Top 10 BEST Character Design Tropes (And I Draw Them All) || SPEEDPAINT + COMMENTARY

[@DuchessCelestia]

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[@Aquamarine8955]

I don’t know why but the link is sending me to an iheartraves store D: Edit: it’s working for me now!

[@thatstockin]

wait, that link wasn’t squarespace. suspicious. 🤔

[@Wallish-q3n]

Oh no

[@Wallish-q3n]

Did you and squarespace break up

[@Wallish-q3n]

Do I need to delete my shipart

[@InmateOmighty]

IDK if there’s an official name but I love when characters have reactive hair. It droops over when they’re sad, points upward when shocked, and spikes out when they get punched in the face

[@sahaafa9082]

Ye, it's cute

[@charlieyipeee]

It reminds me of how cats react with their fur its so cute and expressive

[@magenstaffarts]

Same though for me a character of mine has funny reactions with his braid.

[@TheobaldLeonhart]

I was gonna say "Ghibli hair", but I don't think that counts

[@KA7L3N]

If it’s the small hair on the top, it’s called an Ahoge

[@KariMari1]

Imagine a character who has like.. a different outfit everyday, but has a specific outfit they wore the first episode, and at the last episode or finale, they wear that outfit

[@AutisticGastrodon]

I'm stealing that Can I steal that?

[@KariMari1]

@AutisticGastrodon yezzz!! I'm sure someone's done it before anyways^^

[@ghostthelizard]

I should do that

[@HexStaria]

So Mable?

[@Аника-у2ш]

MABEL!!

[@Rice-A-Roni-Enthusiast]

As someone who loves wearing jackets, but gets too warm easily, the jacket-over-the-shoulder thing just feels cool to DO.

[@anapple6912]

until it starts hurting your hand

[@Kiyowi_Moth]

You are so strong for talking about scars and not mentioning Zuko ONCE

[@gender_demon]

Or Shoto Todoroki

[@echo_is_probably_sleeping]

I thought of him INSTANTLY

[@ThymeLeaves_]

Lmao that's so real honestly

[@WisdomAndWar133]

The "My wardrobe consists of copies of the same outfit" also provides a really funny in-story reason for slight discrepancies in the outfit between episodes because "that one got washed with the blues."

[@ghostthelizard]

Actually it can also be indicative of the character sometimes. Like the main character of my story genuinely has the same shirts and pants multiple times because he takes too long to decide on things and this just makes it easy. Decisions are hard

[@MaxEdrox]

In my case the story is taking place in a fantasy world where the clothes adapts to the character's needs and personality, so they usually wear the same outfit except under certain circumstances like a serious fight

[@MatrixQ]

I'm wondering if that mom side ponytail was a popular hairstyle 20+ years ago, so all the manga artists remember their mom having that hairstyle and put it on the mom character out of instinct because they associate it with momness.

[@MaxEdrox]

I don't know if that's wholesome or awful because of the 90% death ratio of those moms in anime

[@Blitz-.-]

on the topic of repeat outfits, i think its funniest in hxh, because killua regularly changes outfits, so its established in that universe that characters aren't wearing the same outfit all the time, but gon does anyway. Every time i see killua in a new fit and gon still wearing that same green cropped jacket, i can only imagine he smells terrible.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

this makes me rethink the 99 series scene of them taking a bath by force from Aunt Mito

[@kidlewinter5027]

The side braid doomed anime mom is so accurate and I don’t know why and spike hair makes no sense but is fun to draw… tbh most of these are just fun to draw… one of my OCs has the ridiculous amount of pockets and I both love and hate drawing that

[@Tries_To_Draw]

“Hmmm I wonder I I should tie my hair to the Sid-“ Anime grim reaper: “why hello there”

[@lenlordofknowledge]

I’ve always wanted a trench coat or at least a long coat so I can walk into the autumn wind and have it flow behind me while I pretend I’m in a detective novel or something, but no coat I’ve gotten flows the exact way I want it. Realistic? Yes, but still devastating to my inner self, also yes

[@WisdomAndWar133]

Fair warning, a trench coat does not do that. They're designed to keep you warm in trenches, which does not lend itself to dramatically flapping in the breeze. You will look absolutely stylish, though.

