How I Make Character TURNAROUNDS and Sheets!

[@mattdoesstuff8987]

Turnaround Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming 'round

[@bongobliss5795]

"For the wolf to survive, its got to chew its leg off" -Sergeant Dunn

[@mileymint]

Turn around, bright eyes! Every now and then I fall apart!

[@comicalsocks711]

I've been looking for this for the LONGEST TIME

[@CharacterDesignForge]

HERE IT IS

[@Hikaru_SR-Omega]

Literally everyone is saying how you posted this exactly when they needed this... Honestly, I'm one of them. I've been having trouble drawing orthographs, and--well, here we are.

[@jjstarA113]

Maybe if Biko was animated, then his hat could leave an impression for a second or two, but in a comic or illustration, his head would be stuck like that for however long you stare at it... Anyway, Happy New Year!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

So unsettling picturing him with "cranberry sauce popped out of the can" head all the time 😂😂

[@a.j.morrow5533]

Biko is such a cool character. I love the idea behind him as well as his design.

[@playertoo9730]

jeez this is so helpful. thanks brookes!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Youre very welcome, thanks for saying so!

[@BushidoMauve]

I've been looking for this exact thing for years. Its crazy this is the first video i found on it

[@nicoleyap16]

I really like this. I really want to do character design. I’m trying to still learn how to properly turn a character but I also want to know how to color and shade well using different brushes. Can you do a tutorial on how you color when color a character?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

UPDATE: Dang, we've come a long way since this video! Biko, the main character, is available to give you healing as a plush, only until 11/6/22! Grab it to directly support the development of my animated series Stormfellers! www.makeship.com/products/biko-plush

[@creacher00]

This is crazy helpful for me because I was just about to start a commission for a reference sheet for my friend’s character! Your art’s amazing dude and I’m glad your channel has an interesting, easy to understand grip on the fundamentals of character design! Wish I found you sooner >_

[@toadboydude5015]

Dude, how'd you make this *EXACTLY* when everyone needed it!?

[@oopsy444]

How do you know what exactly to upload as soon as I start googling stuff!! Ty so much I couldn't find anything useful on this before.

[@PilferpupCartoons]

LOL! "I'm taking the rest of the year off." -rip 2019

[@sabersquid2523]

It has been a really great year, you’re one of the most underrated art channels out there. I wish you the best for next year!

[@matiasnl]

This is such a helpful video! I love it. It’s reminiscent of your past videos because they’re all super helpful too! What I’m saying is anybody reading this who hasn’t seen your other videos should go do that

[@CharacterDesignForge]

LOOK YOU GOTTA DO WHAT MATIAS SAYS

[@ArtistOdysseyMaster]

This is exactly what I needed, because I kept having trouble.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I'm excited, it's time to make this so I stop drawing so inconstancy

[@SirMasi]

Congrats on another great year! Finishing Parcel was a great achievement. And your re-envisioning of Crash's whole island was fantastic. Best wishes for 2020! 😀

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Thanks so much Michael!

[@Artofizanagi]

Dude this is so helpful. I struggle with this so much and your video actually helps.

[@Defender_messenger]

Wait, I’m supposed to draw my WHOLE character!? Haha you’re funny, my character doesn’t have a backside simple as that. Lol

[@AZUREPHOENIX777]

Hey Brookes, really appreciate this vid in particular, it's very informative and I look forward to making some myself.

[@devilitododol989]

Brookes, your content is masterpiece. Thanks a lot...

[@Michael9635]

What a fantastic and helpful video, definitely going to put this to use for some reference sheets I’ve been meaning to do for so long. Brookes, it’s been such a fantastic year of learning thanks to your content. I wish you the absolute best in 2020

[@GenjitDiamond]

I've found your channel recently in my reccomendations from KZbin, and I'm happy that KZbin reccomended your channel for me. I like drawing as a hobby, but thanks for these videos with explaining stuff related to character design, they're helping me a lot!

