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Comic updates will resume once development crunch mode ceases at my day job.
Meanwhile, here's something I posted to my tumblr blog a little while back in an attempt to answer some questions. It ended up resembling a tutorial that isn't quite sure what it's about - construction drawing, character consistency and a little about character appeal, I guess. I figured I'd share it here in case it's useful to anyone.

Also...
- The Notes about Expressions "tutorial".
- An older drawing tutorial covering some of the same material.

Additional useful stuff:
- Andrew Loomis' old-timey, but superior drawing books, which are freely available online.
- The John K. Stuff blog, which discusses multifarious aspects of character design and drawing.
- Various tutorials by :iconalexds1:, to whom Legschilla belongs.

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:icontobassinesia:
~Tobassinesia Jun 10, 2013
Liefeldchilla... :icontoomuchplz:

I has another question which I'm directing at anyone who's willing to answer; do you ever rely on clothing to cover up anatomy mistakes, or awkward proportions? Or do you make sure to fix them as soon as you notice them? My problem is that I notice all the errors, but usually trying to correct them only makes things waaay worse ouo.
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:iconkillianhawk:
Mood: Joy ~KillianHawk May 31, 2013
Thank you..very helpful :)
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:icondd2950:
Mood: Wow! ~DD2950 May 30, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Awesome Artist ever
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:iconsatokokitty:
*SatokoKitty Mar 26, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
haha, leifeldschilla X'D

this is helpful I don't do anthro art, but I need work on angles of the head.
thanks :3
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:icongigijhonson:
~gigijhonson Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Thank you very much for this
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:iconprincessyoshi:
~PrincessYoshi Mar 4, 2013
A very helpful concept layout <3 <.< seeing all these characters makes me wanna do some fan art of them...
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:iconphazon-harbinger:
~Phazon-Harbinger Feb 26, 2013
I havent tried this properly thinking it was too complicated for my art retarded brain, i just properly tried it, instantly i saw an image that was entirely my own perspective for the first time. Thanks for this guide :)
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~kree7 Jan 9, 2013
thank you thank you thank you!!!! i have been so frustrated with character design flaws lately
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:iconjunsei-san:
~Junsei-san Jan 8, 2013
I love the detail you put into these characters. You make them so realistic!
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:iconnaczosowyponiakpl:
Mood: Affection ~NaczosowyPoniakPL Jan 1, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Awesome tutorial thanks ^^
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