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In today's comic-making tutorial, we will be going over EVERYTHING you need to know about creating effective CHARACTER DESIGNS for comics, manga, webtoons, video games, and animations.
We will discuss the elements that separate "GOOD CHARACTER DESIGNS" VS "BAD CHARACTER DESIGNS." We will also analyze SUCCESSFUL CHARACTER DESIGNS from popular anime series
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3:28 What Is Character Design?
4:27 “Good” Vs. “Bad” Character Design
6:21 Why Is Character Design Important?
8:12 10 Tips For Character Design
8:15 Tip 1. Design Research
8:53 Tip 2: Strong Silhouettes
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14:47 Tip 10: Don’t Marry Your First Idea
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Comment from 3 days ago, yet the video was posted 1 day ago 🤔
@@WeedBat Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment haha. When you have a sponsor you have to send them the video a few days in advance so they can make sure the ad looks fine. So most youtubers set their video to unlisted so the sponsor can watch it with a link
@@MonitorComics Ah, I see.
@@MonitorComics Don't act like I *don't* see Jerma on the far-right at 5:46 ;)
@@alexanderkorol677 LOL
This was actually quite helpful! I have 3 main OC's of mine that I haven't drawn out fully (I'm writing a script/story but haven't drawn yet) and I feel that my outfits are lacking, thanks
I'm glad the video could help! Thanks for taking the time to check it out!
I wanna read your manga but how
do u use traditional way to draw or u use apps? cuz i dont have an ipad
@@sanko.a2756 I use traditional but I do try my hand out at digital using my phone, I use ibispaintx
How’s the progress now?
Jotaro Kujo is a great example of a character design. Pretty much every iteration wears slick pants, jeans, and hat torn at the back. Though pretty much designs from JoJo's Bizzare Adventure are impressive, especially the stands.
I will say that it is helpful to also learn character design from your favorite authors. For example, in Naruto various genin ninja wear headbands in their own unique way.
Very good points! JoJo's has a TON of great designs! I also agree with your second point 100%! Thanks for taking the time to check out this video and adding onto the discussion!
I honestly love JJBA being able to freely make the character look weird but also describe their character with the designs.
I would love to create a fantasy world where my overly exagerrated designs wouldn't look too abnormal in that world.
Yeah every jojo character has jaw dropping designs, and drip.
Araki is a genuis with his character designs
Most of the characters in naruto wear their headbands the same way. Only standouts like Zabuza, Lee, and Kakashi stand out. What makes naruto character designs unique is their clothing.
I love the character design of Dabi, it shows a lot about him, his clothes and the way he changes is also represented in it
FACTS
To be honest all of Horikoshi's designs are on another level
@@TheFunkyOne I would argue about the female design choices but I do agree that all characters look really unique and interesting
Mineta, IMO, is not a bad character design. Say what you want about his character, but aside from his pervy comedic stance, every obvious feature has meaning. He’s small, used to convey how he was, at first, extremely cowardly for an aspiring hero. His hair is the way it is due to his quirk, which is literally making balls from his hair. The expression he has signifies him when he’s not being an absolute pervert: kind of confused on situations, and also has an air of denseness and intelligence. It is said that Mineta is among THE smartest kids in the school (Aizawa himself) so his face having this subtle air of slightly knowing what he’s doing is what solidifies him as a good character design.
You have a point, but that diaper is not it.
You have converted me
One of my favorite character design is Hawks like the overall appearance, his wings and idk, everything. I just love how his wings work and his outfit is 🤌
FACTS great choice!
nice video but you coulda included credit for all the character design examples you included in the "what is character design" section since a lot of it was original work from artists online, not just official art for shows/manga
the character sheet at 3:57 is a commission done by hyanna-natsu, I'm not sure about the rest
Great video guys!!! This will be really helpful for making my manga as I'm in the *oh snap I need to design my characters stage
I'm not sure what my favourite character design is overall but one design I find impressive is Makoto Naegi from Danganronpa. Naegi fits into the everyman trope and is intended to be that One Generic Guy TM and this is reflected in his brown hair, which is typical for the everyman (technically it could be black as well but I tend to see light brown used more often). However, despite this Naegi stands out from other Danganronpa characters and is recognisable, which I find pretty nice for a character of his nature.
