considering he's reptilian, i'd push his features even more. make his legs bend back a little, give him spikes or ridges instead of hair, replace his ears with fins because reptiles don't have visible ears, even make his nose look different. fantastical races get even more fun when you don't limit yourself to a very human perspective!

Hope to see another video if yours soon!! ❤

I was not expecting to see Double Trouble suddenly pop up in this video, but those two seconds brightened up my day :)

UHM I LOEV HIS DESIGN!! I think the sacrifice with the old skin was a good choice, the new color really just looks more vibrant! I have that same problem.. like with hair, I want to keep the emo hair cuz it’s nostalgic but I want new emo hair, but I want the character to stay the same Yknow

From what I've learned. Character design for animation can be VERY different from games and comics For 2d animation especially be very simple to avoid animation errors For comics be as complicated as you like because you only need to draw them only a dozen times per issue For 3d games they are 3d models

As someone in high school who’s been avoiding anatomy (and backgrounds and sometimes colors 😭) because of how frustrated I was with myself since it never looked right but I just ignored it, this has really opened my eyes to all the progress I could make now since I am finally comfortable with my art and maybe start pursuing a career if I am serious about it 🎉 I’ve always feared that I may loose interest in my art if it became work and then lose the fun for it altogether, but I’ve been really passionate for it for a while and I’ve been encouraged by my friends and family that I could make it in the art industry, I don’t fear it often anymore :D Thanks for the motivation! 🤩🤩🤩

9:37 THIS IS TOTALLY OFF TOPIC BUT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE ADVENTURE TIME OUTRO! :3

Please tell me I’m not the only one who instantly thought that was 3rd life Good Times With Scar

I love your video! I'm sure you've done a lot in 10 months but I just wanted to say for a more reptilian look maybe smaller ears

This video, and your character specifically reminded me of one of my OCs, YM. He's an undead Dragon with a darker colour palate. The video helped my think of how I will change his design over time. Starting with sharper edges, a cloak to hide his skeletal appearance and a the primary colours of his body being a dark, very dull almost grey blue and dull, dark yellows. And over time showing more bone with his clothes, smoothing out the edges a little, and having a more vibrant blue with a shiny gold as the primary colours to show how he's slowly coming to accept himself for who he is and that he's being more open to others coming into his life (or unlife?) I think I'll also have him go from empty eyeholes that don't change to having some small wisps in there and having the sockets show different expressions. If anybody has any thoughts on how else I could improve the design then let me know.

I’ve been keeping up with your redesigns and each time your characters designs get prettier and prettier! I really enjoy the amount of thought and effort you put into these designs, and all the lessons you’ve learned from your experiences have taught me to improve a lot alongside this series/project so thank you for making these! ❤

Yooo just wanted to drop a comment after coming across your channel and watching your character design videos in succession (of the crocodilian pretty boy and his partner, I'm sorry I'm bad at names and already forgot) but just wanted to say that I feel like you're too hard on yourself and your designs!!! As much as I want to respect your own opinion and decisions and feelings about how you ended up designing the characters I honestly thought all of the iterations especially of the reptillian guy were so good!!! (altho i am biased to hot gay masculine characters overall....) I also love how you edit your videos and your content!!! It's super engaging and enjoyable, and as an amateur/just beginning youtube/content creator I feel totally inspired by what you're making and how you present it!!!! (I am an artist as well, but since I work mostly traditionally and in horrible lighting... and in bed mostly 😅🤣 I find it near impossible to get good videos of my process- and that's if I even can remember to film.......) ANYWAYS all that to say I hope this can boost your spirits even just a little, cuz I think you deserve to have way more confidence in yourself and your art!!! 💞

I found this video after watching 3 of your newest vids on project CD and I love where you’re going! Keep going! I’m not much of a romance and stuff type of person like what new story and I definitely prefer project CD but I think they have both solid stories from what I know :)

I ACTUALLY CRYED DURING THIS

9:12 he’s fanart material ✨

theres really no bad character design, you can create whatever you want and if it pleases you, thats your choice.

What template did you adjust

Hi where’s the first episode of this behind the scenes series (best way I could describe it) I went to rewatch it and it’s not there anymore

I think you turned Scooby Doo into a Harem with shaggy in the middle. I like Daphne, try checking out Scooby Doo on zombie Island

"Whales are scary to me," Well you would be petrified if you saw Livyatan melvillei

Is that the map of Germany in the thumbnail?

This story gave me strong life is strange vibes and i love it

i thought they were lesbians

Just a question but are Salmon in your au a tribal race with that believe dying is a way to be a part of life and being cannibalism?

Your analysis of the gang was BRILLIANT! This video deeply appealed to my personal love for character design in relation to personality, and good to hear from a fellow Mystery Inc. viewer that kinda saw a little further for each, heh! BOY did the Velma writers fuck up.. especially with the rich franchise history and fanon history. Great job!

This will help me so much, thank you!

