Why My Design Failed (And How I Fixed It)

[@sinixdesign]

Here at the start of a future legendary art youtube channel. Also, since I was just focused on other aspects when looking at it, I want to say I agree with all of the other parts in this video about character building.

[@lefudj4236]

here together my man

[@erenyeeagah204]

Bro youre so goated!

[@NoirArt.]

first

[@JewTubeUsername]

>sinix praising some woke arse looking drawing and design style of a woman you know I should have followed through with my "Never go into american online spaces ever again" it's disappointment after disappointment. guess yer a feg't, too now. AND PROKO TOO down there? have you all lost your minds? well he's a race mixxer so what did I really expect... clown house bar none. I bet your discords are adminitrated by 'trans folk's.

[@ProkoTV]

Glad to see you on KZbin! Thanks for sharing this.

[@callmenaka]

What!? Proko? Here?

[@RusPitman]

@@callmenakain this economy?

[@Autumnwriterali]

In this world

[@clairestanfield-ui1fg]

@@Autumnwriterali On this plane of existence?

[@Multi-Waves_Music]

Localized entirely within your kitchen.

[@shualel]

u cannot escape sinix’s love for shape hierarchies and organic shapes

[@dannmcdan2185]

I dont know why but I imagined the workshop having some kind of loyal dog type artificial intelligence. Just image Engie yelling "Vagabond!" and you start to feel the ground rumbling when a 3 ton mechanical crab robot starts running towards her while making sounds that are a mix of dog barking and car horns

[@elecbaguette]

Fido!!

[@OwariOmori]

I am too deep into tf2 i heard the word 'engineer' and 'sapper' and go "OMG TF2 REFERENCE??? FR???"

[@clownclot]

SAME

[@callmenaka]

i was really tempted to talk about that for a bit, but didn't fit the vid. Engineer as a shooter class is nothing more that a dude with a turret, outside of tf2.

[@3than0lvideos22]

​@@callmenakabut agressive engineers are the thing

[@theaveragecomment1014]

@@3than0lvideos22 Battle Engies my beloveds

[@dogukanckr3618]

I think most of the time what really matters is how "Interesting" the character is. I am no professional as of now but it doesnt matter, I am a viewer of the story from outside which designs usually go to. When I look at the first design I see an engineer woman and thats it nothing in particular makes me interested in WHO she is and what she does, she has a box and some tools thats it. The redesign tho is amazing in my opinion with one look I immidialty got questions about her "Who? , Why? How?" and the interestinf siluette and The concept of walking station took my attention immidiatly. I dont know how much I am on the right here but I believe being interesting is the main line between a good and a bad desingn

[@callmenaka]

I wouldn't go as far to draw it as line to separate good and bad, but it's definitely a factor that can give you an edge. Hmmm... Now that i'm thinking about it, "interesting" may really draws the line. If we consider shapes, compostion, color choices being intersting even without storytelling, than yeah. It maybe boils down to the fact to "interesting" changes person to person, so you can have a good AND bad design at the same time based on who is looking at it :D. Adding stroytelling to a design broads the possibly interesting things about your design, increasing the chance of more people finding it interesting. I'm thinking loud, all of this migth be bs, but it kinda make sense to me (for now). Thanks for your train of thought, i really wished for comments like this, while making this video!

[@shualel]

@@callmenakayes, i feel like visually appealing design is the eye catcher and the visual story telling is what makes them stay, looking for any information abt her thru the little details from the design, therefore appreciating ur work!

[@aweetumnsart]

This is the kind of feedback that's SO useful between two artists. Excellent video.

[@playfulwriter9796]

This is the type of channel that exists for decades to help new artists. I can’t wait to see where this goes.

[@Blackf1nn]

I just got a quality tablet for the first time and am about to get to work on my comic book concepting phase. Perfect timing, perfect video!

[@callmenaka]

hell yeah!

[@Blackf1nn]

@@callmenaka Instant sub btw. Your style is very similar to mine and I like your philosophies, editing and explanation style. Excited to see more from you.

[@Blackf1nn]

You are much more skilled than me so I'm here to learn man! Also to be inspired 🤌🏽🌟

[@АртемийМазуренко]

amazing video billions must subscribe

[@jamesbullo]

Hierarchy: big, middle, small. I'm drilling into my brain. Very helpful video, thank you.

