I have some classes today from morning to late noon and during one of those classes I feel nothing to do because we just need to listen to the professor (lecturer). I don’t think we need to note down anything as it’s still like an introduction class before we move to something more serious next week.

I’m not a kind of person who like to stare other persons right in the eye, especially during the class, so I just do some scribbles and doodles while listening to the lecturer. And here’s what I got using the technique I’ve explained on previous post “How to Create Characters from Random Scribbles”. I might color these stuffs later on this weekend but let’s see.. What do you think?

Having an artist block isn’t really a bad thing. In fact, most people could try some brand new products or even techniques. Here, I want to share how I spend a boring day and transform it into a productive time just by doing random scribble. It’s very easy and fun!

1. Find a blank paper and a pencil you’re comfortable with. It will be better if you equip yourself an eraser (kneadable eraser works best) and another pencil with bolder shade. For the example here, I use HB and 2B pencils.

2. Just start scribbling! Move your hands to create lines, curves, dots, and anything you like! At first I feel a little bit scared to do this, so I just close my eyes or looking to somewhere else. Let your pencil dancing on the paper!

3. As you scribbling, I do recommend to limit your scribbles in a specific area first. For the example, I try to limit the scribbles in an area that approximately as big as my character’s head will become. See on the example and notice that my character faces have more scribbles than their bodies! It’s much better and faster to work on each specific area rather than trying to define all parts of your drawing with scribbles in the same time.

4. Okay, look at your scribbles and see whether anything catches your attention. Now, begin to define bolder line of your character. Continue to the next area of your character, like the body or hands parts until you could see the real shapes of your character.

5. What if there is nothing that catches your attention throughout the scribbles? Don’t worry! Use your eraser randomly and start scribbling again.

6. Sometimes, after you define all bolder line of your character, you don’t see that it fits all together. That’s why I suggest you to use kneadable eraser (you know, the eraser that allows you to change its shape). Just erase the bolder line that you think not good enough using the kneadable eraser and you could use the scribbles again to find new possibilities.

7. Final polish. After you define all bolder line that looks good enough for you, use lineart pen or outliner pencil if needed and you could erase the scribbles. Put some colors in your characters using traditional medium or even digital painting tools to bring them to life!

So, what do you think?