Drawing a cowboy
8:53 AM, Friday May 17th 2024
Any direction to creating a good cowboy character? Main points?
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10:34 AM, Friday May 17th 2024
Study a bit of their culture and fashion. Try to get habits incorporated into your character, a simples example would be, "he always has a straw on his mouth", stuff like that brings the character to life, story telling
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10:50 AM, Friday May 17th 2024
I'm still pretty new but I would build a sort of chart or diagram of what you think your character needs. After you have done your research of course! Try to get some info and choose what you think suits youur character, If you think herding cattle all day is not for your character... change it! It's your character after all.
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