[@capricornus]

Ahhhh yes!!! I needed this! Thank you so much.

[@demonstratestudios7693]

Thank you for sharing this on KZbin. I needed this before 2020 to really refine my artwork skills to level 1000! Happy new year man. :D

[@TalmoTheSell]

Your style is incredible unique and very friendly looking. I love your videos!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Thank you so much!

[@simm-su9609]

Doing character turnarounds can be so hard when your character has funky hair

[@lavender4038]

Thanks for a wonderful year! I really needed this video.

[@stellbz2347]

Your content is 👏always👏amazing👏 please never stop making videos, your advice is always so helpful and easy to understand☺

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Thank you!

[@stellbz2347]

@@CharacterDesignForge You're welcome ☺ Happy new year🎉

[@a.j.morrow5533]

I too took the rest of the year off which is why I just now got around to catching up haha. Nice job.

[@KatieZLIS]

You did a great job on this video. I love the character Biko he's so cute. This video has helped better understand what I need to do for my character turnaround, which actually I was planning on doing today with one of my characters so I could create a 3D model of him and animate him. Thanks for the video, and all the videos you've done, they are super helpful and awesome, can't wait to see what you make in 2020. Happy New Years :D

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Really appreciate that Kathyrn! Hope your turnarounds go well!

[@mcurran6505]

I really enjoy your videos this year, hope to see lots more in 2020.

[@Bluelightspeed26]

Thanks for this. I've been trying to create my own original character for a while now, and I thought of a good design not too long ago, but I didn't know how to make a character turnaround for him. This video really helped, thanks!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

For sure! Have you seen the recent, more indepth version of this video?

[@GcorpCoPrez]

Ive been needing to do some turnarounds for characters and this pops up.

[@lewisgads6432]

You have taught me so much and have guided my art learning journey, i'm so glad to be going into the new decade with you. Happy new year :)

[@Habtoorpower]

amazing video! , we are still waiting for the video on what art books would you recommend for people who love collecting books

[@jucabnubster]

I was wondering if a series of real life photos could work as a character reference sheet/turnaround. I plan on hiring some peeps to animate myself and a pal, but wondered if I could just send them a "live action" version. Thanks, this was very informative to know!

[@HorseyWorsey]

0:22 ANIMATION MAJORS: "I have no such weaknesses!"

[@CharacterDesignForge]

The video is generally meant for newer folks who may not have already practiced turns 🙂 no shame in not having learned something

[@ARTYCOATY]

Awesome‼︎ Thanks for sharing. Full watched. 🌈🌈🌈

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Is that like, the mark of support these days, I watched the whole thing 😂

[@julio1148]

I really don't know if I'm bad at this because I hate it, or if I hate it because I'm bad at this, but as someone who wants to learn 3D and do characters beyond just an illustration, I gotta put in some reps

[@Wonyoungstan888]

Thank you so much your tutorials are helping me so much! 💖💖💖💖

[@jessicaeaton7258]

I need to figure out how to do character sheets, so thank you. I'm going to make a comic, so I really need this to keep the characters from looking super weird.

[@efetekky8377]

Hey, how is that character sheet coming along?

[@Surkk2960]

I really got to practice turnarounds... actually I really got to practice symmetry so I can make some turnarounds...

[@auroraprop]

Make a vid where you rate our characters!

[@ruchick6155]

Biko is a doggo froggo

[@KlausbergerYT]

Great voice, great explanation and good narrative. Got my sub and my respect. #gonnawatchalotmore

[@bonnietelocole6777]

I needed this cause I just got a request from a friend of mine to do some turnarounds for them.

