What Makes A Good Character Design?
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using shapes to define a character?
yeah phineas and ferb did that to the extreme.
XD
I mean you're not wrong. I've never seen a single episode, but just from memes and the occasional clip I know that Phineas is the "schemer" always coming up with some crazy idea for how to have fun over the Summer, and likewise Ferb is a bit of a stoic who's always there to see things through. Their designs sell who they are really well.
@@SingeScorcher the creator means it literally too; if u look at it phineas looks like a p and ferb looks like and f
We all remember how Phineas looks forward...
@@KazuhaEien
W
O/\O
\-/
“It shows that Jotaro, despite how he looks, is still of school age”
Me, whose never watched JoJo: I’m sorry, he’s *what*
Yes. He's 17 in the pictures shown in the video
He's 27 in part 4 and 40 something in part 6 but he still looks the same.
@@salsachicken4206 fax
@Captain Zorc ikr he looks younger
To be fair, I was 6'4" and had a full beard at 17 so it's not that unlikely
Saitama is so easy to recognize, he literally just an egg bro
LMAO
eggxactly
FineRNG- Eggcelent joke, bro
Genos can draw him in 20 seconds
Saw him at a store the other day.
_sees jotaro in thumbnail_
Jojo fans: *_I've seen enough, I'm satisfied._*
*PROCEEDS TO TAKE OVER COMMENT SECTION*
YES
nice profile pic
@@DABUNGINATOR wholesome reunion
MOOD
Bruh, Araki gave personality to a frickin city just by character design.
Morioh is the main character in part 4
Ambulance*
@@sketcher4362 lmao
Also Araki (probably) "When were they in morioh?"
Truly a beautiful duwang
@@sketcher4362 The hero doesn't always necessarily have to be the protagonist.
How to make a character:
Step 1: Think of a Muscular Greek Statue
Step 2: Put gangster clothes on them
You mean Jojo?
@@siriusk1453 LMAOOOO
Giorno!
Bam perfect
GioGio
"Triangle means danger"
Phineas: I just had the best idea!
To be fair, his ideas are kinda dangerous for a kid to be doing.
I mean he *IS* dangerous imagine if he is a villain with his ability to invent and build such a thing we never knew what je can do with it
Ramiel the 5th Angel:
*silent anger*
That's why Ferbs head is rectangular, he's reliable at cleaning up Phineas messes.
I saw someone also say a triangle represents edge, so I thought “phineas do be do ba be making school shooting jokes”
"Who's that Pokemon?" is basically character silhouette design in a nutshell.
Iiiit's... Jotaro!
Yesss
"It's Voltorb"
"Nope! It's Jigglypuff as seen from above"
You thought it was a pokemon, but it was I DIO
@@mr.sandman7339
ITS PIKACHU
ITS CLEFAIRY
FUUUUU-
I clicked for Jojo.
Stayed to understand the meaning of character design.
Wasn't disappointed.
A Lonely Person I came to learn about character design I stayed for taiga
Damn wasn’t expecting to see best girl taiga , what a pleasant surprise
I clicked for jojo I stayed for jojo I was jojoed
@@reroman3950 same smh
Came for JoJo
Stayed for JoJo
JoJoed for JoJo
JoJo? Jo-Jo
"Two belts" slang meaning
1) Fat
2)Jotaro Kujo
1) Fatass
2) Badass
@@2350CST That moment when the reply is better than the comment
i love how it is just showing ceasar's headband just to subtly remind you of joseph's sins.
You mean
1) big fat shlong*
Jotaro:
O R A
my man jotaro needs two belts to contain his audacity
Man need two belt to contain his Ball of -Steel- Platinum.
@@w_ldan *Stardust of platinum
@@pavi-hd3xo i don't even know anymore
You mean his enormous
Badassness
@@magentapurpleyap5566 You mean his ENORMOUS ......
*YOU FELL FOR IT, YOU FOOL!!!*
*THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!!!!!*
Making a good character:
1: Make him 195 cm tall
2: Extremely buff
3: Give him a hat
4: Make him look like always pissed off / Or always funny
short answer:
jotaro
I'm sorry, him? Characters can't be female anymore?
@@residentkane Its Jojo so Jolyne
Unpopular opinion: Stone Ocean not canon. Araki made all characters female just for rebuild our heterosexuality.
