That’s it I’m creating a character that’s part of a futuristic mafia and there all going to wear bunny suits the higher you are in the mafia the more expensive your bunny suit is
Probably a good sign. Questioning and reevaluating past choices shows you might be growing as an artist from when you first made those decisions and opens the door for improving on them.
The answer for my bloke is trench coats, jeans and anything that doesn’t show other people’s blood. Lots of pockets to carry enough weaponry to make the doomguy say “Okay buddy let’s dial back the edge a bit”
There is one thing you brushed on: What mood was the charater in when they put on their outfit? If the charater was/felt rushed when putting something like a school outfit then you could show that they didn't button their shirt right. If they just got of the gym and they are tired then maybe they put something on backwards. Another thing you could do is mute the colors in their everyday attire to help show that they are distressed, or brighten them to show they're very happy about something. (If you do that though please mindful of how much you change the outfit; to much change can be distracting.) It kinda ties into personality, occupation, and posing, so if you did mention somewhere in another ingore me.
I think that latter bit folds into atmosphere and mood of the story or scene overall You could just downright change the lighting color that lands on the outfit
Mauve cow I kind of use this for my OC’s normal I base what they look like on their personality but sometimes what you said and a big thing with my character’s is if they wear shoes or what shoes they have I have a OC named dusk she almost always wears a dress that kind of looks like what lapis from Steven universe wears ( her old design) dusk is partly based off of lapis and dusk does not have shoes because she has felt no need for them because for almost all of her life she was somehow trapped like she was trapped in this form with her sisters because one of them went insane and made it her goal to kill dusk and after that she was trapped in a flower then she was just trapped in a cage a lot then she died ok back to the shoe thing so normally characters that die young have either sandals or no shoes and older characters I give well made shoes
8: Color This goes in so many directions, since color itself is so diverse and responses to them are subjective (re: my favorite color is blue, but I know someone who absolutely hates blue) but there are universal properties that can be applied to character design such as monochromatic color schemes vs complementary color schemes and warm vs cool colors to visually demonstrate a character's personality Things like the distribution of color can greatly effect their costuming, and how it's accented with other colors. Red and purple and pink for example- look cute together but lean way too easily into making a character look like a valentine's day card or a member of the Red Hat Society, so one needs to be careful with the way these colors are used in order to make a successful character. Color can also be used to signify allegiances or character arcs- my favorite example of this is Disney's beauty and the Beast, it's quite subtle because Belle is the only person in her village who wears blue and as the Beast's heart changes- leading to the ball room scene, he changes into a blue suit. This was also echoed in the 2017 live action movie with the character Lefou, as he too is dressed in blue when he has his change of heart- and change of sides. And you can subvert expectations with color as well. The troupe Black is Evil, White is Good was completely obliterated in Dragon Heart (1994) with the hero Bowen dressed in black throughout the movie, while the villain Einon was clad in white. Honestly I could go on and on about why picking the right colors go a long way toward rocking your character's costumes, but I already feel like I'm rambling so I'll just cut it off there
Megamind also uses color nicely because the main girl first wears red (the sorta opposite to the MC) then purple BC she's trying to talk to him (I think?) and at the end she wears blue bc she's the mc s ally I might have some things wrong but k saw a bid that explains this
It can also me used to show what the character is like. For example, Yang Xiao Long (From RWBY) has long yellow hair as her most defining visual trait, suiting her loud and aggressive character
Even when you're not an illustrator, per se, this can still give you ideas. It is pretty much in line with any great author's philosophy: show, don't tell.