[@efetekky8377]

How are the turnarounds coming?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Updated Video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZizqoaXaZKeq7M

[@Roule_n_Scratche]

Horay! happy new year

[@thekayandanagamingshow6804]

Me too I can talk to you very soon

[@igorcampos814]

Great video, bro! 💫

[@inspectorspinda]

can you do a part two with jagged edged characters? I feel it's way harder to visualize characters in 3D when they have many edges

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Are you talking about 2d or 3d in that capacity? 3d characters with hard edges are typically easier because you can use those same 3d shapes as boxes and cubes. If theyre incredibly flat, like a Gennedy Cartoon Network type graphical look, the turns are kind of up to interpretation. As long as they look good, there's no real reason to rotate them around from drawing to drawing.

[@inspectorspinda]

@@CharacterDesignForge it's hard to explain, but for example, a really point nose. or something like phineas's face from phineas and ferb, but in a forward view

[@illustratornamedkasper]

@@inspectorspinda an idea could be to find a sculpture or piece of toy with those pointy features you speak of - then study them as you would study a model - and voilá you will know how to draw it!

[@3volvedb3ing]

This is super helpful, thank you so much!

[@TonikoPantoja]

ye boiii

[@CharacterDesignForge]

😎 THANKS FRIEND

[@ikanasisse9661]

It was a really cool video for the end of the year I'm french, so when I write this comment, the end of the year is in 58 minutes !

[@CharacterDesignForge]

JUST made it!

[@romo237]

So smotth, fantastic, exquisite! :3

[@pogiJIALI]

Omg thank you so much this helped so much

[@nonspecificnonsense6780]

bruh thank u

[@imclueless5744]

I can't ever get myself to draw a turnaround. It's like arguing with a toddler, you can't win. Except, I'm the toddler and the parent

[@eas827]

Found my new favorite youtuber, yay

[@Sophie-qy4cm]

I NEED THIS!!! THANK YOU >

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Absolutely!

[@illustratornamedkasper]

great vid, very helpful!

[@whatever-happened-to-marti]

I NEEDED THIS- Also Brookes, Do you think the bucket tool is useful? I’m just asking cause i almost never use it for my digital drawings heh(I draw in Medibang, as i can’t afford for a better drawing app or something)

[@whatever-happened-to-marti]

zakuro mews Hm, might help,, Thanks! :D

[@kaori_hyacinthus4409]

I find it pretty useful when you need to fill in flat colours quickly to get a handle on your piece and the colour palette you wanna use. And I'll just fill in any odd gaps from there

[@nawee6801]

Hello could you recommend a size for the sheet plz Thank you :)

[@winterztheidiot]

alright, i have a bit of an issue. my oc has like.. OUTRAGEOUS hair. like a huge spiky afro. and the only issue i have with drawing him from the side is the hair around the actual face. could you help please?

[@noproblemcha7240]

I Need Help Doing Character Turnarounds

[@CharacterDesignForge]

I have a newer video out on the subject! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZizqoaXaZKeq7M

[@noproblemcha7240]

@@CharacterDesignForge I Love ❤️ Your Videos

[@The.plant.foodie]

Can you make a video about how to take your art LESS seriously, I feel like I can’t really sketch. I’m never happy with what I do make and I look at my friend who makes amazing cursed drawings without trying.

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Definitely check out my LOOSEN UP your Art video!

[@lukepasca9765]

Love ya brookes keep it up

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Aw thanks so much!

[@lukepasca9765]

For sure 😊 great job with all of the progress! You should try to make another interview with Nicholas Kole!

[@CharacterDesignForge]

@@lukepasca9765 I'll always be down with that, Nick's my BUDDY

[@dionnlim8786]

this looks so cooll, what software or app do you use?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Procreate! Lots of videos on the channel on Procreate.

[@eso29k]

what canvas size would you generally recommend for character design sheets?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Probably something like, 4000 by 3000 or so?

[@eso29k]

@@CharacterDesignForge I appreciate it bro u the Goat fr 🙏🏽💯

[@HyaSagitta]

Hi! Just by curiosity, how much time did you spend doing the turn around? Sometimes when we see a speed up video we think "oh, the artist is so fast!!!" and somehow we start to pressure to be that fast even that we know it's a speed up video haha.