@@residentkane Its referencing Jotaro Kujo. In this case, no, Jotaro isn't female
Chooses Jotaro for a good character design, man of culture
DeadMemes NeedToStayDead or gangstar Giorno
@G O D or crippled Johnny
@@igbinedion6410 or amnesiac josuke
Other than Giorno, Jotaro has the most iconic character design on JoJo. (And DIO of course)
@@heusant sure.
“Iconic character designs..”
*Laughs in Phineas and Ferb*
*laughs in Doritos*
@Señorita You cant do that! You created a *LAUGH PARADOX!!!* DONT MESS WITH THE COMEDY. You have to U N D E R S T A N D the comedy!
...*Laughs in Mario*
I mean they just serve to reinforce his points. Shapes of their heads can tell us quite a bit about their respective personalities.
*Laughs in laughs*
stevenazx
*laughs in plain potato*
Jotaro's hat IS his hair.
Well some of his hat is hair
No his hat comes of in one of the episodes and it shows it's ripped
Part 4: jotaro is the hat
Wow he really must take hours in the morning to brush his hair like that
PD : i don't watch jojo, so i have no idea about that tall gentleman
@@Speed_Zamaa ,,Gentleman"
One thing I would like to add, a good character design works in basically EVERY art style, not only in a single one, using that certain color palette, those clothes, that body type, and even the size comparison with other character in the universe, just watch at some The Simpsons intros, they change the art in a lot of them to things completely different and redesigning all character for fit in that art style, but even then that base for the character is still recognisable and tell what you need to know about the character.
WHO AAAAAAAAAAAAAASKKEEED?
@@peaceomolola9230 People who know me, unlike you who keeps replying to people who don't care about your existence because nobody loves you.
@@juanrodriguez9971 bruh if a simpson character were put in hollow knight format they'd look like shiz so....
@@peaceomolola9230 Bro wtf
@@shi-chan5779 ? Im spitting facts
"background-chan" is an amazing term.
Jet Jenkins your profile picture is fabulous
I remember an image with the typical anime school class labeled "guess the main character"
All of them could qualify.
Nice profile pic
Never next to the door, sometimes in the middle-front, almost always somewhere in the back next to the window
Sometimes she could be the best girl but we barely get to see her.
I've never watched Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, but I never forgot his design once I first saw him
I want to watch it now. I've seen many videos about it and it looks cool
@yeetmaster 123 alrighty
SAMEE
yeetmaster 123 what kind of a degenerate says part 1 is boring?
ew
0:41 Joseph when he tryin to find Dio
Mans has to destroy one every single time he wants to see something
Even Dio has a better version of Hermit Purple
Lmao
Giorno:
-Likes doughnuts
-Has huge chest muscles
-Ladybug favorite animal
-Rather to stay out of mainstream fashion
-Has a dream
I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream
Kono Giorno Giovanna ni wa yume ga aru
@@rymaix ho mukatte kuru no ka
Ah yes Ladybug is an animal
@@nibieodude7689 Can you tell me what do you think they are before being sarcastic? Plants? Fungi?
50% of comments are normal
*200% COMMENTS IS ABOUT JOJO*
Joven Sanchez for some odd reason stand users seem to be drawn to each other
This must be the work of an enemy stand.
Okay so what’s wrong?
^Found the fan who feels concerned.
As you're looking for a "bad" reason, imo, it somehow casts shadow on potential pieces of advice or interesting comments. But hey, "iS iT a JoJo ReFeReNcE ?"
200+50=250% ? Which is more than 100%? Are you stupid or something?
Me: how many comment sections are you going to take over?!
JoJo fans: how many slice of bread have you eaten in your life?
Dammit he knows
slices of bread 5, entire bread i dunno
Eh, 12.
JO JO
GULH-DEN-WEEND
Fun fact! In fashion Design school, they taught us that fashion sketching is 8-9 heads rather than 7. That may relate to why jojo characters are that tall
Considering how Araki also takes very liberal influences from high fashion and artists like Paul Gauguin and Antonio Lopez to generate his character designs I'd say you're spot on
You know why?
@@ramonzapato1350 why is it 8 heads? Well there's no concrete reason why. Some theorise that the "ideal" height for showing clothi g is 5"8 at the time or it helps with pattern making of the garment
@@Bonovasitch Araki literally collaberated with Gucci in a clothing line, and is the only manga artist to date to be featured in the Louvre. Man is part of high fashion, and he earned that place
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One of the character design mistakes (I believe) are stereotypical anime face. If all of the characters have the same face shape, it would be hard to vary them. The reason why I like JBA and other old animes they have varieties of faces and identity. If anime faces varied, you can make all the characters memorable.
