Fixing your boring character designs

Streamed on   / pikat   Time for another concept art critique! We'll be taking a look at how we can dive deeper into a character backstories and personality, and how we can more effectively use references to make your character designs more compelling.

Edited by ‪@chashuu0‬

My CSP pencil and brush details:
https://pikatartist.gumroad.com/l/pencil
https://pikatartist.gumroad.com/l/har...

00:00 - Intro
00:42 - The Character
01:33 - Character feels boring
02:30 - Digging deeper into character backstory
03:18 - A strong visual concept
05:05 - Not using references correctly
07:13 - THE character design practice
08:28 - Expression and pose
09:21 - Finishing up

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