Also just a side note- I am sick of articles of "bad anime character designs" slapping every Yu-Gi-Oh! protagonist in the list as a big group just because they have "unrealistic hair" or reflect the "spot the protagonist challenge". It's like yeah, it's intentional to reflect the audience, ensure they stand out and to reflect the supernatural elements of the plot- it's not inherently bad because no one has hair like that. No one is pretending the designs resemble real hair, and just because they are distinct doesn't automatically make it bad. This is also why I was glad you mentioned Yu-Gi-Oh! because it's frustrating because there is no consideration for the intent- and other series like Beyblades do a similar thing.
Thanks for taking the time to check this video out Yazmin! I'm glad it could help! I also really like Naegi's design. Similarly I'm also a fan of Hajime in DR2 was also meant to the the average guy TM. I think those protagonist designs work because the DR artist is SO GOOD at exaggeration and created a cast of REALLY flashy people. There were so many complicated designs that the simple design stood out
I am actually a big fan of Yugioh's designs. I especially loved the aesthetic of 5Ds. I wish I said more about it in this video. I had no clue people hated on their hair so much. Every anime has obnoxious hair so it never bothered me too much
@@MonitorComics i agree that Hinata is also effective in standing at as the average guy TM and danganronpas style is really good for handling its last large cast.
And yeah, I remember ranting to a friend over this list of bad character designs that didn't even single out a yugioh character it judt said that all the protagonists are bad and their reasoning made me cringe. And yeah, anime is known for crazy hair so it's a weird critique.
These videos are priceless, man. Now, I gotta go review a character design of mine. 😅
Thanks for all of your support Prince! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm super hyped to read your new series!
I laughed when you brought up Sinbad because as it turns out, the author and her assistants went through a lot when drawing his jewelry all the time XD Ohtaka herself said she could “feel her assistants’ grief” every time they had to draw him LOL
LOL Thank you for taking the time to share that story! This is the first time I'm hearing about that haha. I could only imagine their pain. The design is great though!
@@MonitorComics no prob! i can only imagine the stress but you’re so right, he’s one of my favorite characters in part because of his design :D
The most frustrating part for me to deal with is mostly the redesigning stage. It gets so exhausting changing the character design over and over again. I have this one character I'm in the works of doing but I am absolutely floored with the amount of revisions I did (it was about 8 redesigns because in the initial design I was gonna work with consistency would be at stake). I needed this video so much.
VERY TRUE! I'm super glad to hear this video could help! You make some VERY REAL points! I'm guilty of rushing the process a bit and creating a character that is hard to draw consistently. It's a bit late for me to change the design since I am working on a published comic, but I NOW KNOW the struggle LOL. As exhausting as it is to keep revising, you are on the right path! Don't give up and best of luck!!
For me, my issue is wanting to design a character yet also not having enough of a grasp on their characterization or backstory.
Mineta is far from having a bad design. Maybe y'all didn't notice when making this video but the round thing around his waist is suposed to be a bowl. Like a Bowl of grapes. Don't underestimate Horikoshi's character design skills man
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts! I agree, Horikoshi has created some great character designs. However, I wouldn't say any creator or work is perfect, MHA included. My opinion is subjective, but I personally don't think Mineta has a good design. It's completely valid for you or others to disagree, the design does have functionality and logic as you said, but it just isn't my cup of tea. There are plenty of people on both sides of the spectrum
@@MonitorComics Yes I do agree his work isn't perfect but I just meant he knows what he's doing! I do respect your opinion but I do also believe that it's not because it doesn't look pretty to you that it's necessarily a badly made design. I also find it more on the ugly side but I can't deny the fact that the ideas behind it are very good and unique. Either way it was still a great video! Keep up the good work
Cool video. I know you're talking specifically about comics, but I can't help but look at it in a more general sense, especially since you brought up Arcsys (a game dev). For example, you mention, avoiding complex designs, but that's only an issue for drawing. If you're working on something like a 3D video game or even a CG show, then super detailed designs are a non-issue. What is a problem, however, is something like Dizzy from Guilty Gear with a shit ton of moving parts. Both of her wings can turn into people and have their own animations. Drawing that may not be a big deal, but animating it just sounds like an absolute nightmare. There's also Genshin where the playable characters are all very detailed, but outside of one or two flowing bits, there aren't a whole bunch of moving parts
Then even with comics/drawings, there's the matter of context. Is it a weekly comic? Monthly? Irregular? Is it a character that appears regularly or rarely? What about Visual Novels? Hell, you might not even be drawing a comic or anything like that, and the character is just something you use in random drawings.