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Crazy you commented on this, since a new turnaround video is coming soon. I dont really know, speed isn’t super important to me, but I don’t think turnarounds really happen “quick”- they’re a lot of methodical checking and rechecking

[@musch474]

If you haven’t done it already. I think you need to apply for the KZbin places?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Are you talking about Lightbox? I dont know about KZbin specific places but I applied a little while back!

[@musch474]

Yeah the KZbin plaque. My bad.

[@CharacterDesignForge]

@@musch474 Oh gotcha!!

[@nongaming21]

Please reply to me🙏 soon our professor will give us an activity to draw the character on different poses base on the given character turnaround can you make a video on giving tips on how to do it??

[@CharacterDesignForge]

It seems like you'd like me to make a video to personally help you, which is definitely not how this or KZbin works- if there isn't something I've already covered in a video before, this is the purpose of the personal critiques I offer through my site or Patreon.

[@wakeupclumsyold]

brookes: biko auto generated cc:

[@CharacterDesignForge]

whats it say?

[@Peter-wl3tm]

How do you go from flat 2d to 3d, Im a self taught beginner, I don’t understand what makes a character 3d. What must I add in order to turn my flat 2d character into a 3d character, please break It down for me because I’m learning on my own and don’t have an art school professor or teacher to explain these concepts to me

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Yep- that’s the concept of construction, i go into detail about that in the first module of Learn Character Design

[@TrashyAshey]

Quick Question: How do you know where to place the lines on the sheet? Like you have horizontal lines touching the eyes and mouth. Do you place those like in between or...I don't know how to explain it in text. Just how do you know where to place the lines on the sheet??

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Just anywhere you want two things to line up, youll notice i move them a lot during the process!

[@saucelessbones5872]

the 3/4 back pose ?

[@Monasax2011]

there a way to use a jpeg image online and get front view and back view of it? thanks

[@J-547]

*insert thumbs up*

[@cybercrrgm799]

I've got a question about turnaround presentation. I fell in love with the pencil brushes in csp. I have a bad habit of wrist drawing I'm trying to break and have unsteady hands. I love dirty sketches (I pet the line, but it works for my style.) and it's always how I have drawn. Is using the pencil brushes acceptable for turnarounds in any way or character sheets or should they be inked and flat color or rendered without lines? Is there a right and wrong way to do this?

[@efetekky8377]

Yes, definitely! When preparing character sheets for an animation studio, the character sheet needs to act as a reference for the production team/animators to use when animating. It should act as a rulebook for several things. Some character sheets show how to do the lines, while others show rules on adding shadows, color, and light. The reason most character sheets have clean lines, is because the production wants to use this same approach in their cartoon/animation If the animation had messy lines as part of the style, the character sheet could reflect that! Hope this helps

[@MANNBACHBAZZY]

My character, Piper (literally paper): *pathetic.*

[@Zistheone2]

What's the difference between a turnaround for a 2D production and one for a 3D production?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

I guess I don’t understand the question

[@chasformer3091]

where did you get that template?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

No template, I just made my own horizontal lines 🙂

[@tadhgbrady]

What software do you use to design your character and create their turnaround boards?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Procreate, I use it in a ton of videos and have plenty of videos about Procreate on the channel!

[@tadhgbrady]

@@CharacterDesignForge Thanks!

[@olorunsolaemmanuel]

Please have try this over and over but my character didn't look alike from side, please any help👐👐👐

[@helloworld638]

facing the same problem when I changed the perspective of my character it looks very different from the front on whether it is side profile or 3/4

[@gymnastkristen5824]

what app/ software do you use to draw?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Procreate, I have tons of videos on it!

[@taylorbond1492]

College applications anyone?

[@CharacterDesignForge]

Hmm?

[@taylorbond1492]

For the college I’m applying to you have to make a character turn around! This was very helpful :)