For anime character design reference i used reference from FLCL, Kill La Kill, Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. I chose these because i wanted to use particular characters with similar characteristics to those in the books, for example Ryuko from Kill La Kill, for valentine i wanted to reference Jin from Samurai Champloo and Spike from Cowboy Bebop as they both have an adventurous but mysterious character. As for Thomas i wanted to reference Naota from FLCL who also has a very close resemblance to Shinji from Neon Genesis Evangelion, both of whom have an air of naivety.
Character design seems much more detailed in anime, actually... perhaps not more detailed as there are more anatomically accurate, with characters often having a clear muscle and bone structure, if a little exaggerated. This is unlike a lot of western designs, with Finn from adventure time having noodle arms, whereas characters such as Naota maintain life drawing elements such as tapered forearms shaped calves.
I really really struggled to design character that looked anime, they often looked extremely flat, or just didn't resemble true anime rather knock off fan art. I was happy with the two sketches i did of Thomas though, and will use these as final character designs. i do however need to work on body anatomy, while Thomas' anime face looks authentic, his body still needs work.
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