IT'S OKAY, the most common problem I get usually is Oliv or Mal being drawn as not thin, but still smaller than they are meant to be, or the wrong arrangement (usually the more around the hips arrangement)? I tend to give some leeway to this as usually it's just a case where the artist just doesn't have much experience drawing fat people, but it's really disappointing how few resources/references are around for that. I mean, I remember how hard it was for me to learn it given how few resources there are, gah
I try not to intimidate artists with stressing "DON'T DRAW THIN" but at the same time, it's just something I see way too much to not say anything about it either :{ Shapes/features are kind of the main things I use to design characters, so I try to stress those cause they're, well, basically the main staple of the designs.
Yeah. Since most of my art I get is requested (people offer freebs on a forum I frequent), I often just send them the easy-to-draw OCs, and save the ones with unique body types for comms when I can afford them, cuz then I get to be picky. 8D;;
Or at least, I get to request changes on WIPs before they get too far: most artists are open to that sort of thing, as long as I mention I'll be a lil picky beforehand.
Yeah. For me it's inevitable because like 3 out of my 5 main characters Not Thin(tm) so when I'm on like, Art Fight I just kinda stress it and hope for the best. It's worked for me there at least?
When I commission, I'm just really selective of who I pick and I need to see if they've drawn varied bodies/faces before.
Same here, though I still like to ask for WIPs to review first, just to make sure I don't end up disappointed, cuz I don't like asking for huge changes after a thing is finished. Feels rude to me.
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IT'S OKAY, the most common problem I get usually is Oliv or Mal being drawn as not thin, but still smaller than they are meant to be, or the wrong arrangement (usually the more around the hips arrangement)? I tend to give some leeway to this as usually it's just a case where the artist just doesn't have much experience drawing fat people, but it's really disappointing how few resources/references are around for that. I mean, I remember how hard it was for me to learn it given how few resources there are, gah I try not to intimidate artists with stressing "DON'T DRAW THIN" but at the same time, it's just something I see way too much to not say anything about it either :{ Shapes/features are kind of the main things I use to design characters, so I try to stress those cause they're, well, basically the main staple of the designs.
7 years, 5 months ago
Yeah. Since most of my art I get is requested (people offer freebs on a forum I frequent), I often just send them the easy-to-draw OCs, and save the ones with unique body types for comms when I can afford them, cuz then I get to be picky. 8D;;
Or at least, I get to request changes on WIPs before they get too far: most artists are open to that sort of thing, as long as I mention I'll be a lil picky beforehand.
7 years, 5 months ago
Yeah. For me it's inevitable because like 3 out of my 5 main characters Not Thin(tm) so when I'm on like, Art Fight I just kinda stress it and hope for the best. It's worked for me there at least?
When I commission, I'm just really selective of who I pick and I need to see if they've drawn varied bodies/faces before.
7 years, 5 months ago
If it works, it works. =)
Same here, though I still like to ask for WIPs to review first, just to make sure I don't end up disappointed, cuz I don't like asking for huge changes after a thing is finished. Feels rude to me.
7 years, 5 months ago