How PRO ARTISTS design characters

[@orb2694]

my creativity peaks when in the middle of a shower

[@noiceman_but_yt4725]

Its due to boredom, humans brain don't want boredom so it creates randum stuff . If u try meditating u could have something similar

[@zakutskov]

mine peaks when taking a shit

[@DynamoWD]

When i'm doing nothing but walking, my brain starts creating things and having great ideas, so it makes sense

[@DynamoWD]

@@noiceman_but_yt4725 Something simillar happened to Miyamoto when he created Starfox. He was just passing over Fushimi Shrines

[@Nakai865]

Bring some notes to the shower for when that happens.

[@makiudon-qb7gh]

sis casually made the best skin in the game just to make a tutorial, huge flex

[@figard9855]

Never seen many league skins, but this one is sick

[@LaurasArtQuest]

I stopped playing league years ago but i totally would've bought it :D

[@etaquince5220]

Then sis go on to say how bad she is. A demon!

[@icmac0]

​​@@figard9855i'm sure its not the best skin its cool skin thou

[@L.A.M.B_B4]

​@figard9855 There are a lot of sick skins. League's balancing team ans champion release team is F tier, their writers have fallen off, and their higher ups arw terrible, but the music and the art team is always top tier.

[@niktoizvatnikak5248]

⚠️WARNING IF THIS VIDEO MADE YOU THINK ABOUT INSTALLING LOL, JUST DON'T. NEVER PLAY LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE, THINK ABOUT PEOPLE AROUND YOU, THINK ABOUT GRASS. LEAGUE IS NOT THE SOLUTION

[@ehyzen]

its a good game but the community is just so bad. every second game you get a griefer

[@epicgamer6813]

@@ehyzen this is incorrect, league is a bad game, dont try justifying it

[@amateural]

Youve caught the brain disease. Even if you play league you shouldnt defend it. ESPECIALLY if you play league you shouldnt fefend it​@@ehyzen

[@oof_flores3425]

Yup! Just watch Arcane and keep up with the lore! :D

[@eumesmo8467]

​@@epicgamer6813 and the worst part is that it could easily be a good game again if riot actually cared for what the players ask

[@quemepartaunrayoiyo]

WAIT WAIT WAIIIIIIIIT!!!!! You telling me you did my new favourite skin of my boy Sett? Superb, and it doesn't go below that. Not allowed.

[@OmniNatureSmore]

The silhouette is probably one of the most important things in character designs. Most studios won’t go forward with a design that breaks the character silhouette, specially in fast moving games where visual clarity is king. Overall, a great take and contributions!

[@harara_art]

The fact that sett also share the save voice actor in japanese with dio makes more sense why he's so jojo coded

[@Kaizokuking9]

Idk if you knew that Sett has so many JoJo references built into his character that this just works so well. 100% WOULD BUY THIS SKIN ❤

[@kalebsithnerd119]

Guts from Berserk is peak character design I love that his design changes throughout the the story, and that his character design tells the reader about him just by the way he looks. (One eye, arm cannon, etc) and I also think that it illustrates the different points in his life too It's genius

[@WinnieBlack-RM]

Oh my- you just created my new fav Sett skin 😭

[@DeizaMando]

My imagination after hitting puberty… Boom! Gone!

[@ObsessedwithZelda2]

Idk your situation to know for sure why that would be, but if it's not related to stress, being busy, or just needing more rest, then here is my advice for building it again: There's two major factors to building imagination in my opinion. The first is similar to a visual library but with ideas. Coming up with something from scratch based off of nothing is about impossible, so it helps a lot if you have a big mental library to draw from. So reading, analyzing movies you like, going to real life events, learning about places and peoples you were unfamiliar with: those are all good things to do to start building it back up. And note, over enough time of not putting anything in, it will begin to diminish! So going months without doing anything will have a negative impact. The second is giving yourself space. You know how everyone talks about shower thoughts? For the most part what causes them is having quiet time alone without any distractions. So finding place where you can just be alone without distractions in a non miserable way will help a lot. I think having a blank canvas can still make it tough, so starting with sort of fanfiction level ideas can help have an entry point or jumping off place. You can do little menial tasks at this time too. Everyone has a different level of what takes too much attention or too little for it to help with thinking. For me, data entry into excel with music is enough to get me thinking, but washing dishes I focus too hard on. So find what things work best for you leisure or productive, as long as you don't have distractions it's fine. Sometimes too the best thing to do is just start. Iterate. Ideas get a little stopped up, so just iterating instead of ruminating can help a lot. For some people too because drawing iterations are time consuming for them they get too intimidated, so don't be afraid to write lists of ideas instead so you can choose your favorites from there. These are all broad suggestions but I hope some might apply to you and be helpful! If not, well kt's okay to have a dry spell, especially if a lot is going on physically or in your life, so don't be discouraged, it can improve in time

[@CinzaChumbo]

@@ObsessedwithZelda2 I, for one, thank you very much for this comment!