Two tips for costume and character design! 1. *Keep in mind the character's development as they progress through the story.* The character's design can indicate how a character changes throughout the course of the story. Whether that be perhaps their allegiance, outlook on life, parts of or even entire personalities, age, morals, and so on and so forth. For instance, a previously closed off character can wear duller and less showy or flashy clothing (like maybe a business suit, oversized clothing to hide their figure, etc), but as they open up, they start to wear more flowy and warmer colored clothing (like dresses, skirts, tank tops, etc). 2. *MAKE VARIATIONS.* A lot of times, it can be hard deciding on a design or aesthetic of costumes for your characters. What I would do is make variations of costume designs for your character(s) according to the setting of your story/world and choose which one(s) suit them best.
Tbh this is some of the stuff I really try focusing on since a lot of my characters live for a decently long time they do change their outfits quite a bit especially my character Sage Alamari. She goes from having a colorful outfit to wearing a lot of black, grey, and red. The main reason is because when she was younger she lived carefree and had a positive outlook on live but after finding out a lot of people want her dead and also that she is now a vigilante she tries to make herself look as intimidating as possible by wearing black leather with spikes and skulls and she even dyes her hair black so that whenever she uses her powers you can see how her hair starts to have red glowing strands appear to give people a warning to not mess with her.
Symbolism is an interesting thing to look at when considering visuals. It is mentioned that the 20s are more characterized by boxy shapes, but boxy shapes in modern clothes can represent, for the author, a methodical behaviour. Yellow, in a different example, could be particularly common to children, representing childhood. It is a more subjective way of thinking and creating costumes, but I find it to be a quite interesting one.
You also have to keep in mind their preference (kinda talked about this but I found it important) Like if the character is used to being warmer or likes to be warmer they will most likely wear warming clothes. For example if your character came from a warmer climate and is now in a cooler climate then they're used to, they will probably wear warmer clothes then everyone else. I have a character who was raised in the underworld with all the fire and stuff. So when he moved in with his God father (pun intended) he bought himself a winter coat and just wears it all the time because it makes it feel like home to him. This won't apply to every one of your characters because humans arin't always like that but it's a fun detail.
I make a lot of fantasy/monster/animal characters, so here is some things to help with that. Think of their physique and body parts they have. Like a mermaid/fish character. Their clothes would probably be simple and possibly waterproof. Or maybe they wear a bathing suit underneath a jacket and shorts or something. Body parts. Do they have fur/scales that cover certain body parts? Maybe they don't need to wear as much clothing, since some parts are already covered. What about their feet? Maybe they have hooves or paws, and don't need to wear shoes, or possibly just wear bandages over their feet. Do they have big wings? Maybe their clothes will have an open back. Do they fly? They will probably be skinny and have lighter, looser clothing that will not weigh them down. Be careful with scarves and wings, as a scarf could tie up in wings, and cause them to fall. Anyway, that's that, hope this helps for all yall fantasy/anthro makers.
I have been having issues coming up with official designs with my OCs, and as a result, I've been falling out with them. Thank you for this! I hope it can help. Not sure how the right-hand woman demoness and part-time bartender would dress, but we'll find out I suppose. Thanks again!
addison smith A person walks in, he wearing a white shirt with a decorated black vest, with black pants and shoes. He wears a black ushanka with a Soviet red star. He rests on the counter and gives her a calm but happy look. “Heeeey, can I get a shot of Horílka? Ukrainian Vodka. No rocks.” He sits down as this person might be Ukrainian decent but speaks normally. (Markus: never role played before? It’s okay. I’m just a fun fourth wall breaker.)
aye Ando, ever think about starting up a discord server? would be a great way to connect to your community, it's helped me connect to my fans, I highly recommend it.
You're one of these people that can talk about something i don't care about in a very fun way, I can literally listen to you talk about algebra for 3 hours and it would be so fun, So glad you came back Ando we missed you ❤❤❤
Another very subtle thing: don’t just slap a random outfit on your character. Make sure the color palette of the clothing is compatible with your character’s natural color palette (skin color, hair color, eye color, etc). A lot of school uniforms tend to have less eye-catching colors because darker or more natural colors are more likely to compliment a wider range of color palettes. If an all-girls school had a primarily pink uniform, for example, it might fit thematically, but it’d look really terrible on a character with red hair.
