Creating Character Turnarounds

Knowing what your characters look like from the front, back, side and 3/4 views is going to help you draw your comic faster, especially if you're not designing it as you go. Nonetheless, I found myself moving on to the sketch phase without some of these turnaround  designs and I had to imagine what these characters looked like from panel to panel. 
I also had to redesign my main characters after drawing them a hundred times and realizing that I much preferred the look of them the way I actually drew in my sketches when I compared it to the turnarounds I had originally designed.
Below you'll see the animated turnarounds I did to ensure consistency in the views. 
The bits that gave me the most trouble were the ponytails and hair. I didn't bother to color them all in because I used this as a tool to make sure the drawings are accurate.

If you are working on a graphic novel or a picture book, it really is helpful to have a turnaround sheet for your characters drawn up before you begin sketching your story. It'll help save you time and frustration in the long run.
Also, if you're not sure how to do this and are interested in learning, consider signing up for my Character Design course in the future!
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I do notice that the leg stripes are popping a bit in the turnaround here. If I had the time, I'd go back and tweak that. But I've got lots more things to design, so this will do for now.

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