Fixing your boring character designs

Streamed on https://twitch.tv/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.

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

Edited by @chashuu0

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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