Costume design gets really fun in two circumstances: when the character is relying on someone else for their clothes and when the character knows the rules of costume design. When someone else is buying or making clothes for a character, it becomes a mesh of both personalities. Even if the providing character takes no consideration of the wants/needs of the character they're dressing, the clothes might be worn in a way that does conform to their wants/needs. When your character knows the rules, they change to suit the vibe they want to give off and every costume takes on qualities of a disguise
"It wouldn't really make sence to make them walk around in their typical shirt and pants.... unless its Gray from Fairy Tail" I died of laughing so hard haha
Recently, a friend asked me to help him design a roster of DND characters, and I was feeling a little discouraged. I felt like I could see some clear improvement with my character design as a whole, and there's a lot of things I understood about it, but in practice, I struggled. This video really helps, and I feel like your in depth descriptions really allowed me to piece together my different thoughts. Keep up the great videos, they've been saving me since you started!
The best thing about being an artist is that you can make your characters dress up in anything that suits their personalities and interests like fashion stars. 👗👔🌟
These helped put a lot! What I like to do is fit clothing to a character's needs (having fish people wear rubber-like material, forest people wearing gloves, etc) I also like to employ a little shape, like giving ghostly characters long flowy clothing items, or making clothes for rock people more rigid clothes. Clothing has always been something I've had trouble with, and this video is a big help! Thank you!
Hey Ando. I absolutely love your videos on these topics. This’ll really help me make my characters better designed! Also, hopefully you’re staying safe during these hard times. If stuff in really life is getting the best of you, just know that I care that you should deal with those things, and not worry about not posting in a while. Again, thanks for these informative and educational videos, much love from me❤️👍🏻
2:40 in a good amount of musicals/shows/plays they use costumes to make certain characters stand out. In west side story, one group wears warm colors and the other group wears cooler colors and it’s easy to tell who’s on which side
Yeah Nomura's thought process for costume design is really something :') . Aside from that this video's actually brought me so much more to think about than what i usually see to and i'm glad for it so BIG THANKS!!
With the personality but sticking to uniform thing, I think that Harry Potter is a wonderful example. They all wear the same uniform, but some kids have their ties tucked in, other brave and rebellious kids don’t. Same goes for their shirts. Some robes stay unbuttoned where others don’t.
This Channel is really helpful to me especially when it comes to basics. As for me a beginner. I can understand this tutorial very well! And I hope you make on how to make armor and City scape. Can't wait for the next video.
My friends and I are working on a comic that takes place in a fantasy-based Ancient Greece and I must say it's very fun creating Greek outfits for the characters, especially the warrior designs
Emmee Animooshons There are different eras for you to play with; Minoan & Mycenaean Greece are pretty similar- Dark Ages Greece - Classical Greece ( *everyone* knows) - Hellenistic Greece differed again. That’s not going into regional differences; everyone knows Athens, Sparta, Macedon, Thrace & Crete - but what about Lydia? Euboea - Ionia - Arcadia - Thessaly - Messina or Argolis, for example.
i have many characters, and they all take place in different times, locations, and universes. but they all eventually tie into each other at some point. they all have different appearances depending on the story, place, time, aesthetic, and person. sometimes i go unique, but not too crazy. you helped me with this a lot. some examples i used: heart universe: everyone from this universe are magical, and all bear heart wands, and have different elemental powers, mostly mixed. they also have strange features, like horns, wings, scales, patterns, or other unusual features. they also wear a lot sparkles and soft, yet bright colors. this is supposed to give a dreamy, magical, and astral look to them. after all, they are magical and from another world. nero: he used to be a king, and used to be highly respected. he had crystal powers, too. so having crystal jewelry (like necklaces and earrings) would make sense for this. he also was frozen by himself on accident for 1000 years, so he looks very ancient. of course, some of my older characters look strange and out of place, but with the help of this video, now i can learn how to improve. thanks.