You're right. Animes like JJBA, One Piece, Demon slayer, etc has one of the best character designs in anime. Because the designs defines it personality traits while still maintaining it's distinct look.
There are also character designs that have this same face syndrome but can be depicted through their hair, which is possible to differentiate personality in a glance if done properly
Great opinion
The eyes. The eyes can totally make or break a character design. You can’t really put cute baby eyes on a reserved, introverted, cold guy and make it make sense.
@@fabriceghazi2118 no not demon slayer the characters have eyes bigger then half there head with a 1 cm nose and no chin
How to draw a good character:
Step 1: Draw Joseph Joestar (any age)
Step 2: Celebrate
YES! YES! YES!
OH MY GOOWWD!
*NICEU NICEU* *_VERY NICEU CAT LAMPUH CHAN_*
HOOORRRY SHIT
Not to be rude but I wasnt a very big fan of his design, I think jotaro or even Jonothan looks better
How to make a good character design:
Step 1: *_J O J O_*
Step 2:
Step 3: ???
Step 4: *P R O F I T*
Yes Yes Yes Yes
@@shishimaakaao663 YES
Step 2 was scraped away by ZA HANDO
Step 6: more JOJO
When he talked about Jotaro I picked up my statue of him and it was like a virtual tour.
Nice lol
😭😭😭😭😭😭lmfaoooo
Lmaooo
In my opinion Good character design is a design that compliments the personality of the character.
For example when I first sore Bakugo first thing I thought is he an delinquent
Why getting spoiled about a character's personality by his character design is good ?
@@user-hq4iv9we1t because it makes them incredibly recognizable
Well, it depends on what type of show you are going for. If you are going for much action, characters with standing out design work, because you can't really mix them and you get to know them even in fight scenes
@@Parrooo But why something easily recognizable is necessarily good ? That means if a charadesign doesn't reflect the character personality is bad ?
@@user-hq4iv9we1t because if you don't have a good visual memory, you may confuse with who the characters are, especially if there are two of them that look similar.
Also, a good design makes the character more "special", along with their personality. Cuz while the personality makes the character's decisions, the design, as we said, makes their recognizability.
I think it's funny in the case for Evangelion where Shinji's design is very simple but he manages to stick out perfectly.
That's part of what makes him so great. He's not a stylized or over the top character like most anime protagonists. He's just a kid in way over his head and everything about him reflects that.
His lack of visual flair makes him stand out against the more vibrant designs of characters like Misato, Rei, Asuka and even Gendo with his iconic pose. He looks like a normal person surrounded by anime characters.
Even comparing him to someone like Light from Death Note, Shinji never gets those moments of visual flair and stylization that accompany Light's more powerful moments. Both look like normal people but Shinji is treated as mundane visually.
The story wouldn't work if he was anything else.
matching him to the fucking nuts environment of Evangelion in world full of colour he is black and white :)
Same with Akame ga kill
That's a sign of a great design. The Persona series has some really great design, especially in 5, where everyone can simultaneously blend into a crowd, yet unique enough to easily stand out to us.
notice how his shirt tucks in sliming his waist, which gives him a femanine look, along with his lanky limbs and shy smile it suggest a fragile but kind hearted being. Its incredible how somthing so small can make such a huge impact on the character.
Dang, I wish I'd watched this earlier before designing a bunch of characters. My character design strategy was 'Make the cool guys look cool'.
Crazy Boris Productions There are two kinds of people; the people who do this, and liars.
Some of the designs I've seen of yours sort of actually fit what's described here, even if not intentionally. Take, say, Ocho and Apophis from Dungeon Dynamite. Ocho (is that how it's spelt?) looks like he'd be confident, care about his appearance and try to be the star of the show. Apophis fits the shape geometry decently as well, being very square to suggest the reliability and rounded edges, which fit to his more quiet and supporting role. This shape logic could be applied to Euler as well. In short, claim credit for good character design and run for the hills.
i've got no complaints about the characters, soo.... yeah. You keep doing you
Yours do communicate. The mark of good character designers is when you can convey the messages without intended to. If your mind can just feel the characters as they are, your doing it right
I was thinking to make the characters looks good, have possibly good persenality, and fit when placed together
Jotaro's part 3 design consists of triangles and squares, representing his outer agressive/rude nature, and still showing his reliability. In part 4, he has less triangularity, showing that he has matured and is more calm.
all the jotaros presented by the stonks man
part 3 jotaro:angery
part 4 jotaro:Kalm
part 5 jotaro:..