[@OmegaF77]

@@ObsessedwithZelda2 I find that I am my most creative when I am hella bored.

[@Lunatica017]

Wdym this skin is a fan skin? Noooooo, I was ready to buy it! It's perfect

[@DynamoWD]

I always found lovely how The Legend of Zelda do this within the same characters when the years pass. They all appeal to fantasy stories and have inspiration of Studio Ghibly (without being completly anime), but each iteration appeals to a different idea. One Zelda it's more simplistic, the other it's more chibi, the other it's more royalty, the other have shapes more triangular, the other it's more "dark", etc.

[@napoleonvasquez5034]

Me eating good by this God/Goddess of art :sob: Something I think you nailed it is: In Star Guardian Universe is really common to see Artist add new things to a Character's Silhouette: Syndra's Floaty Hair, Eyepatch and Spikey Skirt Ezreal's Shoulder fabric. Ahri's neck piece Miss fortune without a Hat. Taliyah with two high buns Rell with a Saint Seiya armor crown Sona with Glasses Morgana's head pieces And in your case adding a Hat to Sett and a different iteration of the fluffy/spikey coat, and the longer hair. that's what (imo) makes SG designs so interesting, and they even becomes the new silhouette for next skins. Like happened with Ezreal's Shoulder Fabric o Ahri's Neckpiece.

[@Cauliflux-sama]

I've been trying to practice my character design, and this video helped a lot. So thank you for the great video as always.

[@ehyzen]

i wish i had some good artist friends to give me tips too like they give you... not meaning to diminish your progress, i rly love your videos and art im just envious

[@UrSammich]

This design is so clean, so good. Like honestly you did a good job and I love he jojo reference.

[@Nameless2030]

Bancho Sett: Looks like Jotaro Also Bancho Sett: Sounds like Dio *existential crisis* edit: The Japanese VA for Sett is Takehito Koyasu. He's famous for his role as Dio which is also Jotaro's arch-nemesis. So imagine looking like the protagonist but having the voice of the worst enemy lololol.

[@changedname2244]

Pls continue to spread the word! Lets convert these people to change their settings!!! Also Zed is Nanami, Nasu is Kirei and Vlad is Gilgamesh (❤❤❤)!

[@rozelle999]

Itto AND Sett in one of my favourite art KZbinrs video??? Am I dreaming????

[@hagalathekido]

Sett is known as the anime guy and is heavily inspired by stuff like dragonball and jojo to begin with, in the japanese version he even has the same VA as dio.

[@cozmamosh3610]

2:18 The whole thing with Lovcraftian monsters is that they are constantly changing and incomprehensible, which is the opposite of appealing design. They aren't supposed to be looked at.

[@Rondart]

But even in grotesquery there needs to be an “appeal”, even if in a perverse way. The greatest sin in character design is in making it forgettable after all.

[@JoshuaAlto]

Thanks for the great of how you & artists to make champ / skin amazing, while recognizable & appealing.

[@PorValis]

Thank you for giving us more insight on how you and riot artists develop character/concept designs! While the steps seem familiar since your angel video went over some of these concepts like research, I didn’t really consider function or what the desired medium a design is intended to go in. As someone who has tried to make basic character sheets for animation, it is really hard to come up with a simple yet effective design that people like. A lot of people want to get into concept art and that innate competition should spark people into wanting to make more unique designs that are appealing, and at least from what I’ve seen on social media in the past, that very much is the case! Hopefully more people get motivated to push their design process after watching this video. I know i’ll try to!

[@Aemni1]

great video. I'm not an illustrator but i can see how i can apply these steps to improve my own art style. in fact, these steps can be used as a problem solving method for many different kinds of things! thank you for the tips !

[@x_A_B_x]

This is a genius design, very cohesive with the whole skinline, got interesting little details/references that match the character's very well. In SG universe, the colors correspond with personality traits, which is why blue (and maybe red) is a perfect choice.

