How we invented and drew a human character

    Typically, characters are used to revive something inanimate and boring. For example, to instill the soul and emotions in a program or website, which (in fact) consist of bytes and beatiks. Recently, we had to work on a rather unusual project - it was necessary to draw a character for a person. Among our clients there are many large companies, developers of software products, design studios and other serious organizations, but sometimes creative loners or freelance designers turn to us. From the northern maritime country of Norway, designer Gunder Eriksen, the owner of framebase.com , wrote to us .

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    , creative and positive person with a good sense of humor. Mr. Ericksen needed a logo for his website and an energetic, colorful character. There was no exact vision of the character’s image, and so we started working with simple sketches: any visual images that could develop into a good idea in the future.

    So, in the beginning there were funny monsters, striped lizards and chameleons:

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    And even an octopus with a pencil:

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    But all this was not that ...

    And then Mr. Eriksen himself actively involved in the work and made a proposal to shift the emphasis to a human character. Namely, our client turned out to be a brave man and decided to take himself as a prototype character! The task for the draftsman was simplified and complicated at the same time - it was necessary to create a superhero (as from the Marvel comics), in which the customer himself would be recognizable. And the work began to boil.

    So we got a superhero designer, armed with a symbol of design creativity - a pencil.

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    But he didn’t suit us either, because he was too static, but he wanted enthusiasm and movement. And then we made two more sketches. Undaunted space designer in a spacesuit and with the latest generation plasma pencil!

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    It is worth mentioning that Mr. Ericksen was very responsible for his part of the work and always carefully described the advantages and disadvantages of each option, helping to move our joint business forward.

    Here on this sketch you see a flying Super Designer with a blazing pencil in his hand. Swift and creative!

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    Everyone liked the last sketch and the work went into the final stage. So the character was drawn in the style of comics "Marvel", got his own little planet and the inscription Framebase. It turned out like this:

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