Comic Style Portraits-3ºESO

Comic Style Portraits Exploring Likeness and Capturing Personality Across Styles

Capturing your likeness:

Comic styles tend to simplify features. Think about how you can use these elements to identify YOU:

• Clothing/Jewelry
• Headcoverings/Hats
• Hairstyle
• Facial expressions
• Glasses, braces, hearing devices etc.
• Pose
• Color scheme
• Freckles, scars, birthmarks etc.

Getting Started:

1. Try a sketch of each style approximately the same size in your sketchbook. (If you want to try another style that’s not included here, go for it!) Imagine you are a guest character in your favorite cartoon or comic book, what would your character look like?
2. Optional: Trace or transfer your most successful drawings to a new page, considering how they will all fit together in a composition (see samples).
3. Add pen and color to your linework with colored pencil or markers!

Composition Examples:

Composition Examples:

Composition Examples:

Artist 1: Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe)

Trying the Rebecca Sugar Style:

Artist 2: Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time)

Trying the Pendleton Ward Style:

Artist 3: Matt Groening (The Simpsons)

Trying the Matt Groening Style:

Artist 4: Charles Schulz (Peanuts)

Trying the Charles Schulz Style:

Artist 5: Butch Hartman (Fairly Oddparents)

Trying the Butch Hartman Style:

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Artist 6: Craig McCracken (Powerpuff Girls)

Trying the Craig McCracken Style:

Artist 7: Studio Ghibli

Trying the Studio Ghibli Style:

Artist 8: Loren Bouchard (Bob’s Burgers)

Trying the Loren Bouchard Style:

Artist 9: Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls)

Trying the Alex Hirsch Style:

Artist 10: Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon)

Trying the Naoko Takeuchi Style:

Artist 11: Aaron McGruder (The Boondocks)

Trying the Aaron McGruder Style:

Artist 12: Gurihiru Studios (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Trying the Gurihiru Studios Style:

Artist 13: Patrick McHale (Over the Garden Wall)

Trying the Patrick McHale Style: