How to make your character designs more interesting

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I regularly do viewer critiques on my stream at / pikat , so let's see if they can become helpful videos too! I try to improve this character design by adjust the overall drawing, as well as being more thoughtful in some of the design decisions.
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00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Perspective fix
02:50 - Design details
05:57 - Make your designs functional
Featured artist: / yodogama
Edited by @SkysagiOP
BGM by Christopher Larken
Collosia - Greenpath (Hollow Knight Lo-Fi)
emphase - Reflections (Hollow Knight Lo-fi)
emphase - Queen's Garden (Hollow Knight Lo-fi)
releya - Kingdom's Edge (Hollow Knight Lo-fi)
Hollow Knight - White Palace (Slow Remix - Lo-fi Piano)

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  • @thatonewaff2552
    @thatonewaff2552Ай бұрын

    really like how this video can basically be summed up as "have good fundamentals --> Win"

  • @Rappenem

    @Rappenem

    Ай бұрын

    It do be like that

  • @jordanmatthew6315

    @jordanmatthew6315

    Ай бұрын

    That is the whole point, and it's fun seeing what we "think" we know, verses what we "need" to know. It's refreshing.

  • @AceBradMan
    @AceBradManАй бұрын

    0:52 i dont know how or why, but felt a new brain wrinkle form when i saw this. You managed to simplify perspective on the human body to much so that i was able to finally get a grasp of it after years of struggling, so thanks a lot pikat

  • @SpickyCuddleBear
    @SpickyCuddleBearАй бұрын

    honestly this is such an underrated channel, its legit perfect for me

  • @BinksGoes_Nyoom
    @BinksGoes_NyoomАй бұрын

    I really love how you critique character design without 'Roasting' them! I know a lot of people like the roast approach for comedic purposes but this truly ads so much more value to the advice! ❤we need more people like this!

  • @luie0798
    @luie0798Ай бұрын

    I think another thing that could have been adjusted are the colours because most of them looked relativley the same except for the hair, horns and tail.

  • @sheppin_
    @sheppin_Ай бұрын

    I feel like it's been difficult to find good art critiques recently. One that is kind, thoughtful, and not completely drowning in bias. I really like this one because you managed to make the character feel like themself while also being more polished. All your advice was very useful, as well, and was worded in a way that's unlikely to confuse or mislead new artists. Good video and good critique :)

  • @thebomu
    @thebomuАй бұрын

    The original pose had more energy and made the overall shape more interesting and I prefere the bare feet, makes him more animalistic. The rest was nice.

  • @oswell_draws
    @oswell_drawsАй бұрын

    I really like your character critiques 😊

  • @oswell_draws

    @oswell_draws

    Ай бұрын

    @NovaDoesArt Hoping??? Get back to it 🔥🔥🔥🔥😊

  • @muhaned4957
    @muhaned4957Ай бұрын

    Bro I remember you doing thatpunchkid thumbnails, sorry for losing your job, your videos are really great keep it up fella

  • @randyrandy2460

    @randyrandy2460

    Ай бұрын

    The Brock Hampton animation dude?

  • @RaidenKunii

    @RaidenKunii

    Ай бұрын

    Wait wtf i never knew this

  • @TeabagsOnToast
    @TeabagsOnToastАй бұрын

    I love seeing people's OCs but I can't make one myself. I always get washed over with a wave of cringe and I can't help it😭

  • @AkaiNabi

    @AkaiNabi

    Ай бұрын

    Probably just have fun! Think, why would you do this oc? Possible comic/manga/book/novel? An alternate you in x w z universe? Do it just for you; you don't even have to post anywhere, if you want to try it. Hope this helps ✨ (in my experience, just doing as a sketch and then flesh it a bit a time without posting at first helps with that cringe feeling)

  • @djroscurro9859

    @djroscurro9859

    Ай бұрын

    EMBRACE THE CRINGE

  • @Dancinglemon

    @Dancinglemon

    Ай бұрын

    TO BE CRINGE IS TO BE FREE

  • @THEFALLEN_offical

    @THEFALLEN_offical

    14 күн бұрын

    EMBRACE THE CRINGE COMRADE!!!

  • @AINEET
    @AINEETАй бұрын

    Holy cow it went from a great drawing to being alive

  • @adeptgirl3454
    @adeptgirl3454Ай бұрын

    Tell Yodogama the pen nib tail was a super cool design element!

  • @Moma_spam2
    @Moma_spam2Ай бұрын

    Hollow knight music is the best ❤

  • @Yhushe
    @YhusheАй бұрын

    Insane design glow-up, I hope your channel gets bigger soon :)

  • @xdmomentum8346
    @xdmomentum834621 күн бұрын

    This is really good! Please make more of these critiques.

  • @nathanadams8044
    @nathanadams8044Ай бұрын

    Those simple and short tips/reasons for adding or changing x part of this design did more to help me understand character design than some other lengthier in-depth videos i've tried watching about character design (and perspective) xD. Will definitely sub and check out your other videos.

  • @Dancinglemon
    @DancinglemonАй бұрын

    I love that your videos are short and to the point. The OG art was already really good but I love what you added too, really felt like I was reinforcing and learning by watching :)

  • @mimthyss
    @mimthyssАй бұрын

    This is awesome! Love videos like this, character design is so interesting to me. You can really see how you took the essence of the design and 'amped it up' in a way, it was already really cool but it's defo even more interesting by the end. Thanks for such a neat video, I hope you do more!

  • @IamHattman
    @IamHattmanАй бұрын

    Theres some fantastic stuff in here that will help me with designing the crew for my current project. Thanks!❤

  • @BananaJuice-ue6pi
    @BananaJuice-ue6piАй бұрын

    I love all the advice here. I think there is def some stuff here I can improve on too. Also the lofi HK ost is such a vibe!

  • @Remirlis
    @RemirlisАй бұрын

    I do think the outstretched arm pose has more action to it, making it look like he is unscrolling the map.

  • @suu1998

    @suu1998

    Ай бұрын

    but it doesn't make sense to have the arm have "action" while the rest of the body is stationary. it looks completely wrong 😅

  • @Dancinglemon

    @Dancinglemon

    Ай бұрын

    @@suu1998to me, it would be one of those situations where you could ignore reality for the sake of aesthetics. The critique was incredible but that was the one thing I felt was another posing option instead of an improvement.

  • @whos__sam
    @whos__samАй бұрын

    i can watch these all day

  • @pampamtamtam4001
    @pampamtamtam4001Ай бұрын

    Adding that brush did so much for the design

  • @ObsoletePerson
    @ObsoletePersonАй бұрын

    Holy smokes, you did amazingly. I really loved how you did all that with what is effectively sketching but it's still such a solid design transformation. I think I would actually pay money to commission you for a service like this. Also, yeah, that design has an amazing base. Lot of muted and earth-y colours, with even the bluish hair and yellow eyes looking a bit stained, and then you have these sharp magenta demonic parts that stand out amazingly from that.

  • @AXELROB12
    @AXELROB12Ай бұрын

    Oh this series is going to be a hit I really enjoyed this

  • @ashfield4313
    @ashfield4313Ай бұрын

    Very cool design and awesome revisions.

  • @Gibmeprimogemss
    @GibmeprimogemssАй бұрын

    I want more character design critiques! I like this video a lot

  • @reeve7199
    @reeve7199Ай бұрын

    HELLO!!!!! i love your art style its so amazing. you and a some other creators are getting me addicted to drawing!!!

  • @Ifargannoam
    @IfargannoamАй бұрын

    thank you for another great video . one of the best youtubers i follow

  • @Absbor
    @AbsborАй бұрын

    thank you for this video. i'll keep this in mind

  • @foolsenigma
    @foolsenigmaАй бұрын

    I never understood why i couldnt figure out how to do a top down perspective until you said the word vanishing point. How did i never figure that out before. Thank you for that!

  • @evemilkchan1071
    @evemilkchan1071Ай бұрын

    very cool, need more, appreciate your content

  • @GoldenPhaze
    @GoldenPhazeАй бұрын

    I love how the tail is a quill very interesting design

  • @RedpurrFox
    @RedpurrFoxАй бұрын

    Where have you been my whole life? This makes me feel so nice and sleepy and so easy to understand what to do and what to not do with Character design

  • @sara0w0q
    @sara0w0qАй бұрын

    i really love your work, also u really know to put the words together :D

  • @myrb2622
    @myrb2622Ай бұрын

    I am very glad to see this become a little series sort of thing. A really rad character design too from Yodogama (wonderful name and I'm assuming Monster Hunter reference) Although the one thing I think could be critiqued a little more on the design is I was genuinely a little shocked when I heard that it was set in a sci-fi and futuristic setting. It looks more fantasy with modern elements. Which maybe that is intentional in the overall story or setting, maybe the demon world is more fantasy and less advanced? But I feel like incorporating even something small that really does add a futuristic or sci-fi vibe to it would help communicate that. Edit: I felt like I should add a suggestion/idea and not just a minor critique. Maybe make the arrow on the hood have a neon glow?

