Bringing Life to a Character

Character design is not my specialty, but I guess with the creation of all the characters from The Show Comic Universe and now the Ghosts Comic universe, I've had some practice.

In this video, I was tasked with creating a character for a client. Please let me know if you enjoy the video and if you have any pending questions or concerns, you can leave them in the comments here, or on my youtube channel.

Thank you so much for tuning in. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and…

Until next time, #drawwatuwant.

-Haro

The Importance of a Sketchbook - Part 1

One of the great things about creating a sketchbook is that you can always go back and see what you've drawn. The reason why this is very important is that you will see:

1. How much you've grown in your craft or

2. How much you still need to grow.

I kind of think of my sketchbooks as journals. Sometimes ideas just flow into them and other times it's just for drawing exercises. What I mean by that is that I may occasionally practice let's faces, expressions, and gestures just so I can get accustomed to them, instead of going into a finished piece without warming up. What I love about having a sketchbook is that it keeps your drawings in one place, at least until the end of that book is reached. Then, you just have to move to another one.

Many ideas, characters, techniques came from my sketchbook and I've had plenty over the years. My goal is to finish one every year. I occasionally go through my old ones and try to redraw something I did a few years back to see how I would tackle the same obstacles. Although any sketchbook will do, I prefer the Canson, 98 Pound, 11 x 14” sketchpad. I like the paper texture because it is not too thick and not too thin and I can get a lot more drawings in than I did in my 8.5x11. The wire binding is good because my old notebooks tend to break where it is binding and I wind up using take to reinforce them.

Don't forget to check out the video of my sketchbook tour series called The Importance of a Sketchbook - Part 1 by visiting my youtube channel.

Until next time, #drawwatuwant.

-Haro

Working on my Youtube

As some of you know, I have been fervently working on trying to build my Youtube channel by uploading one video per week on Tuesdays. Why the hell would you do that? you ask. Well, I want to help inspire people to open up to the world of cartoons, whether that is by drawing them or just watching them...or just watch me draw them.

Cartoons have been a big part of my life ever since I was small and it is through them that I am able to express my creativity the most. I would like to share that with you. Some of you have shown interest in seeing how I work, so using Youtube to show this works better than still images.

In this channel, you will find videos of current projects I am working on, which include

• commissions,

• sketches,

• character designs, and

• comic book pages.

As I continue to make more videos I know I will eventually run out of ideas of what to draw, so I am counting on you Young Masters to send me some ideas and I will do my best to keep them on my ongoing list. You can use the form below to let me know what you would like to see me draw next on Youtube.

If you'd like to check out my youtube channel and the current library of "Sketchtime with Haro" videos I have there, please click the button below and enjoy the HARO EXPERIENCE.

Until next time, #drawwatuwant.

-Haro

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