[@soranomusume]

I've had to settle for what I call my Pirate-Exorcist jacket. Basically a flowy jacket for over a dress. I think it counts.

[@WisdomAndWar133]

@@soranomusume That sounds ✨magnificent✨. Absolutely counts.

[@ghostthelizard]

Some coats do flow in the wind but you need them to be of lighter material and keep them open and maybe walk in wind speeds above 15kmh, however the downside is that you will feel cold

[@LadySkyLaaa]

I really do love the scar trope as well. Not everyone has to have 100% perfect skin all the time, and it really adds depth to the characters that have them (Zuko from ATLA is my personal favorite example).

[@echo_is_probably_sleeping]

Same! Zuko is my fav too because the scar looks cool on his character design and it's also very relevant to his actual character and isn't JUST for the design

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

@@echo_is_probably_sleeping as someone who likes Fleshwarps from Pathfinder TTRPG having a major visual quirk they our proud of is my addiction

[@acryptidthatdraws]

ma'am, i can't judge you, i was probably on the same brainwaves but with none of the budget or the balls to pull such looks off XD also i dont know if this trope has a name or not, but i'll call it "the emote accessory", a character has some accessory or wears a graphic of a face that emotes in sync with them, like example - character wears a smiley face pin on their lapel, and when something surprises them, the pin acts surprised too, if something saddens them, the pin also looks sad, or if something scares them, the pin is also frightened. bonus if the emote accessory emotes harder than the character

[@PH3NNYLEN]

Dunno if it counts, but Rina from love live has a board she uses to express her emotions

[@PowerSpirit50]

That is actually a part of an episode of Doctor Who where they have to keep smiling or else they'll get turned into fertilizer.

[@fr0g445]

junko enoshima !!!

[@Imane_ninou]

0:00 rare moment of celestia not getting sponsored by skillshare. Edit: HELP I WAS TIRED AS HELL AND I WROTE SKILLSHARE INSTEAD OF SQUARESPACE 💀💀💀

[@krayonkrumbs]

SKILLSHARE??

[@thatstockin]

HUH SKILLSHARE?? WHAT ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE ARE YOU IN????

[@anapple6912]

@@thatstockin so in this universe she likes rosetta stone? lol. celestia lore

[@Charl4tán]

Lmao

[@kp12_art]

Non Square Space jumpscare

[@charlieyipeee]

10:53 worm on a string spotted‼️ 100000/10 video

[@KariMari1]

N MURDERDRONES

[@e-at-school]

i am a simple man, i see mori, i click

[@realjustdjango]

As a YuGiOh fan, I find it funny how you went for Yusei's somewhat tame hairstyle, especially when compared to Yuma (from ZeXal) and Yusaku (from VRAINS). Not like it diminishes your point, and honestly, I'm in the same camp.

[@dustinsimoneau4780]

Nah, Yusei's like, high middle of the road. Jaden 's the most tame

[@realjustdjango]

@dustinsimoneau4780 True. Though in terms of spikiness for the sake of spikiness, not as bad as those two I mentioned.

[@playfulwriter9796]

IS THAT MY FAVORITE MOTHER I SEE? love you mama Elric taken too soon 🙏🙏🙏

[@a_naotenhonome780]

I always believe that you should prioritize getting the personality of your character or give them a vibe over realism

[@Aquamarine8955]

I love the trope videos! The teenage celestia roasting was really funny tbh 😂

[@teapealee8918]

I’m a simple person, I see Edward in the thumbnail and I click ❤ lovely video by the way

[@AutisticGastrodon]

Ed's my favorite protagonist :3

[@w00rmz]

One of my fave tropes in anime is when the story is set in japan, and there's one character who's either completely not japanese or only partially japanese, and they're the only blonde, my favourite example of this is probably in Love Live, Eli is 1/4 russian and the only blonde in µ's, then mari is italian american and japanese, and the only blonde in aqours, then in nijigaku ai is gyaru so it can be assumed she dyes her hair, mia is american, and the only natural blonde in the group, it took until the fourth series in the franchise to have a natural blonde who is entirely japanese, with sumire 😭😭

[@rymaix]

kaere from szs.... omg...

[@WisdomAndWar133]

I see your list and I raise you Alex Louis Armstrong from FMA.