[@youtubeisapublisher6407]

Wow what a bombshell for a first KZbin channel video, just that profile shot of Engi in the thumbnail instantly drew me in to click on the video. Really great character design! It's going to be some time before I as a hobbyist and layman even approach the level of skill demonstrated in your original piece but watching the redraw and hearing what you're focusing on plus getting to see the result feels like it's going to be very helpful the next time I try to draw any character. Subbing in hopes you'll drop more videos like this in the future!

[@catarianepeta]

Fellow digital artist of ~3-4 years here, this explanation and demonstration of the character design process is *so* helpful. Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@criticalart_6459]

I dig both designs, I do disagree with Sinix's overall design philosophy in cases of anything nearing realism, I think his philosophy (which seems to be the norm with a lot of design folk these days) is leading to the Overwatch-ification of everything. His criticisms about stiff posing, weaker details and anatomy around the feet were apt though. Great stuff overall from you though.

[@erenyeeagah204]

No way i discovered your art today and now your vid shows up in my recommended

[@BTT16]

Anatomy is always a touchy subject when designing a heavily stylized character. You have to know it extensively, yet when designing like this, it's all about what to use and what to simplify.

[@MK_2023.]

Oh man, this feels like the start of a channel that’s about to completely blow up! I’m glad I’m here early.

[@liveinamber1307]

That is such a stark improvement! Years of practice put to good use, I see. Such a pleasure to see you sharing your ideas with the world and rising to be a major concept art KZbinr! The bold use of silhouette and shape design is really the well-timed tidbit of inspiration I came here for!

[@whossam7675]

Art content peaked right here

[@kenzietownsend6644]

19:12 "Similar peaks. How dare you!" :D Wow. That's tough.

[@akiranagashima6034]

OMG IM SO SAD, went into the channel to see more videos and found out this is your first! Keep it up bro, you're really inspiring to make character designs

[@kobinaa__]

Not gonna lie, you really saved me up a lot of interrogations, buddy. Most of the time i just go, drawing and "figuring out with the flow" the character and things, but i never REALLY thought that it could help more than the reverse to actually think and "prepare" the design before drawing for selling it REALLY THANKS FOR SHARING

[@dingusthegreat]

Nem hiszem el, hogy még nem találkoztam egy művel sem tőled! Imádom a kinézetét a régi, és egyben az új stílusodnak is, egyszerűen fenomenális ez az ütött-kopott képregényes látvány! Muszály lesz végignéznem minden korábbi munkát tőled...

[@DT-sx6im]

What a fantastic video. I'd love to see your take on finding the balance between anatomy and pushing those fun shapes!

[@calicothecappuccinogurl9874]

the composition on the 7:04 is SO GOOD I am totally gonna try something like this, the pop of color on the side with a bit of a background behind her as well as it being covered in some enviormental lighting making her stand oout is just perfect!!! I haven't fealt this motivated to try something out in years, thanks big time :D

[@Fairyn]

This is your FIRST video and its this high quality?????? Holy hell man good stuff, great n epic stuff even, wish you best of lucks in this cruel world!!!!!!!

[@petesyoutube]

Super in depth on lots of aspects i wasn’t across for a fill character design sheet and presentation strategy.

[@Stryvec]

This was great, really enjoyed the process stuff at the start in particular. You find taking the time to think things through helps in pretty much everything, even fast paced 30 second figure drawings, but in design and composition in particular its so important because thats where you put together the whole message and vibe.

[@fluffffycat]

great video, i saved it instantly and then tried to watch more but this is your FIRST???? make more plsss :3

[@JerryLecor]

I didnt make it in this year but i did the washout follow along, i definitely thought you deserved the win, your quality on a daily basis was sick to watch. Easy sub.

[@D_ki_kitab]

I am glad I got this video in my feed this early... As a (Idk what I should call myself) I am genuinely honored with the information I got in this video... Thank you for creating this video

[@markdeneke2180]

more designs like this looks cool

[@bojidarkolev9263]

That was so good from the oresentation of the video to the style of editing and visual noice(pun intended) good job man, always great to see whats behind other artists possess i can say ill be looking forward to see what other things you will do!

[@celestialcrystals2637]

I love both the original and new character design ❤!!! I know your channel is going to be big in the art community!

