form of a head, and play around with the overall shapes that I see. Other things that can be done after that first set of silhouettes is to start figuring out where the eyes, mouth and nose lie. what kind of hairstyle do they have? what sort of unique scarring or accessories do they wear?