172 Force: Character Design from Life Drawing
FINDING CHARACTER
The easiest way to start reportage is to observe one person at a time. Watch the per-
son. Look at the mannerisms, clothes, and personality.
These are some little caricatures of people I drew while eating lunch at the zoo.
Shape is my method for executing what type of character I feel they are. One thing
that can help you is thinking about an imaginative occupation and history for the
people you are observing. There is the librarian with her little glasses and deep cut
neckline in the top left corner. Under her is the tough guy with a beach hat.