I really love writing stories, and get immersed in the worlds that I create, and the characters I make, I always thought that OC’s were purely for art, but then I realized I could write my OC’s instead! (I’m a terrible artist.) thank you so much to the comment section, and to these OC video’s!
I would say to study and use references for time periods like Victorians. I did a Victorian drawing with a picture from a book and then I did another a week later when I no longer had the book the referenced one looked like it really was a Victorian girl and not one in a costume from smyths (the toy shop where I live)
When designing a character from another time period think about what social class they came from. Are they middle class, upper class, or poor? What is their profession? Are they a farmer or an English lord? It's fun to create the fashions for characters. I really enjoy history. Great video! 😁👍🏻
Ok this video has so many tips that even though simple, I had never even thought of before! This is extremely useful for me, so thank you thank you THANK YOU! I really appreciate this :D
I have a few examples and tid-bits: In a project my sister and I are working on, we have vehicles as humans. This includes ocean liners. Every ocean liner has red-orange, white, and black in their design to show that they are connected, mainly by occupation, but Californian is not an ocean liner but looks similar. My sister's solution was to replace the white with pink as the ship had a time where her smokestack(s?) was/were pink. It shows that she isn't an ocean liner despite looking similar to one. Another thing from the same project is you don't always need to match the time period exactly. We found that characters stand out more if we have modern elements no matter when the character is from. An example: Fokker, the Red Baron's Fokker triplane. His outfit looks similar to a red version of a WWI German aviator outfit but isn't. His hair is also very different in a style more akin to an anime character. In contrast, Britannic's only non-period accurate design element is color but it fits their histories. Fokker stands out, his real-world counterpart was painted to be seen, a warning to the Entente. Britannic, on the other hand, is the forgotten Olympic-class sister so her outfit making her seem simpler and less noticeable makes sense. Of course, next to the other characters, she stands out, both to be a memorable design but also as an (accidental) reference to her want to be noticed and remembered. TL;DR: Characters can be made to stand out by not having totally historically accurate outfits.
6:35 GRAVITY FALLS (I was legit ruming the gravity falls intro/original intro/ my hearts in gravity falls) (thats a fanmade thing, if you like gravity falls you should watch it it's really good)
Really good video and nice explanations :D I have some OCs that have a quite nice design I think, but it took me ages to make the clothes fit perfectly to their personality.... I think that your video might help me to make fitting designs in a shorter amount of time :) Thanks for your help!!
Ando: explaining thoroughly about costume design in a short, concise way while using helpful images and references thoughtfully placed throughout the video. Me, a fool: nodding listlessly while wondering where her feet are, like a moron. As obviously she has teleported them into a different dimension with her wizard skills, as she is a true sorcerer.
YES!FINALLY! Sorry I just want to appreciate that you added fabric to the video cause it actually made me very happy,either way thank you for making the video.and hope you find success. :)
YAAAAS!!! This is EXACTLY the kind of video I’ve been looking for. Thanks a ton!! If this is the kind of stuff I can learn from sticking around, then I’m subscribing Right This Second!! 🤩 I REALLY wish there was an easy to-understand-tutorial-book-for-beginners on; How to design characters/How to convey certain character traits through their clothing, colors, poses and so on. If there is then I would love to know. 🐶
I'm usually a silent viewer on TH-cam but these videos are well thought out and very helpful. I am late to the party but they popped in my recommended and are great! Thanks for making these.
This video is gp8ng to help me a lot with creating the many different types of outfits I am going to have to create for the story I am writing. Thanks!!
3:18 However with modern day stuff. I’d say the stakes are more lenient as if you saw someone in modern day in hippie clothes it’d seem a little odd but not too out of place just do to how things have been and how people have such a different preference and are more free to wear those clothes of preference than earlier time periods Although it also depends on character personality Are they gonna be the type to allow themselves to wear what they want Or are they gonna try and fit in with the crowd.
