by Henrike Dijkstra | Dec 16 2014 | Artwork, Blog, Making comics, Overcoming obstacles
The main feedback I got at CTNx was that my character designs looked stiff and I didn’t tell enough of a story with them, even in the basic designs it`s better to let the characters do something or react to something so we know what kind of character it is. I...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Oct 6 2014 | Artwork
Hello all! Who of you have been doing InkTober in the last week? I managed to put out 5 drawings but on some days it’s hard to not bail out or make something fast and easy. I also discovered already that I tend to skip my own rule of “think before you...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Dec 9 2013 | Blog, Making comics
Back again, with the design process of the third main character of the Reminiscence comic, Ivory. This post will talk about how I try to incorporate not only the personality traits of the characters, but also the important elements of their own story-arc in their...