u/BryceCzuba

I would like critique on how I drew these characters and their designs. I drew them from my imagination. My goal was to have, from left to right, the first girl is meant to be a tomboy, outdoorsy, likes animals (hence the dinosaur hoodie), the smallest of the group, and more of a gremlin, the second is meant to be a tougher, muscular, more masculine guy who is poorer and a bit of a mercenary, the third is a burnt out depressed kind of guy, and the fourth a feminine girl who is extroverted and social. I feel that I did not do a good job of drawing these characters from my head, which is unfortunate as when I use reference for figures I can draw them well so I'm trying to figure out how to bridge that gap.

The main criticism I would like is on how I drew and posed these characters/figures. I did this without reference, as I wanted to draw my characters from imagination. I do feel however that these poses don't look that great or that in general the figures don't look believable. I would say that when I'm using reference I am able to draw figures well, but trying to come up with poses from imagination is where I run into trouble. I would really like to get better at this since I don't really want to have this kind of style, I'd like to be able to get closer to drawing bodies from my imagination that look believable. My ultimate goal is to have a manga-type style and also be able to use color. I wouldn't normally have this heavy cell shading, this was more me just trying things to make these character drawings work, but I'll be happy to hear any feedback.

I did this without reference, as I wanted to draw my characters from imagination. I do feel however that these poses don't look that great or that in general the figures don't look believable. I would say that when I'm using reference I am able to draw figures well, but trying to come up with poses from imagination is where I run into trouble. I would really like to get better at this since I don't really want to have this kind of style, I'd like to be able to get closer to drawing bodies from my imagination that look believable.

Trying to figure out how these characters will look.