Part 6 jotaro:NOT STONKS
part 8 jotaro:flert
@@Musicalquest part 8 jotaro: female
Your character can be a literal furry, your character can look like a stalactite and your character can have lips for a head for god’s sake!
BUT PLEASE, give it good description and development!!!
This just in: your character cannot be a literal furry.
Werewolves: Are we a joke to you?
Does anyone know this anine 2:13
@@cyberpunkfashionblyawesome it's Please Tell Me! Galko-chan
noelle deltarune
i’m gonna admit, seeing joseph old in part 4 almost made me cry
Meowdy
Yeah, me too
same i just cant stand seeing him like that :(
I love Joseph I NEVER want him to die
You're not alone
I love how Jojo fans can take over every comment section.
It must be a work of a stand.
This must be the work of an enemy stand!
ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ
lol
We have a group stand yes
@@loisrabies8713 I'm guessing Remote Romance
fuck off
Thank you so much for this
I am a 13 year old who is writing and drawing a story by myself, and I am putting everything including my heart and soul into creating something that will be great and will be loved by people in the future
You have helped me greatly at designing my own characters
I will be interested of what your career in the future takes you.
How's It going?
We'll be watching your career with great interest
lol
16. Doing this with my best friend. I have a looot more work to do but i hope i can make it in the future.
Jotaro wearing two belts so that he can have his pants unbuttoned: *Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.*
Jotaros design is so good, that even drawn in it's simplest form it looks bad ass
Just look at my pfp, Rodrick went from a chad to a C H A D in no time
Looks more like Rodrick, which actually fits better
Sad Kakyoin noises*
That made me laugh more than it should've.
@Captain Tuko Its more like *OOOOOHHHHH MY GOD!!!!*
Damn you're right!
Jotaro's belts are also symbolic of Caesar's headband.
Ya was about to say
SHIIIIZZZAAAAAAAAA
@@doppled ✝
Apparently, in Japan, it's considered "cool" to wear a lot of unnecessary belts. His fashion is more of a cultural statement than anything.
@@xviinaichi3793 el il HD n hm nook uh fig br 7p
"What makes a good character design?"
Me: (looks in mirror)
*mirror vomits*
How dare you insult the great Robert E O Speedwagon.
@@SainanAnimates I Think You Spelled *Mirror Blushes* Wrong.
@@Kiwiii00450 "pwease kwill me uwu"
-mirror
@@SainanAnimates The Fuck? Oh It Makes Sense Now, I Get You're a Fucking Furry.
Furry
Furry
Go
Away
🙂
I love how a bed is associated with just sleep and sex the two s’s of beds
I study there 🙂
@@JustFrogy-ux9od lol
@@JustFrogy-ux9od s s and s
How to do the perfect caracter:
1. Draw Speedwagon
SpeeedwaGGGOOOOONnnn
Speedwaifu
JOESTAR SAN
You misspelt
YOU FOOL!
THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!
god of door haha I saw this coming
90% of anime girls = clone wars troopers lol
yup lol
Dis not the Clones. They are cool
Facts
but even the clones have good character design. a rigidness that tells us that they are uniform, with the same shapes for every trooper, symbolizing an almost hive mind of perfect structure, with the square frames of their bodies showing that even within their ranks they are orderly without fail. The only difference between each trooper is the color of their armor, all leading up with stronger colors until black, signifying rank at first glance.
Someone hasn't watched The Clone Wars.
The best and most iconic character designs:
1.jotaro
2.[this was deleted by ZA HANDO]
3.joseph
I know the 2. [REDACTED]
give me dios bone
I always knew Saitama mess around in a yellow pyjama because unlike other cool looking characters he doesn't have to take things serious ever. I always knew it in my subconscious but just found that out.
How to draw a good character:
Draw Bruno Buccelati
Congratulations.
Isn't it Bruno bucciarati
How to make a good character design:
Take a Sonic character then change its color.
YEAH! THIS IS HAPPENIN'!
@@yousufahmed5627 no read the manga it's buccelati in the manga. i think because of copyright they changed it in the anime
@@parhammhss4848 it depends on the translator it seems, on the JoJo wiki is says bucciarati but in brackets (buccialati)
Freefork
You charlatan. A true artist draws SHADOW in a different color.