  • @-blanky
    @-blankyАй бұрын

    a 5-star critique indeed❤

  • @Dorar47
    @Dorar4727 күн бұрын

    Wow this is amazing

  • @randirafaeli
    @randirafaeliАй бұрын

    Hearing the music I can't wait for the next hollow knight stream.

  • @Bamdeidz
    @BamdeidzАй бұрын

    Oh my godddddddd this was SO NICE

  • @xhayneradar5688
    @xhayneradar5688Ай бұрын

    Love the hollow knight music in the background too

  • @Zictive
    @ZictiveАй бұрын

    I always melt everytime I hear the HollowKnight OST anywhere.

  • @kaifuuuuuuuuu
    @kaifuuuuuuuuu21 күн бұрын

    i just realized that pikat using hollow knight background, but yeahhh.. i learned alot:3

  • @TheLionrazor
    @TheLionrazorАй бұрын

    why are your videos just banger after banger

  • @HealthXPotions
    @HealthXPotionsАй бұрын

    the greenpath theme remix hits hard.

  • @SOoshi_art
    @SOoshi_artАй бұрын

    Alright this is helpful, thank you

  • @ishaan_ch1136
    @ishaan_ch1136Ай бұрын

    damn good shit, shows me how much i have to learn

  • @trasher534
    @trasher534Ай бұрын

    That smol pikat head thingy is so cute

  • @lordlumi6666
    @lordlumi6666Ай бұрын

    i want more of these videos

  • @xoxLee
    @xoxLeeАй бұрын

    Underated hope u reach 1m soon..🎉

  • @Tarazed609
    @Tarazed60918 күн бұрын

    I love that being an artist is basically this line; "Oh wow, this is neat, let me steal that!" ahahah :D

  • @DarcDraws
    @DarcDrawsАй бұрын

    Love the Greenpath vibes 🎶

  • @krypt0nim
    @krypt0nimАй бұрын

    Love the hollow knight songs in the back

  • @higorgabriel2598
    @higorgabriel2598Ай бұрын

    I feel like a lot of the video can be summed up as "be deliberate", I'm not gonna come here and say that you should be able to tell what the character's all about when looking at them, but you should be able to feel like the design reflects what the character is about, basically, when you tell me the character's supposed to be an artist, I should feel like: "yeah, I can see that."

  • @roilopez4274
    @roilopez4274Ай бұрын

    I luv ur vids so much, specially with a cup of hot cocoe

  • @neruoue123
    @neruoue123Ай бұрын

    I have your stream on another tab lol having two PIKAT at a time!

  • @KSKY2012
    @KSKY2012Ай бұрын

    This is a very informative video! I'll definitely take all these details in mind when making character designs :) But I can't help but ask, what are cutlines? (mentioned at 8:10) If you explained already it in a different video you made, then can you please send a link? Once again, thanks for the informative video B)

  • @musashira
    @musashiraАй бұрын

    I Love it !!!!!!!

  • @michaelmorris8696
    @michaelmorris8696Ай бұрын

    Love the hollow knight music

  • @CushionSapp
    @CushionSappАй бұрын

    Fun critique

  • @phie_ahr
    @phie_ahrАй бұрын

    The original was already such a cool design! And you made it even cooler! Love it! (Btw, can you monetize the video using hollow knight music? 🤔 )

  • @B0ud10u
    @B0ud10uАй бұрын

    It's awesome ^^

  • @ismaelflorido8918
    @ismaelflorido8918Ай бұрын

    Oh pikat, i love you

  • @NothingHereForYou
    @NothingHereForYouАй бұрын

    PIKAT I just stalked you for a second and on instagram and saw you were a software engineer and your now into art. Just wanted to say that is pretty cool. Im torn between learning programming or learning how to draw to become a storyboard artist. Both seem interesting so its cool to see you did both and i dont really need to drop one or the other. Any advice?

