Drawing an SD Figures
In manga, there is something called SD, which stands for Super Deformed. SD is a way of drawing that- as the names implies- deforming the character. It can be any character you like, super heroes, mecha, warriors, or even ghosts and animals. By making it into an SD characters, these normal characters became funny looking characters. Almost baby- like. These SD drawing style has inspired many US comic/ cartoon artist into making similiar characters. For example, baby Looney Toons, Baby Disney characters, and such.
Although there is no such thing as 'the right way' to do it, but most mangaka use 2 or 3 apples (Heads) size to draw an SD character. Here's an example on how to draw an SD character.
As you can see, here I used the 3 apples size technique to draw an SD Superman. Just like drawing a normal character, first you begin with the size guidelines. Use the head size to determine the size of the rest of the body. Sketch the basic shape of the body. After it's done, proceed into the character's detail. Note that in an SD character, some body parts such as heads, eyes, (and in some, arms and feet) are getting exaggerated. They're gotten extremely huge. This is the main reason why SD characters have that funny looking, baby- like feels on them. Have fun experimenting on SD characters. Try drawing different characters in SD, and you WILL be getting better at this.Just for fun, I have colored the SD Superman using Photoshop. Hope you like it. Oh by the way, Superman and Superman logo, are owned by DC Comics. All right belongs to DC Comics.
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