Young Writers Society

Does anyone draw characters from your story? If you do, do you feel like you know them better? Has anyone ever tried to draw a cover for your stroy? If so, how do you know what to draw?

Well, I don't draw, I just do digital art stuff. And I usually just do scenes. As far as covers, it really depends. It needs to catch the readers eye, but you don't want to overwhelm them. I pick a scene from the book and see what I can do with it.

Well, sometimes I like to sketch my characters because then it's easier to remember the way they look or the feel of their personality. I have drawn some covers for my stories, but I can't really tell you how to know what to draw. Usually the cover just ends up being something I had stuck in my head from the first time I started to write the story down.

I do I do I do!! I often tend to draw the characters before they've even been made a proper character, if you know what I mean. That way, I can decide fully on what my character(s) look like. It helps me to write the story too, with the appearance in mind. I've got to admit I don't really try and create covers; sometimes Ilike to keep a drawing simple, and the page not crowded or anything. And since the majority of book covers [well, books for older readers here, not kids] have a photograph or something like digital art [or both combined!]..then I suppose it may be better if you're a wizz at phot editing ot something like that. But, it's always best to be creative with your nifty hands [or hand]

Well, I sort of cheat in this area. I write the character discriptions in the story and then have people draw them for me.
And if I don't like the way they draw them, I work with them to try and get it to match what I have in my head.
The only reason I do this is because I can't draw...at all...

As for covers, if I really feel like it, I make one on Paint. I try to make it better than typical works on paint and usually they are.
I also try to take a really, really good quote from the story and put it on.
Or even things that the characters would say, but don't.

So I don't really draw any of my own stuff. I just use some of my friends' great talents and ms Paint


-GC10

I certainly do, I need to if they're going to be featured in a graphic novel.

But I can imagine that even for a written work, knowing your characters' appearances would be immensely useful.