[@ghostthelizard]

Fma doesnt have an overwhelming cast of japanese characters. Most are european and there are several blond characters, none of which are japanese I do have an example though, tamaki from ouran high school host club and muu from milgram, both half french iirc. Ouran does have another blond character, still the fact that they made the japanese one brown eyed and the half french kid blue eyed is very telling. My hero academia also has pony who isnt the only blond student, however with the other two its clearly falling into tropes too (denki = electricity is yellow, bakugo = blond delinquent) and pony as well as stars and stripes and all might all seem to fall under "americans are blond". Ik all might isnt american but his theme and inspirations are american heroes, so its kinda funny how hes also blond

[@vixithespiderling]

@@ghostthelizard to add onto that, aoyama & his family are blonde & they're apparently french LOL- & monoma is blonde too, but he fits with katsuki in the stereotypical blonde bully/delinquent category. mirio is also blonde, altho i'm guessing that has something to do with the fact that he's compared to the sun. or maybe horikoshi really *did* base him off of that tintin(?) character 💀💀💀

[@thatwasverypunny.-.]

Number 10 is SO REAL I love when characters get a badass outfit change before battle it's jus rlly refreshing and hypes me up too lol

[@the_randomest_user]

With the scar stuff I have two characters like that! Originally it would’ve fully blinded character A but Character B used a spell (that’s gonna come back later) to take half the injury onto their own body. So both of them are blind in one eye now and it adds a layer of dependency between them. I love doing that for my precious little ocs!!!

[@simply_papaya]

6:13 this gave me the best belly laughs i’ve had in a good while, your humor is ON POINT haha

[@azuraflavoredwater2]

9:00 Ah yes, the good old kingdom hearts

[@AdorableFennec]

HELL YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH CELESTIAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Estreon]

6:54 I feel like Ash, at least in the original series would agree with you on this x10.

[@fallfawn5765]

I used Rosetta Stone for learning Spanish for the two years during Covid, and it’s genuinely a good resource to learn languages :)

[@SparksArtandCosplay]

6:37 I freaking love that you drew Celestia with the Joe Cat hairstyle!

[@brightwarrior2910]

12:43 I did this with my MC (At least with one of the potential outfits I designed for her)! I really love it too. It's such a great character design element!

[@Imatastychickennugget]

And I wore the ded mom braid every single day of elementary/middle and high school💀💀💀 Until I cut it properly with 20 into a wolf cut😅

[@Leafu2825]

The side ponytail hairstyle is a japanese omen for tragedy and death! For some reson whanever I thaught about roasting Celestia my autistic brain startid thinking of the Generel Motors Canada TDH5303 New look Tansit bus , Which I have 1 of in my utility belt that I dont were as I have a freekin' Bus So!

[@WedgyBlue]

I like to sketch while she's talking. Any Art content I will listen and sketching/drawing.

[@h2project799]

13:15 a great example of this is any and every iteration of Carmen Sandiego. She just would not look as cool without her red trenchcoat.

[@echo_is_probably_sleeping]

The 'character always wearing the same outfit' and the 'really long trenchcoat' both reminded me of the Doctor from Doctor Who. A few of his companions have noted on the fact that he's always wearing the same outfit, or that he doesn't change to match the time period even when he makes his companions change. Also the 10th doctor's trenchcoat could be for practical reasons but also has no buttons and does indeed look dramatic when he's running. Which also brings into play the 'unreasonable amount of things in pocket/pouches' because his pockets are bigger on the inside and he puts heaps of stuff in them sometimes

[@c-o-b-o-2010]

I loved this video and admittedly like these tropes and never noticed a few (the side ponytail specifically I never noticed until now), but except for one that I don’t like cause I simply don’t get it, the over accessories trope. I don’t get why all of the belts, zippers, or anything a character has that’s just in random places for no reason. For some characters, I think “like a country guy with a big truck, you’re compensating for something, aren’t you?”

[@InfinitySevens]

As a Guilty Gear fan I just think they look neat.

