4 Tips for Character Design Problem Solving!

One of my favorite aspects of character design, is that in addition to the typical set of skills and things to keep in mind that you’d deal with drawing anything, there’s also an amount of engineering to be done. It’s almost like a puzzle, but not one that was made by someone else that has one definitive answer, it’s uncharted territory. I want to show you a few of my problems and solutions from my art this past month, and pass on hopefully a few practical things that can help you.
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Gotta love learning about art from the safety of my home😎👍🏻

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Zero pandemic cases as a result of my teaching so far

[@robertpoole9707]

Man, I really need to make a character with a mask. Masks are dope. I keep realizing this but never doing anything about it.

[@millytheanimator8916]

I was just think that earlier today but I'm kinda bad at mask design

[@TalmoTheSell]

I made one that used a scarf as a mask

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Make a hollow knight oc :v

[@paulette2585]

i was literally struggling with this this second, this video dropped at the perfect time :)

[@a.j.morrow5533]

It's nice to know you guys are still working on your game.

[@elinorc]

Don’t get hung up on rules you’ve made for yourself. I needed to hear that. Thank you!!

[@millytheanimator8916]

How is Brookes always helpfull for what I'm having problems with. Brookes, if you're reading this, you're the best!

[@alias5305]

This was really helpful! Lately I’ve been trying to push shapes and exaggeration more, because my art needs to break this habit of looking cartoony but still being beholden to human proportions. Let’s see if I can solve these problems!

[@mattdoesstuff8987]

Double upload this week? This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them! 7:42 Also, just @ me next time.

[@playertoo9730]

this is incredibly useful, and perfectly timed. though i havent finished, ive already learned something.

[@sylvanshroom]

Wonderful as always!! My problem solving skills are definitely one of my pain points, especially in design. I'm so excited for Tay's video!

[@paulogodoyp]

Great video, Brookes! It's impressive how you have improved over the years! Sorry for being such a silent fan ^^'

[@toadboydude5015]

You always know what I'm struggling with! Thanks for these tips, can't wait for the second video Thursday!

[@illegaltuna7755]

Wow, great timing! I have struggled with the things talked about in this video as of late. Without going too overboard with details, I have a werewolf character and I struggle with creating a design that has him recognizable in both human and wolf form. That recognizable bit is important to his character story wise and design wise but it’s difficult to find a balance between humanity and creature. This video definitely helped to give me an idea of where to start though and it taught me a lot! :)

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Awesome! Another video, great way to start my day!

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Just thanks 😊

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10 seconds in... already see “ the child” in background 😭❤️

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Hey the link to Ty's book is cut off and goes to a 404. Just wanted to put the link here in case someone is looking for it: brookeseggleston.com/shop/writing-complete-characters-pre-order?rq=book it's from the search though so you may want to update your link above.

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My charater deisign issuance: the bodies and drawing

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Oh yes. The dinonikus.

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Nice shirt

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I'm thinking about waiting until thursday to binge your videos.

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I've seen bits and pieces of the game you're working on but this is the first time I've heard what it's actually gonna be like and I'm super excited for it now! Off topic though I have some criticism on the end card. I feel that the music and video should smoothly fade out instead of the abrupt stop that it has had for a while now.

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Me scrolling through this whole playlist knowing that I'll never use any of this information

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thanks, superman

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Hi

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Enyo looks like the bird character from hello neighbour 2

[@CharacterDesignForge]

thats too bad I guess, I'll try harder next time.

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Thanks bruh

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This was commented before 20 minutes of this video's posting. (I know I should probably say something relevant, but I haven't watched the video yet, but I want to comment for some reason. I'm sorry I'm like this!)

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Nice Splatoon shirt.

[@guynamedrick4419]

I need help with giving a character a hat.

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50th like!

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first

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Guess what * throws a blue Shell*

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@@Roule_n_Scratche run from it dread it the blue shell arrives all the same