“I’ve been out before, but they always put me back. They always put us back inside… But, if we looked like you, then we could hide. If we looked like you, then we would have somewhere to go.”
Like for when I draw the animatronics, I always start with an ‘anchor’ point - this time, it’s the entire face! I’ll typically start with the eyes so I can judge where the nose and mouth need positioning. From there, I draw up the jawline on a new layer and line it up with the face. This makes it easier to move forward and draw the hair! (With hair, I start with their curls in the centre of the hairstyle and work my way outwards).
For the bodies, I’ll use their chests as the anchors from the neck downwards. They normally start out as square sketches and I draw around those to get the position I want. The skirt then follows up on a new layer, and then I play around with arms and legs! (These take me the longest, but mostly because I’m fussy about how they are positioned!)