I saw Jotaro, I clicked
Just A Random Guy same
Jojo in thumbnail is basically clickbait
Same
Same
I clicked from those 3 characters in the thumbnail
Theyre all from animes i like
as a high school drama student, we have to consider character design a lot in terms of costume, make up etc, and justify them, and from what i've gathered, i'm not necessarily the best at drama, but a good character design is memorable, it's eye catching, it's different, and it has to symbolise something that the character stands for, whether thats a personality trait, a theme behind the character, what their motivations are etc. all these things must be took into consideration when making a character design
I feel like people dont apreciate enough the character design of edward eleric, fmab/fma. Its absolutely wonderful how not only you get to see him age and grow more mature and learn throughout his journey, you can also realise how his style changed when he got rid of the bright red coat, the shiny pants and the big boots making him stand out in a world where everyone prefers to wear desaturated color to slowly as he matures giving up on the attention he wanted and focusing on other more important things. I love fma/fmab's perspective of time and how the characters evolve with it
It actually hurts seeing how much older Joseph is at part 4
Smug Megumin In the end of part 4 Araki said Joseph became healthy (like part 3) again. Yay!
Sapphiresoul really? I didn’t know that
I guess he goes back to his hamon training
@@sapphiresoul6655 oh, really?? omg omg omg.. but what about Suzie Q?
He’s just more huggable
How to make a character:
Step 1: Become Araki
Boi!!! Ya speaking facts!!!
Step 1: *failes*
Step 2: forget
Step 3: do jojo references
step 4. make a character named kishibe rohan just to have an oc you kin
How to make a good character desgin:
Step 1: *J O J O*
Step 2: Your done, congrats.
How to make a jojo character :
muscle
And a fashion-worthy design.
Giorno, Joelyne ,Jhonny and Gappy🙂
@@chadano4209 But they have muscles, just not humongously huge like Jonathan.
@@chadano4209 they are all ripped but not as ripped as parts 1-3 characters since from parts 1-3 araki modeled the characters after greek statues and after 4 he decided to make the characters less buff to look more normal
I’d say that the Team Fortress 2’s designs are really good.
Yeah, they designs reflect their personalities and ocupations as mercenaries
@@ingenieromanarchive7631 tf2 designs are actually amazing considering how basic they are
@@Dr.JonathanCrane you are right dude
@@Dr.JonathanCrane simple but effective
literally put a silhouette on them and easily distinguishable
MEDIC
One aspect of character design you didn't mention which I think can be used to really interesting effect is posture. Some really good examples of this are Griffith from Berserk (always regal with a raised chin, open solders and and arched back) or Spike from Cowboy Bebop (slouched with eyes peering up and hunched, closed shoulders). What's interesting about this to me is how it's one of the elements of character design that can subtly change near instantly. In the final arc of the Bebop anime, Spike straitens up into an aggressive, defiant stance whereas at the start of the third act of the Golden Age arc in Berserk, Griffith can do nothing but slouch and withdraw, indicating a psychological change accompanying the physical trauma he suffered.
John McDaniel interesting observation
A principal of cartoons is the centre of mass line, if you look at Tom and Jerry the line was used to communicate motion however the same principle can be applied to stature and gravitas which is why Griffith always appears regal.
John McDaniel this is actually a very important aspect in my opinion. When space dandy was still airing (mind you this was my first anime) and I saw the way he walked and stood I knew his personality was in relation to Spike from cowboy bebop DESPITE not having not seen bebop at that time and only knowing of it from other media, and I was spot on in thinking so. Posture conveys the character's personality more so than things like clothes in my opinion, similar to real people. Someone can wear the same clothes but their posture will still distinguish their characteristics.
And Guts will almost exclusively stand, or sit, in either an aggressive or defensive stance. He can stand tall, with a massive sword across his back, ready to beat down demons and men alike. Or he can take up a stance devoted to shielding Casca. Another example is probably most prominent in the Golden Age arc as Guts sleeps with his sword, often perched against an object, seemingly protecting it.
I sit inside playing video games and drawing useless stuff all day and my posture is perfect come at me
I’m surprised that MHA isn’t mentioned here, as those character designs are really iconic in anime due to their being completely fucking insane and in your face.
Piss off Mha fan
Kakarotto Kakashi I don't like MHA, but he's right. MHA's characters designs are iconic and you can tell what show they're from without even watching it.
@@dollettebuni yikes
Kakarotto Kakashi ?
Isn’t the creator a big fan of marvel?
So Giorno's hair represents three major donut deaths (Kakyoin, Abacchio, Bucciarati)
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Polnareff is probably the back donut on Giorno's braid. Wait I just realized Giorno has F*ur Donuts...
