Here is the golden rule:
Take your character. Color them solid black. Zoom out until they are the size of a thumb. Can you tell what they are doing? Can you tell their personality? If not, you need to exaggerate the extremities. Make the hat bigger. Make the shoulders wider. Make the legs weirder .” [dubbed] fundamentals of stylized character art free vod
“Realism tries to soften everything. Stylization loves a hard edge. But the master level? That’s using ‘The Crunch.’ Here is the golden rule: Take your character
Pick a dominant hue (say, Red). Take 80% of your character. That’s red. The other 20% is the opposite color on the wheel (Cyan/Teal). Put that opposite color in the shadow. Put it in the eyes. Can you tell what they are doing
Give her a giant, spiky ponytail that cuts right. Give her a massive, floppy witch hat on the left. Give her a cape that trails behind her like a sail. Now the silhouette has direction . It has attitude .
Eleanor Vance (Professional Voiceover) [0:00:00] - INTRO / THE “STYLIZED” MINDSET