  • @thomasbuchser7695
    @thomasbuchser7695Ай бұрын

    the lo-fi hollow knight song 🔥

  • @samankucher5117
    @samankucher5117Ай бұрын

    very informative :)

  • @XonTheFantastic
    @XonTheFantasticАй бұрын

    amazing video

  • @gabriela3345
    @gabriela3345Ай бұрын

    pikat!! could u talk about face expressions? or getting better at then? have any tips?

  • @gabrielmatos7202
    @gabrielmatos7202Ай бұрын

    Love the Hollow Knight music

  • @MissSun23
    @MissSun23Ай бұрын

    Love the video :D People, please come on the streams, they're very fun!

  • @nixsnowsong6732
    @nixsnowsong6732Ай бұрын

    What specifically were you referring to with "cut lines" towards the end?

  • @nekotiq
    @nekotiqАй бұрын

    Interesting that Pikat gave the boy girl sandals, lol. At least Moses sandals could have worked, lol. What a quick google search would have displayed. Tech wear with medieval sandals, lol.

  • @AoBattaCH
    @AoBattaCHАй бұрын

    I feel some Eleking reference on the original. Maybe an Ultraman fan?

  • @cutelycanthropy
    @cutelycanthropyАй бұрын

    how do people summit oc's for critiques? or do you just get asked and help? (im curious i have a few designs

  • @Dede_Mega_Redd
    @Dede_Mega_ReddАй бұрын

    We got pikat using hollow knight music before silksong. 😭😭😭 (Amazing art as always, love this guys style)

  • @CelioHogane
    @CelioHoganeАй бұрын

    Awww you removed the feet's back claw :(

  • @talerzyk2827
    @talerzyk2827Ай бұрын

    YUH UH!!!

  • @obsession9298
    @obsession9298Ай бұрын

    hey pikat, which drawing tablet do you use?

  • @ercck
    @ercckАй бұрын

    Don’t think we didn’t notice the hollow knight music right after you started playing

  • @hartovamaverick5008
    @hartovamaverick5008Ай бұрын

    Pikat seems to prefer to keep her seam in. 💀

  • @bara_bee
    @bara_bee28 күн бұрын

    the hollow knight music caught me so off guard lol

  • @AstronScion
    @AstronScionАй бұрын

    Nice

  • @gogojz81473
    @gogojz81473Ай бұрын

    lo-fi hollow knight? hell yeah

  • @nearspriteqt
    @nearspriteqtАй бұрын

    Hell ye

  • @Winter_is_dying
    @Winter_is_dyingАй бұрын

    thank you person who is totally not way older than me and is gen z

  • @jimy4451
    @jimy44515 күн бұрын

    You should open with 'welcome to criquikat with pikat'..... I think it sounds nicer. 0_0

  • @phinphan1467
    @phinphan1467Ай бұрын

    Yo Pikat Jesus loves you 💪🏼🙏🏼

  • @everfluctuating
    @everfluctuatingАй бұрын

    seam in 😏

  • @depressedtraingirl1056
    @depressedtraingirl10566 күн бұрын

    I like model

  • @imnugget8085
    @imnugget8085Ай бұрын

    So what he mess up is drawing a cube

  • @KAZUUUUMOM
    @KAZUUUUMOMАй бұрын

    Thank you for your wonderful insight for character design I'm looking for to see more of this This is Will be my favorite series ( ˘ ³˘)♥

  • @pecoliky8793
    @pecoliky8793Ай бұрын

    im scared to submit mine lol

  • @redskull7435
    @redskull7435Ай бұрын

    Boxikat

  • @zippdoesstuffyt
    @zippdoesstuffytАй бұрын

    here at 796 views. 231 likes

  • @neolordie
    @neolordieАй бұрын

    Keeping my arm straight is supposed to be uncomfortable?

  • @plsnotme
    @plsnotmeАй бұрын

    extremely gas use of the hollow knight soundtrack

  • @seraaron
    @seraaronАй бұрын

    I LOVE YOUR VTUBE MODEL!

  • @uchihaitachi5726
    @uchihaitachi5726Ай бұрын

    more

  • @method341
    @method341Ай бұрын

    Is your voice AI?

  • @rodrigo_tm

    @rodrigo_tm

    Ай бұрын

    No

  • @ZetaUrsaeMajoris
    @ZetaUrsaeMajorisАй бұрын

    Yo, 64 views in 2 minutes? Pikat really fell off.

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