For the birds, I think, for some species of the bird should have more scrappy clothes and for the fish they should have flow clothes

He looks great.

when it comes to trying out different little variations and looking for references, i like to make characters in picrews or character creators since it's a more restrictive environment in some ways but also has things that you might not otherwise think of, so it allows for some fresh creative ideas !! literally something as simple as "oh idk why i didnt think to give this character freckles but it makes them feel way more complete"

Okayyy good thing i know that i don't need to learn skeletons for my age because i think its boring and it'll take the fun out of making characters for me, also what you made me realize keep i rushing my story as if the deadline was tomorrow... welp idk how to stop that unfortunately 🥲

I have no problem with Fred liking guys, but I think he's not fully aware of it yet. But I also tend to think his preppy look is part of his character, as a constrast to Shaggy's more, well, shaggy look. So shaggy having long hair works for me, but Fred would probably keep it short. If he's a mechanic, maybe he lets it grow out a bit, but nowhere near as much as Shaggy.

umm if YOU PUSH someone to do something against you then THE ONYL coward here IS YOU Suck to not have a brain but it is YOUR PROBLEM, NOBODY ELSE'S

This video was so incredibly helpful thank you! I'm at an intermediate stage where I've been drawing for a few years now and I've already got the characters down but i need to work on a few of my character designs. All the other videos are either for beginners or experts but this was very down to earth and relatable, like how you said you have nostalgia for your old designs. Same! What you said about sacrifice and taking your time was exactly what i needed to hear. Thank you

1. Thanks for that Cory clip. 2. This is gonna help me so much more now with clothes and skulls. 3. Crazy idea: What if you made a skull design with the characters hair?

this is so real. I was also very resistant to studying to make my art better as a kid, it's only in the last year or two that I've started looking at skeletons and muscles and tissue to understand how they fit together better! proud of you for making this step bc I know it's a hard one 😅

8:17 Absolutely amazing video per usual, but this is fcking terrifying

This advice will actually help me with my character designs. I usually just draw humans, whether they are in a normal setting or a fantasy setting, but my dumbass didn't think of drawing the human skull and muscles.🤦🏻‍♂️ I do, however, look at a LOT of fashion and hair styles so that I try to get a good silhouette for my characters. Plus most of my characters are LGBTQIA+ (minus the most of the characters' parents or some other characters that are still relevant to the plot). And whenever I draw a character of a different ethnicity, I look at reference photos for people or that specific ethnicity and draw sketches while also keeping the somewhat cartoonish art style that I currently have but still having it still look mature in a way (I don't how to explain my own art style, sorry if that was confusing). Plus one significant thing about my art style is that whenever I draw the ears I places x's as the inside of the ear instead of drawing what the outside of our ear looks like because I've tried to many times but for some reason I just can’t get it right so I just put x's in place and I think I'm gonna keep it like that forever because I want people to be able to recognize my art style as it is stylized. Thanks for the advice btw, I will DEFINITELY study human anatomy like I should've done to begin with.😂🤦🏻‍♂️

I’m so happy that you dropped this video! I need to get my ass together and practice anatomy

the idea of just not doing research or even pulling up a reference for stuff i'm trying to draw is wild to me. i would look up skeletons for animals to make sure i'm at least getting the proportions right. uhm. sorry while i was writing this i noticed cats don't really blink that often and i looked it up and apparently they got three eyelids??? one's a membrane but still. uhm. ?? i don't remember what point i was gonna make. but i do research a lot it's really fun lmao. do you take constructive criticism? there's just one detail that i noticed and wanted to point out but i get nervous and wanted to ask first.

Not me simping for the silhouette of the adult characters and then you saying Btw every adult characters are very hot

EPIC MENTIONED YESS literally just listened to the entire soundtrack before watching this 😂

Just seeing this video reminds me of when I felt like I was getting PELTED by anatomy and things of the like. I was so sick and tired of being told I should study it that I decided to take anatomy and physiology for my last class before I graduated high school. Yes, it talked about various sicknesses but that helped me get better in my writing projects. After taking anatomy and physiology, it opened my eyes to how wonky my art was. I swear at least looking at anatomy and comparing it to your art helps a LOT.

I really love your videos on character design! As someone who does a lot of character design as a hobby, I relate heavily to your process and learning experiences. And the whole thing abt refusing to study boring stuff... yeah, totally agree and that's happened to me before! For me personally, it's really important to balance having fun and improving my craft, because if im focusing too much on studying to the point im not having fun anymore, that's no good! But it def feels great to study something and seeing how much it improves the end result :3

The freshman version looks just like one of my ocs, what the hell? (Same hair, tooth gap, nose) That's crazy. This looks awesome :D

Ok a tip I have is to draw colors on a mid tone background. This will be easier on the eyes and allow you to see the full colors.

OMH I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T GET A NOTIFICATION FOR THIS! UGH! Anyway, it looks awesome! Also as someone one enjoyed watching Ready or Not, I like that you used the audio for the beginning part. It fits Brooke so well.

LOVE YOUR ART 😁💖

Okay, why wasn't this recommended to me sooner?! These are some goodass advice that boggled my brain a bit while hearing the tips (and call outs of designing in one sitting...), mentally analyzing how tf my characters fit in those design criteria and having flashbacks of their old concept art. This is a great vid, tho I've already known those tips, but never really applied it intently than I should've. Boy *cracks knuckles* Time to redesign yet again (actually taking my time fr). Thanks for making this vid! Its really helpful! 8:D

Well done this is so good. Sorry I got the audio wrong. She really sounded like Cassie from euphoria. ❤