I'm writing a xianxia novel and the time being is fantasy ancient China and the clothes are soooooo detailed like lots of layers and omg it's really difficult so I need to use references to create something good.
one example i love for aestetic is in star wars, the costume designers had a hard and fast rule of NO ZIPPERS. any other closure system could be used; buttons, velcro, rivets, lacing, straps, etc, but no costume in star wars has a zipper, at least not that can be seen. another good example would be costumes from the MCU films. almost every costume has piping or lines running throughout the suit. even where piping wouldn't be applicable, like Dr. Strange, or the asgardian characters, they create the same lines by using pleats and folds in the fabric, or raised details in armor. it gives a connective design element that ties everyone together.
That’s it I’m creating a character that’s part of a futuristic mafia and there all going to wear bunny suits the higher you are in the mafia the more expensive your bunny suit is
OMG SKSKSK
I think there’s a game called Skullgirls where there is a mafia where the members where bunny girl outfits.
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White Meh Yep. Skullgirls is a fighting game and I think that the mafia is called the Medici gang.
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Now I’m starting to wonder about my OC’s sense of fashion 😂
Ikr XD
Probably a good sign. Questioning and reevaluating past choices shows you might be growing as an artist from when you first made those decisions and opens the door for improving on them.
The answer for my bloke is trench coats, jeans and anything that doesn’t show other people’s blood. Lots of pockets to carry enough weaponry to make the doomguy say
“Okay buddy let’s dial back the edge a bit”
Same
Making wacky and unique fashion is great,but don’t go overboard with it.
I wish you were my art teacher.
She would actually mark my work unlike my current one
Ikr
Same
She’s not a jerk and I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t yell at students for no reason.
I wish
There is one thing you brushed on: What mood was the charater in when they put on their outfit?
If the charater was/felt rushed when putting something like a school outfit then you could show that they didn't button their shirt right. If they just got of the gym and they are tired then maybe they put something on backwards.
Another thing you could do is mute the colors in their everyday attire to help show that they are distressed, or brighten them to show they're very happy about something. (If you do that though please mindful of how much you change the outfit; to much change can be distracting.)
It kinda ties into personality, occupation, and posing, so if you did mention somewhere in another ingore me.
Great point!
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I think that latter bit folds into atmosphere and mood of the story or scene overall
You could just downright change the lighting color that lands on the outfit
Mauve cow I kind of use this for my OC’s normal I base what they look like on their personality but sometimes what you said and a big thing with my character’s is if they wear shoes or what shoes they have I have a OC named dusk she almost always wears a dress that kind of looks like what lapis from Steven universe wears ( her old design) dusk is partly based off of lapis and dusk does not have shoes because she has felt no need for them because for almost all of her life she was somehow trapped like she was trapped in this form with her sisters because one of them went insane and made it her goal to kill dusk and after that she was trapped in a flower then she was just trapped in a cage a lot then she died ok back to the shoe thing so normally characters that die young have either sandals or no shoes and older characters I give well made shoes
Well, Avatar is a great example of everything well done in a story.
Amanda Lima I see your a person of culture as well
* the intelligents have joined the chats*
Hello felly intellectuals
*Tips hat*
On the other hand, are we not going to talk about Avatar's weird cousin Kora?
@@letsmakeoklahomaintogoodla4692 Korra who? We don't discuss her here.
She atacc
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But most importantly...
She come bacc
My middle name is boomerang, I always come back... eventually
But its in the wrong order...