Thanks for taking the time to share all of that! You make some great points! While my videos are titled "for comics and manga," I do try to make them relevant for other mediums like game design, animation, novel writing etc. The majority of my audience is comic or manga creators though so I target my videos towards them. I completely agree with your points about design for games vs comics, especially with moving parts for games and deadlines! Personally,. I LOVE detailed designs in video games, but I couldn't imagine drawing them consistently
hell nah man I searched character design couldn't find a new video then refreshed my subscription feed and boom this video appeared
LOL Perfect timing!
Thanks having me on! It was super fun talking about character design !
I have already been character design with some of these tips, such as drawing multiple iterations. I believe I did well. Thank you for showing and telling me about all of your tips!
Video Idea: where to publish your comics and Manga. Love your videos btw
This the one!!
Thank you for the video suggestion! I will add it to my list of upcoming videos! I kinda go into this topic in my Self Publishing Vs Publishing Video th-cam.com/video/nW7Y_QtGPxM/w-d-xo.html
Once again, this was really insightful! Most of my hero designs are inspired by 2003's Teen Titans, Justice League and My Hero Academia. I like to give them more upbeat or colorful designs that makes them standout in and out of costume.
I try to give the same unique to my animals characters and non humans as well, so I like that you covered Mob, Koro Sensei and Taiga as great examples!
You keep up these great videos, I just subscribed to you for more! 👍
I'm really glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to watch, I'm happy this video could help a bit!!
do u use traditional way to draw or u prefer digital ones? cuz i dont have ipad
Thank you so much for this video ❤
Thanks for making this video. I'm always experimenting and always looking to improve my OC's designs.
Of course! I'm happy this video could help! Thanks for taking the time to watch!
Great video, you managed to cover a lot of very different topics concisely and with enough depth that no topic felt overly rushed or was too vague or surface level to be useful. There's a lot involved in book covers so it's not an easy topic to address in one video.
I don't have a set favourite manga cover because there are so many really good ones, but one series that has really cool manga covers that is not too well known is Mashle. Mashle uses bold colours and creates the look of being different spellbooks with an elipse on the front cover for the illustrations. This works to create a consistent look that stands out on the shelf. The use of a set space to place characters rather than the typical background with a character means that there are a lot of options for a variety of compositions, often with a lot of characters. It also deviates from the 2000s Shonen Jump style as if you look at many series from the 90s and 2000s from this magazine the covers all share similar numbering elements (think Hunter x Hunter, Naruto, Bleach, Black Cat, Hikaru no Go etc.).
A series that I'm not as fond of the covers for is My Hero Academia. Don't get me wrong, each cover is individually amazing and off the top of my head I don't dislike any of them, however there is very little cohesion and the covers don't match with different pallete types and styles being employed for different volumes. A great example of this is the contrast between volume 19 and 20. Volume 19 has a pastel pink background and simplified colouring for the background characters in this nice cutesy, feminine style and then volume 20 is dark with dramatic expressions. I am fairly certain this is due to Horikoshi's series being heavily inspired by Western comic books, with volume 9 being heavily inspired by Spiderman and given the influence on the series as a whole, but I personally find it can look a bit messy and I prefer it when the covers look like they were designed to match or form a set.
Probably the best drawing tips video I’ve seen, thank you! I always feel like my character design is missing something and this has actually been quite helpful!
Super glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to watch and leaving a nice comment! Best of luck with your designs!!
This was extremely useful! Thanks a ton! I won’t forget what I learned here 👌🏾
I'm glad!! Thanks for taking the time to check it out and leaving a comment!
honestly i’ve got to work on the many character designs for my OC’s because i have came up with so many characters( more than 50💀)that i need to get that organized
After very long time, I finaly started watching again your videos. I am glad you made a video on this topic since i am kinda having trouble with making a good and unique character design in my story. Also when i finnish drawing a character i am almost always a little bit dissapointed, but still i can see myself improving with my artstyle. I will deffinetly try making more drawings of same characters before i begin officialy drawing the pannels. Can't wait for the next video!
