Character Design: Sketching an Athletic Afro-Latinx Heroine

Afro-Latinx Heroine sketch by Ralph Contreras

Character Sketching: Creating a Street-Level Fighting Hero

Here’s a quick practice character drawing I did last night. I didn’t use any photo references for this drawing, just what I could imagine in my mind’s eye. I feel like the proportions are good. I wanted to draw an athletic female who is a street-level fighting hero.

I really wanted to draw her as Afro-Latinx like Rosario Dawson or Gina Torres. I also tried to add some emotion to her face. The drawing has my drawing style too. There is no character name yet, but I have some fun story ideas for her.