[@tophatgeo]

Absolutely blows my mind you've not made a youtube video before! Absolutely love your art and explanation of your artistic decisions, it really emphasises the important qualities needed to make an appealing concept. Engie is such an absolutely charming character concept. Can't wait to see more of your art on both your instagram and here on youtube! "Starts on a wrong page" killed me 😆

[@actuallyhusksofcorn3028]

Wonderful to see you starting a channel, I loved watching you perform during Chroma Core! Looking forward to watching your channel grow, and hopefully growing as an artist alongside you!

[@jetostream]

Awesome video, I loooved your style, thank you for motivating me to get better at drawing myself!

[@Lein3D]

i think i might have stumble across my new favorite artist, this is so cool and inspiring, giving me a new drive for charachter creation

[@Rime_24]

it's when i saw sinix's comment that i realised it's his FIRST video WTF

[@RajasSutar]

This is a greatly concise and entertaining step by step video on character design i have seen in a while. For you first video, this was very insightful and well-made. This is gonna help me in the long run, keep it up!

[@Akura_letmesleep]

Your right is incredible, I hope one day I'll be as good as you

[@marcelomax1725]

I loved your artstyle so much and the way you play with the colors is so fun to see, keep the amazing work ❤❤

[@scoutlodge6867]

Great design to me it's a 10/10 I'm starting out in the character design field and seeing what is judged as good and bad was very useful so I would like to see more character design tip videos and wow this was your first video 😅 I could not tell 🔥 editing and pacing of topics hope to see more

[@friedeggs1576]

I’m so happy you’re planning to make more stuff!! Found you through chroma corps this year and was absolutely blown away by your work!! I would love to see some stuff about how you study and practice art 🙂‍↕️🙏

[@chyra451]

First video and you're already legendary at editing and pacing, so good...

[@voland_draws]

great breakdown of your thinking and workflow, super useful :o !!!!

[@lucasrodrigues1670]

Do more content! We love your choices and designs

[@felixreinard_art]

This is so great! I'm looking forward to the future of this channel💜

[@mastadonxo7662]

I love love love her design and I like how you Broke the process down. I've been struggle to design characters but I like videos like this that break down the process

[@domceptart]

You're killing it from Chroma Corps to now KZbin; I can't wait to see future content!

[@FazilioKoopixLorion]

Just discover your work, I really liked the concept. It's good to see pro improvement too. We all getting better.

[@arthurc.6176]

Incredible work. Hope to see more. Your art and your view about how you approach a design…. Is very useful for beginners like me.

[@owlytedailer-sg5cq]

Naka you da maaaaaannnn

[@devilichus]

Your style is amazing I loved your process to like Sinix but a fresh take! Welcome dude! 🎉

[@nram3930]

Yooooo this rules. Awesome work,you made me wanna hop on chroma next year, although I still suck at doing digital art - no time to improve like the present eh? Great video, I think this is the start of a fantastic channel.

[@tl1119]

I love the message from the conclusion. All the story and functionality helps give much more weight to the forms, even when form wasn't the main focus. I can't wait for more amazing videos!!!

[@inkkebab]

Thank you so much for making this vid! I feel like I've learnt so much from it haha-

[@moolayenstudios]

First off amazing video Naka! 2nd yeah I think it would be cool if you did a vid or some more videos on character design specifically the concept art phase and how to come up with the ideas in the first place. Are some ideas just bad and no amount of polish can fix it? Also how to make characters designs that feel believable in both story and art.

[@klassikkustard4828]

B r o watching this was so inspiring

[@trobi153]

Really enjoyed this and love your art style. Interested to see what you do next.

[@RekuoRekuo]

This was very helpful, I'll take this into account when making my next character

[@JustALitttleLad]

For some reason, your art tickles my brain

[@shux_44]

Hell yeah characterdesign lesson from the goat!!!

[@wimosuka]

Dude this is such an amazing video especially that's it's your first as well! Great job and I'm excited to see what other videos you come up with!

[@connerbrown7569]

This was awesome! Would love to see a video on how you progressed over time and how you got so good. Any favorite resources or teachers?

[@jebcozby]

Great video! Very cool seeing your process.

[@scarletforces]

Here cause of Sinix, staying cause of the awesome content!

[@Mmmmatcha]

This was a great video, thank you I feel like I learned so much. I’d love to see a video on dynamic lighting if that’s something you’d consider doing, I’ve looked for videos before but I’d really appreciate one catered directly to dummies like myself who can’t keep track of all the terminology :)

[@sneakonceaweek7231]

Awsome vid! Too bad its the only vid for noww cuz i wanna wwatch moooooorrrrrrrrreeeeeee Ur art is so cool!!