That's awesome to hear! Thanks for taking the time to check out another one of my videos and leaving a comment! I'm glad it could help! Best of luck!!
The Arcana video game has really good character designs that portray the personalities of the characters
Fire Video Bro!! Definitely Got Me Hipped To A Lot Of Things I Needed To Know For My Characters🔥💯
Great, bro!
Please keep adding these types of videos.
Thanks for taking the time to check it out! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Nice to see Accelerator and also the Hatsune Miku to Black Rock Shooter Fake Out was interesting, because BRS did originate in Hatsune Miku iirc
Thanks for the suggestion
I NEEDED THIS BRO THANKS SO MUCH:
I am good at making characters but suck at doing shoes, eyes and hairstyles
I'm a good at hair and eyes but suck a bodies one tip I use for hairstyles is that I choose charcters that I like and sometimes use a mixture of their hairstyles
@@nickjaxon1317 oooo thx for the tip
and yes i do also suck at making bodies
I'm glad this video could help!
I'm back as I'm entering a character design competition for a comic convention and the video is still really helpful on rewatch :>
Accelerator at 13:24 👀
Definitely fits the theory that they are talking about and the subversion of that in later parts of the story is great.
The Raildex series does a fantastic job with character design imo.
TRUE Love the Raildex franchise. Glad to see so many people catching the Accelerator bit
There's something i love so much about character design
Thank you for making these videos, each one helps me write my manga called Karma, so thank you alot
I'm really glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to watch and leaving a comment! Best of luck with your manga!
Been using your videos for just writing, not even for a comic at all, even this video is useful, because it allows me to visualise my character better and be able to describe him with different details and aspects.
That’s awesome to hear thanks for taking the time to check them out! I try to make my videos universal so they can be applied to novels, light novels, plays, video games, etc. I only label them as “for comics and manga” because that’s my main demographic. I’m glad you didn’t let that stop you though from giving them a shot!!
Haven't watched the video, but good character design is just intent imo. Its about having meaning behind why a character looks the way they do and how that serves them in the world space they're in. Even if the intent is to look cool, there's still meaning into why they look cool, because there's a world they exist in. I just think alot of people mix mash cool shit they see with no rhyme or reason, which is ok as concepts, but rarely ever works as characters
Vandel is an awesome guest to have, and great video!
Thank you for taking the time to check it out and leaving a comment! I really appreciate it! The second part of this collab will be posted on Vandel's channel in the coming weeks! I hope you can check it out when it drops!
That's awesome, I'll definitely check it out, thanks! I've watched countless videos of yours so far, though I may not always comment. Your videos are much appreciated, one mangaka/artist to another!
So many great examples of character sheets and various tips I need to screenshot now 😅❤
Right! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
I am learning a lot in here. and I do enjoy your video. full support to you now.
really solid video, thank you
Glad it could help! Thanks for taking the time to watch!
you guys are really good, thanks for all the tips
Of course! Thank you for taking the time to watch!
Please do a video on how to build a squad/team in manga based on adventure, shonen etc..
Thank you for the video suggestion, I will add it to my list of upcoming video ideas!
Thanks 😊 love your content
Probably the best tutorial on this topic
Super glad to hear that!! Thanks for taking the time to check this video out and leaving a nice comment!
Tysm! I wanted to start a manga and had a lot of ideas for my oc!
That's awesome to hear! Good luck!
Thank you monitor comics
Keep up the good work
Thank you!! I really appreciate it!
Tobi Otogiri from kara no kioku is one of my fav desings recently.I also really like the desings in over watch and one piece.
Great choices! Thanks for taking the time to share!
Very cool, thanks Monitor!
For sure! Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@MonitorComics you know what your talking about. Always a fan of your videos!
great video this help me a lot about how to create a character designs I already have main oc's and some villain oc's I'm just not that good at drawing
That's awesome to hear! Glad this video could help a bit! You got this!! Good luck!
Thanks
The “To love ru“ reference in the thumbnail you’re know you culture
This is helpful.
Really glad to hear that!!
In defense of the consistency issue for HunterXHunter, the artist has chronic health issues and adding a decline on top of that resulted in some chapters being very rushed and messy. He did later make better versions of the same panels for the volume releases, but the Shonen jump magazine releases were rushed due to deadlines.