[@foreign_objective2855]

I don't know if I've ever seen one do it before, but that drawing of a hand holding a pencil that acts as visualization of the hand drawing is so cute idk why

[@Akko1]

Amazing video, also love the animal crossing music, fits the mood so well.

[@CantonWhy]

Love it! Thanks Pikat

[@inukaiversus]

That art style legit looks like Oh! Great. Amazing work. Love his art and manga. 2:42

[@BrookD.Artist]

This came just in time!

[@hollowedboi5937]

This is for sure a good practice to go all the way through all 4 phases until you get to a final initial concept. Though don’t be shameful of yourself if you’re having trouble as is. Just drawing a basic mannequin of a character can be difficult, let alone adding all these details with hair, facial details, clothing, shape language, it’s a lot to juggle at once. If anything, continue your fundamental studies, and get comfortable doing loose practice sketches of people and your favorite desired style : w/ reference w/o reference & w/ reference to critique your w/o reference. Just choose one of the section such as the research and ideation experimentation phases making multiple concepts. Then when you feel comfy, go to the next step. Take it slow but deliberately. And try your best not to beat yourself up. Every action towards practice is getting better, especially the failures. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@lukafireprincess9540]

Thank you for all the quality drawing content pikat! As someone trying to get into art these are all very helpful but i also wanted to ask if you have any videos or plan to do any videos detailing drawing exercises to do when starting from scratch

[@mawcha]

needed this as i want to start taking this stuff seriously for my comics!

[@Renan.m]

"I can tell you that [appeal] is not that every character needs to be an anime waifu" - makes an anime hunband

[@Gensolink]

cool stuff. hearing about workflow is always nice, just super interesting to me

[@harara_art]

I immediately click because i saw a star guardian sett and i want to work at riot someday

[@happytoaster1]

You just draw a circle, add some eyes and glasses, some purple hair, a little red bow, and some weird floating hair on top.

[@b1ks3r]

thank you ms pikat 🙏🙇‍♀️

[@Xilleration]

I love this pixel 3d model you use as a representation of yourself. Would you ever consider making a tutorial on how to make something similar or how it works? Thanks!

[@snowsakura4898]

he looks so smoochable

[@chee.zennn.8]

i bet they’re magicians i have no idea how

[@BlancS.C.]

i like this guide a lot it is very helpful

[@bau9894]

this skinline isn't going away anytime soon. but good god they don't know what to do with the guys. we need more of this energy.

[@gymleaderkeeko6165]

That charecter is awesome, pants down. 🙌

[@Skyeleafe]

I really wish that this was an actual skin.

[@BlancS.C.]

* takes notes *

[@legobimo]

WOAh that is soo cool

[@zei_rj6748]

-JOJO- "School Uniform" i'll love to see sett's stand some day 👀

[@swarmX]

nice work, pik

[@Zapstreem284]

THAT voooooiiice 😭🙌 am i the only one who finds her voice so beautiful

[@sandyjeans5518]

yea!! idk its so engaging like everything she says just clicks into my head

[@lenaalt2387]

it's very calming. it kind of reminds me of Scamboli.

[@GeminiGothamXO]

Oh Ive just been watching your youtube for a couple months and didn't even know until now you work with Riot

[@RatedB1]

Me sitting here making intentionality unappealing characters XD

[@cinnaphos]

jotaro❤

[@kitsunetenko8952]

THE HOTTEST FUCKING SETT SKIN OH MY GOD

[@Calvin-the-Goose]

Am I the only one who gets the most creative in a shower

[@abhaydxgaming]

Noice.. what editing software do u use btw?

[@imnugget8085]

Her voice is so crips like open a new pepsi can . Crissssspp

[@TheMockingjay74]

Just got recommended you by algorithm a few days ago and then got hit with this. Whoa

[@ElMichi-mhw]

pikat based

[@snowflake4108]

Just when im about to design my main character 😁😁

[@mmilkyss]

jojo reference is richhhh 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@syukurabdullah9404]

Star guardian set is kinda hot tho but i wanna know who’s gonna be the leader

[@miimiiandco]

It's like Pokemon? Okay, just gotta feed my characters tons of Pokeblocks and Poffins!