[@sneakonceaweek7231]

Update: O wow Nem gondoltam vollna hogyu te is magyar vagy! Mindig nagyon jo magyar muveszekre bukkanni amikor nem is gondoltam volna. hogy magyarok!

[@callmenaka]

@@sneakonceaweek7231 akár hova mész, mindig találsz egy magyart :D

[@Ian0009ful]

Awesome work, dude! I really liked it! What kind of square brush did you use to do those linearts?

[@MrAwesomeTheAwesome]

Fell in love with the style and charm of your artwork while watching through the latest Chroma Corp recap. *So* excited when I saw you put out this video, instant subscribe. Also, damn, it's well-made. I love the editing and all! If you're taking suggestions for future video ideas, I'd love to see you go through how you use brushes/tools to create some of the textures you have here. I saw some bits and pieces, like how you did the lettering, some of the straps with lines cut out in the middle, etc. And I fully plan on testing out and studying those! But I'd love to hear your thoughts/advice too. Also different approaches to linework and building up a piece, like how you mentioned block-in, using a single layer to keep the energy of the sketch. Always interested in techniques to try out! Also, I really like your post-processing and how you make things feel professional and polished - your finishing work, essentially. I picked up on some film grain and chromatic aberration in a couple of your Instagram pieces. A subtle effect, but *very* cool. Would love a video on finishing, presentation, layout, as well! Again, I love your work! Excited to see what you make next, digital art and videos! Okay, enough fanboying from me. Thank you for the video, appreciate you! Cheers!

[@Daemonpool65]

Blown away! Your process is amazing

[@arihellna4447]

У меня стойкое ощущение, что Энджи - повзрослевшая Ванилопа (из мультфильма Ральф) пошла играть в классического сапёра)) Очень круто получилось!

[@diegovalera5545]

Excellent video, I'm really hoping to watch more like this one as I think it will be very helpful in my studies :)

[@ChaosTool93]

Would love a deep dive into your previous Designs, they look great

[@solenaj0y]

You reminded me so much of another KZbinr I watch that I genuinely did not realize you weren’t an artist I knew until you mentioned it’s your first video xD Thankyu for sharing your knowledge for learning artists! 💞 Shape language is sooo important and having a good ratio of large and small shapes is key for a balanced overall design ✨

[@elumbo]

great video! Very interesting! Character ended up awesome too, super cool!

[@rapasdecoeur7017]

That was great ! The video is well presented, the art is very good and you talk in details about the problems faced and how you solved them, that's the kind of concept art videos I really like :)

[@spoki1519]

thank you for the input!!

[@celsofx]

good stuff! I love that Sinix noticed a lot of improvement in different areas than what you were planning. it goes to show you are improving all around

[@ScreenzET]

Ok that vid was soo interesting ! Had alot of good ideas to help out my next design... Thanks mate ^^

[@steg3823]

Its honestly been a long while since iv seen new process tricks this is really cool to see dude! I can tell your very used to it. Said already on discord but welcome to video land. its hard but worth it

[@gotsmii8949]

Style is so funky and cool i love

[@LinusZambiasi]

Thank you for blessing us with this video😌

[@funky_pepe]

woah thats my favorite youtuber naka tv

[@ofelia0u8]

woah it's funky tv

[@irenecentelles3676]

Thank u so much for your video. I want to improve my concept art skills and seeing somebody improving them along the way ans sharing specific solutions it's very helpful!

[@bryanho7376]

Awesome vid! I'd love to see some of your approaches on graphic design elements. I noticed in the video that you take a very analogue approach(ex. tracing over font templates, using brushes for graphics, no vector program etc). What is that process like and how did you come to that conclusion? Thanks!

[@callmenaka]

unsing illustrator like vector programs are alwasy great for easy scale and simple but clean designs. Same goes for just picking a nice fonttype. When i'm over drawing them, that usually means that i'm not looking for clean design, but something that astethicly match the rest of the design. I's a small tuch, but makes things more coherent.

[@bryanho7376]

@@callmenaka I'd love to see a video going over the impact of graphic design, and how it can make a design instantly more coherent. I think your approach is great with the simple, but nuanced touches(ex. the danger signs, labels etc). I thought the logo you made for Grim 9 was extremely well done:) I'm guessing you used the same approaches there to make it feel more coherent. Not sure if this is personal bias, I don't see many channels covering more graphic types of art. KZbin meta seems to be mostly painterly-anime style, or illustration, besides Sinix haha Anyway, can't wait to see what you make in the future!