[@c-o-b-o-2010]

@ and that’s a fine reason to like it I just can’t get into designs with so much stuff that don’t seem to do anything

[@sugarbunny6235]

My mum literally has the mum side braid hairstyle 😭

[@dyingofdioxide]

good luck

[@lauressia1.583]

this video brings me unimaginable joy and when i heard that more are coming soon i immediately yelled out YIPPEE because my autistic ass can’t get enough of character design (bsd characters in the thumbnail help tremendously as well lmao)

[@anapple6912]

i agree with most of those except 2, pockets and scar/birthmark i also like it when characters have a mask covering their face for a quick hunting session, looks cool.

[@JustMarel]

Breaking news: Celestia is cheating on SquareSpace?!

[@dustinsimoneau4780]

No, they opened the marriage

[@PeriluneStar]

Yay more of these videos!!!

[@kyethememer9836]

I'm hyped to see more art tropes videos, especially the videogaming one, as most of my art I draw is fanart of videogame characters.

[@loganhadley-choy6677]

My favourite thing is droopy eyes, it just feels calming in some way

[@Tries_To_Draw]

8:51 if you like this you’d love genshin characters lol.

[@YiannaDoesStuffxx]

When you mentioned the outfit change for the final fight my mind jumped straight to Jinx from Arcane

[@Vieeorchid]

8:50 Vash the stampede being the example kills me 😭

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

i love how the second series has his hair down then when he goes into the grand flying around fight he gets the old hair an its glowing

[@elamore3464]

I love the list of things X character has in their pocket and it goes from snacks to living beings to nuclear weapons. Actions and clothes that makes you feel badass>> Long coat, superman pose, model walking on the street, high collars...

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

theirs a minecraft short that ends with them loading a child's pockets so much they blow up bedrock by yeeting the child

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

My favorite character design tropes are color coded characters and blinding bangs for shy characters.

[@kellabdjfoo]

i love mori ougai so much

[@skookiecat_29]

Lol, not Vanitas from VNC having the dead mom hairstyle 😭

[@enigmatic2878]

6:40 Robin / Dick Grayson. While in the original Teen Titans, it's not really addressed... (can't belive I'll be saying it, but credit to where credit is due) TTG makes a gag about it when Starfire destroys all of Robin's hair gel and his hair flattens for the rest of the episode. From time to time, a bottle would roll on screen with Robin looking happy at the bottle before Starfire blasts it two secons after

[@DeadinsideCastlevania648]

5:13 Castlevania SotN started the trope. Lisa Tepes, Alucard's mother had the side ponytail and she was murdered for an accusation of witch craft.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

hair angle is like the sorting hat

[@GSPAEpro]

STARBOMB MENTION I was listening to them last week 😭😭

[@leafleiflove]

SHINRA MENTION 💙💙💙

[@TheGoddess-LadyIrene]

Rosetta Stone? I once used that before… school made me do it.

[@squidsalltheway9131]

When the mark in question is a whole arm and leg - FMA edward

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

2003 Wrath is better for this two mismatched limb tones later on they get a facial burn scar they look so badass when they get automail at the end

[@ChaoticFictions]

That moment where i realize Duchess Celestia knows about D.Gray man.

[@shrimpypup]

15:16 RAHHHH STATIC SHOCK MENTIONED🗣🗣‼‼⚡ WHAT THE HELL IS A BAD TV SHOW

[@abigail4816]

Im not gonna fight anyone in sweat pants. I gotta look hot as hell for one very breif moment

[@AmbrosiaMooshine]

This is a great video, :)

[@Zickeyo]

I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE THE ISABELL THING 😭

[@torrencewaespe8503]

I am Obsessed with Orga Itsuka's hair in Iron Blooded Orphans. The giant swoop would not be achievable on a day to day basis in real life, especially for a teenage paramilitary soldier who is so extremely mistreated by his superiors, but it's so fucking fun

[@RysGameZ]

I have an idea for another top ten. Do writing tropes that you like and/or hate.

[@Sugarcoda]

9:56 its literally Leo from PJO

[@Cattleya69]

8:48 The Atlas designs in RWBY seem to love this trope. So many belts and zippers…

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

GG diid to in earlier installments its so stuoid

[@ADsama]

The saddest thing is that Kagome actually did have a lot of outfit changes in the early chapters and episodes. Her casual fashion is one of my fave among female leads. The strict uniform code came later in the series, and it sucks because it was probably required by the editors or publishers so her design is easily recognizable and marketable.

