The New Devlin

[sondex]

I've been experimenting, and I came up with this.

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Please tell me what you think and How I could improve him.

Bythe way, his hair is red and his eyes are blue...well after I color him or someone else does they will be.

 

[mawk]

Blue hair and red eyes? Welcome to 90% of all jRPG good guys for either trait, dude.

For one thing, he has a severe case of Goemon hair -- except Goemon's hair follows the shape of his head, at least. The boy's scalp ends at roughly one-quarter or one-third the 'do's height. I agree, there aren't enough RPG protagonists with jewfros, but I doubt that's what you intended here.

For another, your jaw is inconsistent in shape (longer on his right than his left -- considering the way he's leaning, you'd think the hair would cover more of the right side of his jaw, so it looks particularly out of place here -- and the way the hair cuts it off looks boxy and above all else lazy.  He must have a very square manly jaw for a child if that tapers at all up his head. If you're not willing to finish off his face shape, do it anyway because it's good practice.

Finally, I suggest you avoid drawing lines in single strokes. The technique may differ from person to person, but I made massive headway with my art when I started drawing lines with multiple smaller strokes, since it game me a lot more feeling of control over the shape I was drawing.

 

[sondex]

Thanks for the comment.

You got it mixed up. His eyes are blue, but his hair is red. I have to make his head smaller. I stared with a circle and then added the jaw, so his head is too big. I can never get his face to be totally symmetrical, though I do try. I recently made another picture, though it is not all that great:

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Also, I made a full body picture before that one:

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I guess I should try out smaller strokes. I usually am hurrying or frustrated/excited when I draw because I have a new idea. That's why I draw with longer/bigger strokes.

 

[Shadow_Strike]

You have a good start, I'd make those hands bigger though, a good rule is that an open hand is the area of the face/head.
Keep at it, when you have a new idea, make a quick thumbnail sketch of it, then go back to what you were doing so you don't lose that idea.

 

[sondex]

Thanks for the comment! I'll try to keep that in mind as I keep drawing.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

Yeah, the hands definitely look a little weird. And his hair in the second picture is waaay too big, even for anime.

By the way, I think red hair and blue eyes is a horrible combination. It's too hard on the eyes-the colours contrast too much. Just try colouring him with red hair and blue eyes, you'll see.

 

[moog]

so idgi are you trying to make him look like luke fon fabre or what

 

[sondex]

XD
Yes, he's based on him...even the personality. However, I'm using him in a different way...why? Is that bad? ToA is one of my favorite games and at first, Devin did not look like him at all.

 

[moog]

XD
Yes, he's based on him...even the personality. However, I'm using him in a different way...why? Is that bad? ToA is one of my favorite games and at first, Devin did not look like him at all.

no not at all he just looks a little too similar imo.