Or the donuts are just the donut deaths of part 5, because of Polnareff.
@I dont let mista find out 👀
I-
when designing characters I like to follow an 80/20 rule, where 80% of the character's design makes sense and tells a story, and if I want, I can use that last 20% just to add flair and style that may not mean anything. Usually though, I chose something that seems in character for the person I've just created, so at least it still ties in and now you know this kid really like bugs or space or cats, etc.
This is good advice.
80/20 for main characters and a 70/30 for side characters. 👍
Ya
Gotta be honest with ya'll, I came here for Jotaro...
Who doesn't? 😔
same
Basically 80% of these comments are JoJo, So yes
God damnit u caught me.
he got me there with that thumbnail-😔
one of my favorite series character design-wise, while not an anime (though the anime adaptation exists), is still ace attorney. there's so so many characters, but almost every single character you can immediately infer at least some part of their personality from their designs and, possibly even more importantly, the few limited poses they make. it's very good for a series that has so many characters, even side characters from less memorable cases still have fans from what I've seen! also good job for mentioning shinobu, she's my favorite nmh character for sure and she has a wonderful design.
*The whole video summarized*
- We judge a book by its cover
So design a books cover to reflect this
I've always admired attack on titan for having very clear character distinctions without using bizarre details like hair and eye colors
yinny I love AOT
Now that you mention it, AOT does have very distinct characters
AoT is good at making variations of body shapes and faces. for examples, Annie and Hanji have aquiline noses which is quite rare in anime, and i find them appealing and unique at the same time
But then we have Nifa, but nobody talks about Nifa...
That was one of the first things I noticed in AoT! In so much anime the characters have the exact same faces, and their hair and eye color are the only way you can tell them apart. In Attack on Titan, the characters all have unique features
And catchphrases. Especially YARE YARE DAZE. I hear it every time I see jotaro
I see Jotaro every time I hear it. I hear it every time I hear the word daze. That catchphrase will never leave me.
With Joseph; it's either OH MAH GAAHD, SANADA BEEETCH, or SHIIIIIZAAAAA
MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA WRYYYYYYY
And musical themes. Like "Stardust Crusaders" is plaing in my head when Jotaro is doing something badass or saying "Yare yare".
YES YES YES
Y E S
this was very well explained, thank you. as someone who is currently very lost when it comes to making efficient character designs, this is really helpful without being too overcomplicated.
11:55
ah yes, Biker Man
the slickest and most stylish of them all
Jotaro's cap kills me every time I see it, especially in part 4.
What's with his *sleeves*, though..?
Why are they so colourful lol
Because the crocodile pants were sold out.
iSultan Sultangaliev Exactly
Yare yare...
What cap? He's decorating his hair....
Comment section:
99% Jojo
1% Jojo
I came for JoJo
Jojo
99% commenting about jojo fans
1% jojo fan
@Matix 777 you broke the jojo chain
Speedwagon was your 1000th like.
Maybe fortune bless you.
I’ve never thought of character design like this before... It’s so cool!! Thx so much for this video😄❤️
Great essay man you really pmo to psychological and artist concepts I never knew. And I really appreciate how well you structured everything!
any video praiseing and actually analyzing Jotaro Kujo is one I support
How to draw perfect character
Step 1: Draw Gyro zeppeli
BOOOM!! DONE
Piiiizza mozarela
Weird way to spell Speedwagon.
@@eddiedombrowski1960 Stroheim*
Did you mean speedwagon, or maybe Stroheim? Maybe you meant kakyoin, doppio.. jee idk
@@justaguy6224 Hol horse wants to know your location
Bro, I needed to learn what semiotics are and how they work for school but never got the hang of it, you literally taking Jotaro apart step by step was a better example and explanation than everything my teacher has ever done and the explanation for the shapes was actually really useful. I didn’t think I’d learn something while watching random YT videos
How to make a good character design
Step 1: Make sure they can stand out in a crowd.
Step 2: Make sure their design fits their character
Step 3: Don't let Rooster teeth near you
Araki: *creates the heroic badass look*
Also araki after part 4: if I don't see any skin you're committing a sin
I guess you must not have seen Jonathan's croptop lol
@@blokvader8283 or Joseph’s. Or the pillar men who literally only wear underwear.