[@Sammanhwaexplainer]

Sister your video's is the best video's on the KZbin.. Love from India

[@JessicaC.Wright]

I know you said it as a silly outro... but I might seriously consider designing an outfit for the subscribe button 😂

[@jinxedlmao]

your creativity peaks.... until you dry your body (-_-)

[@xto744]

Thanks for supreme artfight tips so no one will draw me back 🤣😭

[@masterdojo1202]

Amazing video, I will try this method, I'm sick that my characters only use a white tank top and jeans 😅

[@Kaizokuking9]

I know it's probably just a strong coincidence, but I just saw the Battle Bat Xayah Splash, and it reminded me STRONGLY of your star guardian Sett design... have you seen it? Thoughts?

[@lenaalt2387]

i can't come up with ideas, though. i can think up poses and composition, but nothing for design except maybe the hair and shoes.

[@jalbozor]

Hello! What software are you using to sort out your image references? The one that shows up on 3:32 ?

[@dogthedog1338]

I believe it is PureRef

[@heroiam4067]

Setting up “appeal” or “cool factor” as the main goal for a character design it’s actually a very unreliable approach and can very easily bring you nowhere. Or just redoing stuff that’s being done and labeled as such.

[@chotho4718]

I bet a lot of artists out there do not even consider this, overcomplicating things just make the process unbearable.

[@heroiam4067]

@@chotho4718 For sure, also It’s better to go in the direction of helping a specific narrative for the character, asking questions like: Why does he wear this? why does he stand a certain way? etc. All the elements should help the viewer understand the character’s personality, setting, profession, skills and what have you. You should never just chase “cool” cos it doesn’t mean anything and doesn’t help story.

[@rodrigogaciocaustico3929]

You created that sett concept? holy moly too bad riot pass more time doing horrible decisions, but I trust that one day sg will come to life, bunch other artists got their ideas on league and I'm sure this one will too!

[@TatakaeGaming06]

Honestly...I just like your thumbnails that's why I subscribed 🙂

[@brandonjames673]

thanks for the video. from you (or anyone in the comment's experience), is character design by committee still a thing in studios? it's been a while since my few art education courses but our teacher stressed that, in a team dynamic, you may need to incorporate other artists or the directors idea into a character design and have that tweaked/critiqued by the team. Is that still the case or is it expected for artist to fully develop characters from their own resources/references and then present them?

[@pedrobarbosa1187]

Yeah, right.... you totally didn't want to talk about pokemon

[@Verkeener-qm4sn]

From what artist are the concept at 4.30 ? Very interesting designs, would like to learn from them.

[@greenpandadraws8817]

A lot of my ideas have been coming to me before I fall asleep, it's super annoying!

[@falloutboy2529]

looks like a quincy

[@amandanatsumi980]

preciso dessa skin

[@dyson6587]

i have unfortunately been affected by the genshin syndrome and i put way too much little details in my character lol they look good but honestly a pain to draw

[@aytjgee1]

Jojo reference 😔✨

[@buklborisov2460]

In my opinion no studio can match riot's art

[@ReinnRei]

And we have Riot design team, mass producing boring similar skins

[@hokesama4475]

design an outfit for the Sub button is really Funny

[@leviathan8282]

Jojo references everywhere

[@Latip_123]

Everything in league is good except the gameplay

[@MintyPaws]

is it a jojo reference?

[@x_A_B_x]

Sett's JP VA is Takehito Koyasu, Dio from Jojo. His whole character is a bit inspired by this anime

[@lingmao1892]

34 minutes

[@AINEET]

Hmm is this a reupload? I'm sure the thumbnail was already used

[@austincde]

1:19 bruh what is that Twitter banner 😂

[@animeloverandy]

hi are u open for video sponsorship?

[@pearlbones4]

sooo is your hair uneven ?

[@malaksafa4074]

First!

[@bibule]

Early

[@jirkapresident1894]

i learn evrthing i wana draw nsfw and i have big inspariton boichi

[@cakger1012]

Sorry I don't want my character to wear the same outfit every day that would be stinky 😩🙏🙏🙏

[@Otis_.]

Letting Riot games design my characters is like letting Epstein handle my daycare.

[@-DailyDoseOfART-]

400 views pikat fell off 😔

[@patty4449]

No I haven't wondered, avoid Riot Games as a designer you might get f*cked by tencent... Source, I worked at Riot as a dev for 5 years... When Tencent took over they exploited people that were making skins etc... They artistic team is great, but avoid anything remotely related to the managment

[@mangled_orgnz]

damn i was struggling trying to draw, and then i see a pikat video 🥹 thank you pikat!