[@clownclot]

Oh MAN im already obsessed

[@fredy8681]

OOh! Got heaps to think about now, very enlightening. Also that design was super creative!!!! Can't wait to see more!

[@calevonholdt3780]

Love your workflow with the Lineart, I always have the problem of my Lines being stiff when creating a new layer and redrawing everything. I think i will try out your method with refining the Lineart - Are there any tips you could give in terms of what brush is good for this technique? Subbed btw!

[@callmenaka]

Brushes with clear edges, 100% on oppacity, pressure only changes size. The basic round brush is a good starter, anything similar to that can work i guess, i use a rectangle shaped one.

[@calevonholdt3780]

@@callmenaka thank you !

[@jojodelacroix]

Wow. What a really great video. For my 2-cents-- and take this with a grain of salt because I am way less experienced than you or Sinix-- the thing that really stuck out to me with the original design was that some of the shapes/lines looked really idk stiff and a bit awkward? so around her waist, the shirt and pants follow nearly parallel with one another. And even though she has a towel tucked into her waistband, it doesn't alter the line much (oh nvm. Ig those are her overalls pulled down). It feels like there should be more variation there. Now that I realize it is her overalls, it doesn't feel like they are draped over and pulling down. They feel too tight for what they are supposed to be. The arm holding the power tool feels weird to me. I like how it's on her hip with a sharper angle in the mockup in the bottom right. Here it feels awkwardly in between. Knowing that her arm itself is straight, it feel like the jacket is a bit too curved almost. Idk. Also the knee pads she has on look oddly flesh colored so at first I thought they were holes in her pants. The shape of the pads don't seem to follow along well with the contours of things and they don't feel thick enough to read as being substantial. All of this being said, I really like the OG girl's vibe. Especially in the bottom right panel. She feels a bit nerdy, awkward, a bit uncomfortable. She does feel like a girl you'd meet that was a bit more comfortable working on machines and computers than communicating with other humans. Also, I really appreciate the graphic design elements used to frame your characters. Both the original and the new version. You have the chewed pencil lying on the paper. The little signage. The broken/segmented frame around the character sheets. It's totally not needed, but makes the whole thing look so much nicer and crisper. Like, I love the designs in general and would save them as a reference photo, but I'd legit use the picture where Engie is leaning up against the table as a wallpaper. To my credit, Sinix did go on to say the OG design was a bit stiff and the revamped design better used shapes, so I think that was something he noticed as well. (Oddly enough, you mention how he noted that a lot in your revamp but he didn't seem to mention it much in the original critique). Which, honestly, makes me a bit happy because it means that I'm at least able to critically understand where some of these mistakes are happening even if I'm not able to replicate some of the same type of awesome work that you guys are doing. Thanks for this video though. It was really inspirational. It's always cool seeing someone that is clearly very talented show some of their journey to improving. For someone like me, who is a relative novice, being able to see that even someone I think is leagues better than me still has to learn more is really helpful to remember that it's about the journey. OMG! This was your first video? I'm so sad. I was super excited to check out your other work! Well, I will be subscribing for sure! I'd love to see videos on some of your past projects, especially the ones you mentioned early in the video about where you won and came in 2nd place.

[@bibee-b5w]

It's amazing design and video quality!! The first video!? I thought you were deep in the trenches there! So cool❤

[@Concept_Watson]

This small KZbinr looks like Sinix

[@soysource3218]

What did Sinix mean by "pushing the second mech joint"? It could be pushing the shapes or pushing the complexity.

[@callmenaka]

Both, or either if that's solve the problem.

[@khetashey]

Amazing video! I love how Engie turned out.

[@Sedokun]

Thank you for the video, I like it! Main question. Are you going to upload more?

[@callmenaka]

yep

[@Rickynovantotto]

Thanks youtube algorithm, you did good for once

[@omaior20]

It's crazy that its your first youtube video and KZbin randomly recommends it to me right away after its release. As feed back I think video turned out great, and for design I think its slightly bottom heavy, the vagabond node could have more of a "tool" look to it instead of just a server and the vagabond workstation could have a little more personality to it like an AI assistant that follows its owner around and interacts with it.

[@harvey4548]

Fire video! Very informational

[@KronoXP]

I knew subbing with notis on would be worth it eventually