Your class project is to create an emotive illustration featuring two characters interacting.

Materials:

Feel free to complete the assignment in your own style, using whatever software or media you're most comfortable with.

Character Designs:

You'll need to have two character designs prepared before beginning the project, so feel free to use existing designs from your portfolio or you can create some completely new characters for this class.

Once you have your character designs ready, have a think about their personalities and relationship dynamic. From there you can create a list of possible interactions to inspire your scene.

Here are some questions to think about to help shape a more believable scene:

What is the power dynamic?
Is the relationship balanced or one-sided?
What does each character think of the other and of themselves?
What happened prior to this moment, and what will happen after?
What is the environment and situation surrounding them, and how is it influencing the characters?
What does each character feel about the situation?

Prompts:

I've prepared a list of prompts below to help spark some ideas for your interaction. Feel free to use one or two of these in combination to create an interesting dynamic between your characters, or you can make up your own.

Completing the Illustration:

Review the "Project" section of the class (lesson 10 onwards) to follow along with my process, or feel free to complete the project using whatever process and style works best for you.

Sharing Your Work:

Make sure to upload your finished piece to the project gallery along with your class exercises and any work-in-progress sketches you want to share.

If you have any questions or would like feedback at any stage then please let me know and I'll be very happy to help.

Feel free to share your projects on social media too using the hashtag #characterinteractionclass and tag me in your posts on Instagram @sarahholliday

I can't wait to see your creations!

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Wendy Lecoque

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