*proceeds to kill characters who don't show enough skin*
@@Clovercoin*cries in diego brando*
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Using jojo in the thumbnail is basically clickbait
how is it clickbait
he does talk about jojo in the vid what
@@rezi_evil He's just saying everyone loves JoJo so everyone is obligated to click lol
@@williamjacobik7966 anime fans make up about 10% of my year group at school but none of them even like Jojo. It's sad
It's not clickbait if he spent more than half the video talking about something in his thumbnail
Yes
oh my god dude the first minute and a half and you already bring up the character i relate to the most
Man I wish I could see more of these kind of videos, showing the how in detail.
The great thing about Jotaro as well is that just by making his uniform white in Part 4, he gives off a strong visual indication of a captain, which not only reflects his maturity and occupation, but also his transition from high school punk but to his new role within the group of leader and mentor. It makes him look reliable, wise and and like he is in control.
Natsume Natsume *ocean man*
Natsume Natsume And then part 6 messed it all up! (Seriously STARS!? Shouldn’t young Jotaro wear that type of stuff?)
Not to mention that his new hat is his actual wedding ring, as he’s married a dolphin.
Not_Sleepy is this seriously canon?
PersonMan Productions
I wish it was.
what makes a good waifu
Grey Gaming70 lol
1 word. Speedwagon.
If you think otherwise, you are objectively wrong. Speedwagon is law.
Al
I'd go with Tequila Joseph myself.
1: she must be something more than eye candy or a gimmick (tsundere)
2: character development.
3: her goal and motivations must be apart from the MC (mikasa is horrible, mikasa:eren, eren, eren, eren, eren.)
4:she must be memorable even without super powers or fan service
5 let her be a character instead of a plot device or something for the MC to save over and over.
Grey Gaming70 i'll handle this
1. Needs to be pitou from hxh
I have been reading books and watching tutorials on character designs for some time now, but this is one of the ones giving the best insight into character design, especially the first part on how certain objects and hairstyles can give symbolic meaning to a character.
I’m an artist and it makes me happy to see you looking into character design. I’m currently an animation student and, while there’s a lot of over simplifications and omissions, I can tell how interested you are in character design despite not having some of the technical aspects and it makes me happy.
"Jotaro's hat is thorn at the back"
Explain his part 4 or 5 appearance.
Less torn?
@@wafflies8790 at this point his hat just merged with his hair
@@CardZed he dyed it to fuse with his hair
@@CardZed he's bald and his hat is a wig hat
h i s p a r t 5 a p p e a r a n c e
No one:
Joseph: Actually getting old in anime
only character that actually ages
He’s the only one who actually gets old, yet he’s still not f*cking dead.
You know what actually doesn't get old?
Kayoin, Avdol, etc.
He got vampire blood
Lol but he is the only one that li- nothing nothing
AAAAAA THE CONCEPTS YOU TALK ABOUT ARE SO COOL AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB IN EXPLAINING THEM GOOD JOB!
Having watched this when it first came out, I'm so glad that I rediscovered it while I'm working on a personal project. I didn't realize so many of my characters were so bland and have taken steps to correct that. Thank you!
Finally, I know how Jotaro's hat works
@Kurogane -sensei basically the same just makes it look smoother
@@no-sparringholloway But he doesnt fight anymore. I mean he probably does but its just him bullying his opponent. Theres no way someone couldve torn his hat
Fuck jotaros hat what about jolynes boots
but it doesn't explain his hat in part 4
@@legionmaniac-9202 like Father like daughter
"slick and stylish superheroes"
Mumen rider: *pedalling in the background* Don't mind me, it's just my screen time
The worst part is, if he knew he was in a cartoon he would acctually say that.
Yes, like how an author describes a curtain as being blue, conveying melancholy or to cover up yourself from the harsh reality of the outside world.
*EITHER THAT OR THE CURTAINS ARE JUST BLUE.*
"a great character design can be recognized from the silhouette alone"
Ah, good ol Bad Apple.
lets be honest, jotaro wouldn't lose in the game "who's the protag"
I mean, you *could* mistake Speedweed for the main character if you haven't seen the show. I know my friend did.
i want to mistake speedwagon for a protag because *he is*
Jotaro isn't the protagonist, Polnareff is
Kobe Sedg actually most people who see him at first glance would assume he is just a brute or bad guy so probably not
Kobe Sedg Unless if Yugi is involved. He could win literally any game of who's the protagonist with that hair.
There isn't ugly girls un anime. That's not a compliment, literally there isn't any ugly girl,most of them looks the same.
Agreed.
