Character Shapes

In this exercise, you will use shapes to design a character.

Start by taking a piece of paper.

Draw a line from top to bottom down the middle. Then draw another line from left to right down the middle.

Your paper should now be four equal squares.

Next, draw shapes in the four squares.

You can draw rectangles, circles, ovals and triangles. They can be big or little, wide or skinny, square or squashed.

Start with the top left square. Draw two shapes there.

It’s fine for the shapes to overlap (cover part of each other).
They don’t have to be the same shape! You can draw a rectangle and an oval, an oval and a triangle, or whatever mix you want.

Next, draw three in the top right square.

Draw four shapes in the bottom left square.

And draw five shapes in the bottom right square.

Now look at the whole page.

What do the shapes add up to?

Do you see a person? An animal? An alien? A robot?
Do you see someone who protects people? Someone who cares for people? Someone who plays tricks on people?

Draw over the shapes you want to use to make it look more like what you see.

You don’t have to use all the shapes.

Now add details: pupils in the eyes, what is in their hands, and so on. Pick carefully to make what you saw more clear.

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