Is he hot? I need some help

[bluejamtoast]

Good looking to the viewers or in canon? If you mean for the viewers obvs beauty is subjective so it depends on your audience. Tbh I think art style supersedes character design but what's equally important imo is character personality and role in the story. The way they're written is what makes them attractive

Regarding good looking in canon Yulek already answered it, you just have to write that the character is revered as handsome by the cast, regardless of how they looks

Just like the handsome squidward episode lol everyone in biki bottom was going crazy over him

[GloamingCat]

If you really, really want to convince your audience that this character is good-looking, then there is something much more effective than trying to make them universally attractive: make everyone else ugly lol.

This is difficult for art styles with same-face syndrome, they all appear generically cute and you can't tell who's supposed to be the hot one unless the author goes tell don't show. But if you draw different faces, you have a similar effect to real life: yeah, beauty is still very relative, but there are beauty standards out there that please the majority of people, and a "good-looking" person is nothing more than someone who fits this standard.
(However, I advice being very careful about what you portray as "ugly" on the other characters since it can have unfortunate implications. That's why I, personally, prefer to do the safe "tell don't show" route instead. I have same-face syndrome anyway.)
You can check some good examples here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CastOfSnowflakes

[GesuGesu]

This isn't my usual art style but I wanted to try a "pretty Korean style" so here's what styles I incorporated for the Hot Guy Look (tm)

• half-lidded eyes
• Lower lashes / thick lashes in general cuz MEN HAVING LASHES MAKES THEM PRETTY
• Thicker neck = a hint of muscular masculinity
• Low eyebrows makes a man look smoldering and serious. Make them as thick as you will.
• Personally I would give him a few loose strands of hair that fell over his face to frame it a bit more.

[Yulek]

that is not constructive or relevant to the topic (plus plain rude) .

even in a comic with stickmen, there'd be ways to make one stickmen be perceived as "hot" by the cast.

so skill is very much irrelevant here.

[darthmongoose]

Okay great! I can see what you're aiming for now. I think you have the right proportions here, and you mostly just need to work on your fine pen control, and maybe look at how you're drawing the eyes.

The biggest thing you could do right now is to get some kind of drawing tablet or program that gives you better control over your lines and line thickness. With a quick draw over to change some lines, it's really easy to make this into a very handsome guy because the proportions are pretty good.

Starting with a quick drawover to show the changes I made....

Then I just aligned the eyes a little, fixed the way the neck connects a bit, lowered the eyebrows a touch and the collarbones...

So yeah, overall, I think there's a hot guy here, and all you really need is some better tools and to refine your personal drawing pipeline to make that shine out.

[Yulek]

(just wanted to say that that looks pretty helpful, and kudos for not deviating much from the original!)

@quintessa and I second the thing with the lines!

some exercises to get your lines more smooth and less overllapping will probably also go a long wa< in how your characters look, even if you otherwise draw them the same way

[FafasMcMelt]

I don't know about that my man. I don't know if I'm alone in this, but I get really bothered when characters look the same but other characters act as if one was gorgerous and the other normal.

[Yulek]

yea it doesn't work with any and all genres and styles anyways

and it would need to be much more subtle in a story that isn't a comedy like nozaki

even something like ppl around that person getting a bit flustered or some bg character turning a head or sth would be a hint.

after all, even IRL, people will react to attractive people in some ways.

but I getchu, if there isn't a visual clue for the reader too that they are actually attractive, it will probably break suspension of disbelief.

plus it leans into Tell rather than Show

[Puck]

he does look more attractive now

[Quintessa]

So true , thank you so much!

[Quintessa]

Thank you !!!!!!this is really helpful

[Quintessa]

Ok , no problem.And I'm so srry

[Quintessa]

@darthmongoose Hi I FINALLY DID IT!!!!!
Is it better?

[RosesnWater]

Omygoddddd LOl I was in love with everyone from this anime I so wish it had been longer but I like the snippets we got from the manga TvT

[RosesnWater]

And yah! I see the improvements, generally I’m not sure what art program you’re using but I’d recommend one that has more different kinds of brushes, I use sketchbook on my phone and it’s really helped me better my art (and totally free)

[Quintessa]

Thank you!!! I use Krita,It's so helpful!!!

[darthmongoose]

Definitely an improvement

Keep practicing and trying things out, and try doing studies copying eye styles from comics you like.

[Puck]

you are getting better my friend

[Quintessa]

Thank you!!!!And I'll try more

[Quintessa]

Thank you soo much!!!!!