How can a pretty Fashion Model like Kawashima stand out when the other girls all look above-average in terms of looks.
melody from hxh looks pretty atrocious
Tomoko looks pretty ragged from watamote
Isaac Argesmith She's adorable tho
well looks like a certain someone needs to check out Hajime no Ippo
There's but one example that comes to my mind when you say : "simple character designs make the characters unrecognisable." and it's the difference between *Misfit at Demon King Academy* and *Overlord*. Both animes are really cool, i enjoyed both of them equally. But *Overlord*'s character designs were just so much better. The ones from *Misfit at Demon King Academy* however, made me forget the names of ALL the characters in the series but the MC's one.
Thank you for putting out these videos I am planning on making my own story and I really appreciate you making these videos these are definitely helping me and giving me advice for many things
funny how Luffy has a very simple design compared to other OP characters and yet stands out the most
well oda is a design genius , onepiece has the most diverse cartoon character lineup of every existing comic
ulf ulf ulf One Piece is a mastetpiece
It's rare to have a protagonist that's so visually _unappealing_ -- I mean Luffy's dressed in rags, he's skinny as a twig, and he always has that goofy grin on his face. He looks ridiculous, but that's what makes him so unique.
Saitama is the same.
but luffy also looks adorable in a way like a child, with lots of charisma and sympathy , that like out of a text book for animated characters
Yeah, but those "good" traits personality-wise are paired with "bad" (or ugly) traits appearance-wise. But that's what makes him such a memorable character.
Yeah, Jojo's author sure knows how is done. He has his style but he also has STYLE.
I can never forget those first 3 arcs. Man! I wish Battle Tendency would've lasted more more more!
(I also think the landscape has a factor here)
battle tendency was such a great part, i really wanted more episodes in it though too
Well, araki artstyle tends to change between different part. But they all are great imo
9:43 GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD
watching this a year or two after the first time i saw it, still one of the best if not the best video on character design that i've seen thus far
Which is where the issue comes in that the majority of anime characters these days seem to borrow from the same archetype. This often goes beyond merely their visual appearance but down to their personality.
The most glaring example is the typical protagonist. Average male age 15-18 with medium build, short black or brown hair, tends to be below average in terms of academic intelligence. If weapons are concerned, then they are most likely a swordsman.
The message is clear, they're supposed to represent the target audience reading/watching these stories, they are designed as such for the sake of relatability, but I kinda consider this a bullshit thing to center your protagonist, the pivot of your story around.
Protagonist looking/acting like a Japanese pleb doesn't actually make them more reliable, when you think about it. I can relate to Yugioh characters just fine, even if I don't have their otherworldly mind crushing hair, I can relate to Johnny Joestar better than Kirito even if I'm not a blonde paraplegic in the 19th century. "Relatability" is something a character should act out, not a mere indication that they should be a mask for the audience to pick up and wear.
What making a protagonist a "default" design ended up just making them drown in the pool of billions of other 15-18 years old short, black haired protagonist, making them unable to stand out. It's a "safe play" in the way that you're not actually accomplishing anything by playing this safe.
Thats why JoJo is great, less edgy more romance to the era they were made in, such as Josuke (Part 4) during the whole "juvenile delinquent" buzz.
> below average intelligence
That's why I love Lelouch.
Freshly Memed Jotaro was still great in his Part 3 design
I’m making a manga as a fun side project and I tried to make the main character,Sayuri Fujasaki’s design intersting:
Sayuri wears pink cat stockings and a striped tie instead of white socks and a black tie.This way you can tell she isn’t very rule abiding but due to the fact the accessories Sayuri is meant to be cute you can tell she isn’t a delinquent.Her shoes are white instead of black and Sayuri drew hearts on the back with a permanent marker.Sayuri drawing on her shoes can also tell you,along with a backpack with drawings and doodles she did herself are meant to show off Sayuri likes art.
This is just her uniform by the way Sayuri has an assassin outfit too but I’ll stop at that
Also almost every anime girl is basically a upside down triangle with colored hair and maybe abnormally large eyes
Looks at jo jo design...looks at emblem on hat
" he is wearing literal plot armor"
wait until part 6 lol
That kind of plot armor won't save you
it's not an armor, it makes jotaro's bad luck delays until part 6
read the manga lol
Slice
I'm not gonna lie, I was just listening to this video in the background while drawing but actually picked up way more factual and beneficial information than if I actually took the time with my undivided attention towards watching this. Great video!
Good for you
This is such a great video! Thanks for the easy to remember tips!