However, I can still see the validity in the example; it's good to be mindful of choosing a design you can handle drawing over and over again, but also something you can handle drawing when you may not feel well but have no choice but to draw anyway because of a deadline. Pick something you can enjoy drawing on a good day, but something you can hopefully handle on a bad day too.
Obrigado!
8:32 I like to do the same thing with the pinterest stuff
yay i love these videos
I'm glad!! Thanks for taking the time to watch!
0:22 That is Black Hanekawa on the far left! Drawn by my favourite artist oh!great. I love to see that. ♥️
YESSS!! I forgot I left that original thumbnail in the video. I ultimately ended up changing it because I thought the majority of people wouldn't recognize Black Hanekawa. I LOVE her design though!
@@MonitorComics I see, I see. Yes, if I were you I'd change it too. I think it's better to put recognisable characters on the thumbnail.
Do you like the vampire Hanekawa design from the latest chapters? ❤️ I think it's so cute.
@@militarydeviltube5014 YESSS so good
ngl but dekus previous design is kinda more interesting ahahah, but the video was very interesting :D thank u for sharing
I'm glad you enjoyed! Thanks for taking the time to watch and leaving a comment! I am also more of a fan of Deku's old design haha
4:27 So in other words art is mostly about intent, a character is representation of ideas combined into one thing, designs that I personnally dislike are one that make characters for appeal over their story, Which while it does make the intent, it overall makes the character less intersting to want to care about Because Just like in Real life how you look decides if a door is open for you and you are what lets you stay inside.
There are Arent really bad character designs, because of how subjective that is, people can see different characters as intersting than you might agree with, but objectively those designs are less facinating, like a low skill floor to understand but too low of a ceiling to care.
Do one on manga covers
Thank you for the video suggestion! That is actually one of my upcoming videos (as it is one of my most requested haha)
Getting sick for making a caped character, and this video come out of nowhere from my main page
My characters are made to be ordinary people so they have ordinary names but I really try my best to separate the last and middle names from the first to create a unique name in full, like names you wouldn’t normally see together
That's a good way to go about it!
I been having trouble of designing my own character so I need to know were to start and how🤔.
10:50 surprised to hear postive thoughts on deku which is strange
15:14 love hearing that
do u recommend drawing traditionally or digital drawing? and do u write the whole story first then draw or do both simultaneously?
5:44 It’s Black Rock Shooter! You know she exists! (happy crying sounds)
great video 🤗....maybe you can do a video about shape language; like round, bulky and sharp designs 😀
TRUE! That is a great idea! Thanks for the video suggestion and continued support Oni!
Hey can you do one with how to make powerful eyes?
I have an idea for a story but I keep hitting dead ends, I tried adding more villains it didn't work, so I added more heroes and removed useless one or merge the ones that seem to have the same abilities, I'm also struggling on which character should the main protagonist meet first, and I just made them wear black with a few colours, now I realized that its a problem too, any advise
3:29 3:55 4:28 5:19 5:32 6:22 8:13 9:34 10:14 11:14 12:10 12:47 13:16 13:58 14:48 15:04 I see. 15:20
It me Phisel tk thank you for the video this help me a lot
I'm glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to watch and leaving a comment!
Video suggestion:How to write a good timeskip
Thank you for taking the time to leave a video suggestion! I will add it to my list of upcoming video topics!
The Akuma no Hana designs personally are some of the best change the anime did to the manga. They not only did made one of the most unique looking anime but they made all the designs a bit more ugly, a bit more realistic facial features, the small eyes especially stood out for me. They amplify the story told soooo much more because it is about feeling real. It is about foot breaking the immersion and yea this comment already too long shot yea here ya go
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts! You make some great points! Aku No Hana definitely had a darker realistic story. In my opinion, the live action route may have done it more justice than an anime adaptation. I personally haven't watched the official live action, bc most live action anime tend to be bad but you know what I mean haha. I personally liked the rotoscope of Aku No Hana and Ping Pong The Animation bc like you said it was something different. People are so accustomed to the kawaii and pretty "anime look" that they see everything else as "bad." It's sad how much hate both series get for their artistic decisions
You're right! The realistic and more somber depiction of the characters in the Aku No Hana anime really gave them something unique, gave them life! Unlike the manga designs that are the most boring and generic manga/anime designs that you can see everywhere.