[@e-at-school]

oh 12:18 reminds me of vash's hair :3

[@sugarbunny6235]

D.Gray-Man MENTIONED!!!❤❤❤

[@nanonato-z8l]

you should check out the (still in development) designs of the characters in deadlock you would love them

[@merlin0552]

Absolute agreement :D

[@krayonkrumbs]

My jaw dropped when I saw Rosetta Stone and not SquareSpace.

[@Tries_To_Draw]

16:26 I love how sk8 the infinity kind of called this out

[@wradraws]

I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT ISABELL AND THE BELLS

[@swiftfated]

I really do like the tenth one lol.

[@Twilightsonata-w7p]

Personally I think Vash’s under suit design makes sense because it’s basically just bullet proof armor but for his entire body which fits with his character and him constantly taking bullets in the anime. However, a more apt example is his godforsaken red trench coat that I imagine he has to rip apart every time he needs to get that abomination off.😭

[@BrawlSnorlax]

Now combine them all into a monster of a Celestia.

[@RANDOMDANGANRONPASHIT]

6:34 oh god Yasuhiro

[@dragoncatvi]

YOU OKAY!? WHERES SKILLSHARE!?!

[@dustinsimoneau4780]

Replace the cybertruck with official Celestios Fumos and a trade paperback of Cheddar: the Experience, those have way more uses

[@Eco-wx3jd]

Yuji to #6: am I a joke to you?

[@hannahmiller4663]

Allan walker from Dgrayman!!!!!

[@bruhmoment2electricboogalo951]

i personally really dislike it if designs are very on the nose/only representing what a character is to an absurd degree. but that only really goes for serious/dramatic/not-comedic/not-fun themes in my opinion. if its goofy or chill or upbeat or something then hell yea lets gooo

[@elisaelisaross]

Celestia's videos don't hit the same without Squarespace. Its logo has become the usual vidoe opening. Not having it is like starting an episode of Arcane by skipping the "Oh the misery" opening song. Something is missing:(

[@Eddie_eyes]

Squarespace...did yall brake up?

[@AutisticGastrodon]

6:13 f in chat for Trisha Elric 😔

[@jordangunnels7590]

D-GREY MAN MENTION?! WHAT

[@BloodyPsychicX]

DID YOU DIVORCE SQUARESPACE???

[@CoolMagmar]

Talking about absurd number of belts and not showing my gal Lulu from Final Fantasy!? The utility belt I think is more funny when is just one single tiny compartment that start normal but keeps showing more absurd things being taken from it with time. I love characters matching their skills but also when is deliberated the inverse where the character skills and appearance don't make sense like the Mr. Shark from Bad Guys.

[@Your-local-fnaf-upsest-moth]

You kinda look like poppy from dandys world (this is not an insult)

[@Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

It's NOT skillshare this time??!?

[@TheobaldLeonhart]

I think I did this for the rest, so let's do it here 1. Indifferent 2. Also indifferent, but I did like Zexal. Zexal II, honestly only one is good subbed 3. I guess I should call this the indifferent list. But I remember Phineas & Ferb made a joke about that And Run On Your New Legs, did something similar in an...Omake? Where Chidori couldn't decide between two ties, that looked exactly the same 4. Indifferent. And the closest comparison I can think of, is an episode of Craig of the Creek. Where they were stuck in a swamp But only one of them, wore the accessory Ok, after you actually explained what you mean I hate it. And I'm a Kingdom Hearts fan 5. I'm, honestly not a fan of belts in general. Unless it's a scarf wrapped around someone's waste 6. Scars? Cool. Constantly talking about it? Shut up 7. Don't like it. But I also don't like long pieces of clothing, in general (dresses, overalls, etc). Capes get a pass, because they're just behind you 8. Not really a fan 9. Cheesy, overdone, lazy 10. Eh

[@Kwiitchi]

Well aren't you just a ball of sunshine

[@Scaveged]

DONT CHEAT ON SKILLSHARE. how dare you!!!!

[@lenlordofknowledge]

I’ve always wanted a trench coat or at least a long coat so I can walk into the autumn wind and have it flow behind me while I pretend I’m in a detective novel or something, but no coat I’ve gotten flows the exact way I want it. Realistic? Yes, but still devastating to my inner self, also yes