Character design analysis # 23

 

When looking at the gesture of this piece we see a couple of interesting things. The left leg and back form a mostly straight line that frames the drawing and goes all the way up until we get to the back of the shoulder where it rounds up and points us towards the head. In comparison this creates an X like shape when we see the two swords on his back that are arching around the side of his body. They intersect with this gesture of the form and similarly begin to follow the angle of the right leg as it is posed outwards but the curve contrasts in its direction against the legs curved direction. 

When we look for layer caking throughout the piece we can see that there is a variety of rectangular shapes, from the bottom of the jacket to the rope hanging from his waist to the designs of his shoes and knee pads they all have a rectangular feel to them although they are distorted in different ways for affect. One could also point this out for the swords as well. 

The color is nicely coordinated with the bottom half of the design being less saturated than the top half. The yellow of his jacket has a bit more saturation but its also just has a stronger affect when it is sandwiched between the desaturated blue of the pants, the red of the sword holster and the bright blue of his baseball cap. We see the most color variety on the top half of the piece as well. 

Design wise we see asymmetrical elements used to break up the design and keep it interesting with his back bag of spray cans and the wrapping on one leg. I also noticed that the back leg is also dropped down in saturation to make it appear further back in the drawing.