4:47 brave of six flowers goated
FACTS. I feel like a lot of people haven't heard of it, but the Opening and designs were GREAT
@@MonitorComics but no season rip
@@nicoflight3982 I know right. Maybe one day LOL
Quarta-feira, 23 de Março de 2022
hey monitor comics i have a question, how do you make interesting supporting/ by/ by standing characters. for example in MHA where all the hero schools compete for their hero pass, there are a bunch of characters. how does one make interesting characters even if they are only mentioned or seen a few times?
I'm not monitor comics but I think interactions with other characters makes them interesting especially if its a big impact
this isn't necessary but I gave heard of authors killing out or writing out certain characters when they aren't important to the plot which could make people remember them more
Does anyone know the name of the art book at 9:09?
could you maybe do hands im struggling to draw them idk if youve done it yet but yeah if you have just tell me...
Can you do how to write manga chapters
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! I will add it to my list of upcoming video topics!
I'm laughing so hard because mineta was on the bad character design list 😂
Do you have any advice on how to find artists? I'm trying to make a light novel!
Yes, most artists work for commission, so if you make a post on instagram, twitter, reddit, facebook etc with your pay per page, some will definitely message you to discuss further!
i dont even care bout making a manga i just wanna impress my friends
Not gonna lie, I watched this video because I needed validation... As for me, most of my OCs are ready and I just wanted to know what was a bad character design so I could judge if mine were bad or not 😅 (it's not very explicit but my pfp is one of my OC, and one of my oldest)
I hope this video was able to help! I like the design of your PFP! Thanks for taking the time to check this video out!
@@MonitorComics Thanks for making it! It was really interesting ✍️✨ (also I'm happy that you like my pfp)
Ha jerma silhouette
are the character designs in Demon slayer a great example because it shows a lot of details.
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hey man so im making a manga called the curse of raijin its about a samurai which was cursed by the thunder god raijin with memory loss and is forced to wear his armour and sword the man was cursed by raijin for using raijins sword for his own mortal desires,the main character has lightning powers also there is a power system where people can achieve supernatural powers using a scroll technique those scroll techniques are only able to be used once the person trying to use it has mastered their martial art but there are also cursed scrolls which were banned across the world for being way to dangerous and agressive not only causing damage to its user but a being overall destructive.the main protagonist is the cursed man a farmer boy and his pet a woman and a budhist monk.the world is an alternate version of earth where in ancient asia china has waged war against the rest of asia and the events of the story happen during the war .because of the war the beijing pact is formed a group of the main villains which all have their personal reasons for joining there is nakahi which is a bald and lean chinese man which was kicked from his home island for warshipping a death god his curse scroll allows him the ability to light what his blood touched on fire also granting him the ability to be imune to fire he is covered in tattoos from his whole body which with effort he can hide at times he is the budhist monk which is traveling alongside the main group he first apears in the village that the protagonist and farmer are resting at kidnapping the son of yasuke which is a known hero in japan and the protagonists idol thats what begins the story the mc wants to save yasukes son because he believes he has answers to who he is ,then the main villain is yasukes son whos motivation behind why hes in the beijing pact is that he wanted to use a cursed scroll to gain power in order to defeat china and save asia but the scroll started to eat his soul and in the final fight when mc kills yasukes son he has a moment of clarity thanking him for ending his suffering (idk where to fit all of the information this is all a very quick version and run down of everything) then theres tatsuo an the brother of the head of the martial arts temple he can levitate and shoot purple energy beams out of his finger he was sealed into a scroll by his brother when he found out tatsuo was leading essentialy a cult like group which used cursed scrolls he joined the beijing pact after accidentaly being summoned by nakahi ,theres joshua he is an insane man which is convinced that he is jesus he used several curse scrolls to become more christ like but that only drove him more insane and turned him into an abomination with several mouths all over his body and a big one going from his left leg to his right nipple his powers are regeneration and superhuman physical abilities he is the second strongest standing only behind yasukes son,theres also a karate guy but i still havent wrote alot about him i have badly drawn concept art tho lol.theres several characters the main group will encounter on their journey like the legens of the east west and south they are 3 swordsmen a woman named kaguya she is buff and carries four swords she can grow two extra glowing spirit hands on comand then theres alistair a western swordsman carrying a crimson samurai sword he has a prosthetic hand and has wind powers the last one is yufei an archer who wears a mask his power is converting his martial arts spiritual energy into explosive arrows. the mc met farmer in a village where he was looking for rations the boy wants to be accepted by the mc due to his lack of a father figure later when they are both staying at a city they get ambushed by a ninja trying to kill the samurai she gets caught and is interigated she refuses but then we find out about her wanting to kill the samurai to prove that she can be a good fighter even tho she has only one eye she joins the crew and on their way to the martial arts temple they meet a budhist monk which is just nakahi but in disguise they all set off on their journey together .so that is the story so far i wish to get some constrictive critiscism and questions
Demon Slayer character design is great!
