The most common and frankly, most versatile of all the archetypes: ‘The Hero’. The most important attribute here is the character’s arc, and how they go from one state to another, since you can mix a bunch of other attributes to ‘The Hero’ to make it an antihero, a superhero, a reluctant hero, an everyman hero, etc... the archetype is your oyster! Share your version of a hero archetype in the comments or in a fresh post!

Lately I’ve been trying to really narrow down a consistent character style and some of the results I’m quite happy with some others not so much. Still trying to learn how to draw clothes and how folds and shadows/highlights work on faces too but I’m quite happy with today’s attempt:) (also included some stuff over the last week). Would love any tips !

Rolling into the next archetype this April, it's 'The Hero' archetype! I'm pretty confident I don't need to overly explain this one since it really is one of, if not the most, popular of all the archetypes. Even if it isn't your favorite, or the most popular to you, as storytellers it is certainly the one we are the most familiar with. So much so that 'The Hero's Journey' is an extremely helpful tool in structuring a solid and compelling story. (I do go into 'The Hero's Journey' in my 90-Day Comic Course, so if you are more interested in learning more about it, consider the course!) So what the deal? Why do we use this archetype so often? One of the answers is because it is so relatable. The hero often comes from an area of humble beginnings, and often with some sort of potential they either do or do not entirely know about. Whether you are looking at a character like Luke Skywalker as a simple farm boy who is destined to learn from an old space wizard on how to also become a space wizard or even characters from classic mythology like Odysseus, a warrior-king who came to aid in a bronze age epic and simply wants to go home, but must use every bit of his strength, intelligence and ingenuity to make it home, the thing that unifies those hero archetypes with us is their relatability and their more down-to-earth nature, and that we see them go from one condition at the beginning of the story, to a new and wiser/stronger condition at the end, thus completing a character arc. Another answer is, at least the way I like to think of it is :'The Hero' is a 'flex' or 'modifier' archetype. You can use 'The Hero' and its general structure of story elements and strengths and weaknesses and add a second 'flex' or 'modifier' to 'The Hero.' Things like: The Everyman Hero The Anti-Hero The Tragic Hero The Epic Hero The Superhero All these narrow the storytelling elements down and help direct your character's journey, and ultimately give you a more well rounded and interesting character to lead your story. 'The Hero' really is a versitle archetype, hence why it is so widely used in storytelling!

Feeling motivated!