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What apps can I use to design my characters
Any drawing software would work. The industry standard is Photoshop or Clip Studio Paint, but free programs like Krita, Firealpaca, and Medibang are really good as well
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Thank you for taking the time to check this video out! I hope it could be helpful!
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Hey what if I'm mostly a writer and my manga is drawn by a professional artist who I need to send my scripts. Can I do multiple iteration designs? The problem is I'm better at writing than drawing and I can't make my own drawing concepts.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! That depends on the artist you are hiring! Some commission artists allow for a few edits during the sketching phase. It might be harder to request changes when they are on the inking stage, and unlikely during the coloring phase. If you tell them in advance that you would like multiple iteration designs, they may be more than likely to agree, however it may increase the price for the drawing. Hope that helps!
@@MonitorComics Thanks! You're really helpful.
Give them a description?
@@yez9475 that's why I said I can't think of drawing concepts or description. For now I have a really good story and characters ideas. But my only problem is the design part. I can't think of unique designs in my head for my characters, but thanks to this video I will find inspiration .
@@vainqueurhero8823 oh, you said description too, my bad.
Baki has one of the best character art of all time
I have a question. I want to do a manga that has 1 family as the main protagonists. But I don't know how to do it. You don't usually see it, if you look at families like the Uchiha clan or the Ackerman family they usually have their own arcs in someone else's story. Y'know?
Are you asking design wise? Because that's what the video is about but the question doesn't really apply to that.
@@coatrak1357 not design wise, story wise.
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! Family's are a rare topic in anime and manga. I recommend checking out a series like Spy X Family. The anime adaptation is coming out this upcoming season! Other series with good family dynamics are Wolf Children, Clannad, and Amaama to Inazuma. My published manga is about a brother, sister, and father so I know the pain haha
@@IlyTranq yeah I was assuming so. It was just strange to me it was under a video on design so it's always good to clarify
@@MonitorComics Thanks for the recommendations, sure they’ll help. Keep up the good work man.
Character designs I find interesting is jojo’s bizarre adventure
how do i publish a story?
I have a video dedicated to self publishing and traditional publishing th-cam.com/video/nW7Y_QtGPxM/w-d-xo.html
@@MonitorComics thank you
@@MonitorComics what would be the best thing to do have my story animated or write a manga I dont know how to draw so It would be difficult
@@aimedinero First, I'd decide on what you actually want. Most comic and manga artists shouldnt even worry about animation because odds are, that's highly unrealistic. If you want to see your story animated, learn animation and do it yourself. If you want to learn how to do either, there are plenty of free resources online and in books! My channel is dedicated to helping a bit with the writing aspect, but there are plenty of great art tutorials online. Best of luck!
@@MonitorComics ahh okay thank youu appreciate it
I'm a ten year old. Do you think I can do it ? I'm done with the story but I'm working on the art rn
Of course! The sooner you begin, the quicker you will improve! I'm 23 right now, been drawing since I was a kid too! A lot of professionals have similar stories! Keep it up!
@@MonitorComics Thanks =)
why is ayakashi triangle suzu and matursi on the cover
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment and checking out the video! When making thumbnails, you have to be a bit clickbaity to get people to click on the video. I tend to choose popular or flashy characters. For this video, I wanted a "fanservice" type design and thought Kentaro Yabuki's art would be perfect. I loved his art for Black Cat and To Love Ru, but settled on Ayakashi Triangle since it is his currently published series! Hope that helps!
@@MonitorComics thanks, and yeah his art is great, but I wish he did a bit less fan service
@@pixar_devil4492 True!