Welp, she’s gone again
The sad part is she hasn’t actually been here for nine months :(
@@funtimefxlet6659 it's hard to edit background music, voiceover, and editing a smooth vid
8: Color
This goes in so many directions, since color itself is so diverse and responses to them are subjective (re: my favorite color is blue, but I know someone who absolutely hates blue) but there are universal properties that can be applied to character design such as monochromatic color schemes vs complementary color schemes and warm vs cool colors to visually demonstrate a character's personality
Things like the distribution of color can greatly effect their costuming, and how it's accented with other colors. Red and purple and pink for example- look cute together but lean way too easily into making a character look like a valentine's day card or a member of the Red Hat Society, so one needs to be careful with the way these colors are used in order to make a successful character.
Color can also be used to signify allegiances or character arcs- my favorite example of this is Disney's beauty and the Beast, it's quite subtle because Belle is the only person in her village who wears blue and as the Beast's heart changes- leading to the ball room scene, he changes into a blue suit. This was also echoed in the 2017 live action movie with the character Lefou, as he too is dressed in blue when he has his change of heart- and change of sides.
And you can subvert expectations with color as well. The troupe Black is Evil, White is Good was completely obliterated in Dragon Heart (1994) with the hero Bowen dressed in black throughout the movie, while the villain Einon was clad in white.
Honestly I could go on and on about why picking the right colors go a long way toward rocking your character's costumes, but I already feel like I'm rambling so I'll just cut it off there
Megamind also uses color nicely because the main girl first wears red (the sorta opposite to the MC) then purple BC she's trying to talk to him (I think?) and at the end she wears blue bc she's the mc s ally
I might have some things wrong but k saw a bid that explains this
Sharowbladye The Bromze Player weird reference but yea I agree
It can also me used to show what the character is like. For example, Yang Xiao Long (From RWBY) has long yellow hair as her most defining visual trait, suiting her loud and aggressive character
Even when you're not an illustrator, per se, this can still give you ideas. It is pretty much in line with any great author's philosophy: show, don't tell.
True.
I am a writer and an artist and this is very relatable
these are also good things do question yourself if you're making an original fantasy costume and you get stuck.
The Real Richard Goranski Me too! I use this to dress my characters
Two tips for costume and character design!
1. *Keep in mind the character's development as they progress through the story.* The character's design can indicate how a character changes throughout the course of the story. Whether that be perhaps their allegiance, outlook on life, parts of or even entire personalities, age, morals, and so on and so forth. For instance, a previously closed off character can wear duller and less showy or flashy clothing (like maybe a business suit, oversized clothing to hide their figure, etc), but as they open up, they start to wear more flowy and warmer colored clothing (like dresses, skirts, tank tops, etc).
2. *MAKE VARIATIONS.* A lot of times, it can be hard deciding on a design or aesthetic of costumes for your characters. What I would do is make variations of costume designs for your character(s) according to the setting of your story/world and choose which one(s) suit them best.
Tbh this is some of the stuff I really try focusing on since a lot of my characters live for a decently long time they do change their outfits quite a bit especially my character Sage Alamari. She goes from having a colorful outfit to wearing a lot of black, grey, and red. The main reason is because when she was younger she lived carefree and had a positive outlook on live but after finding out a lot of people want her dead and also that she is now a vigilante she tries to make herself look as intimidating as possible by wearing black leather with spikes and skulls and she even dyes her hair black so that whenever she uses her powers you can see how her hair starts to have red glowing strands appear to give people a warning to not mess with her.
5:29 WHERE’S MY SUPER SUIT?!
*hoNEY! WHERE IS MY SUPER SUIT?*
What do you mean?!
(Lol I don’t remember how the conversation completely goes. So I’ll try my best)
Ah I remember)
*I put it away*
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Why is it telling me this will be out in Seven hours instead of not existing till 7 hours from now
I think the patrons on patreon got early access or something.
@@offbranddorito9668 it's cause it was premiered instead of being uploaded in the usual manner
Me: literally just puts a shirt on my ocs
Cozmiczzz wh- what about pants
Cozmiczzz what about the pants?!
It's been four days and you haven't responded. Don't leave us hanging!
With the pants I just make it a single color (usually dark blue) :p
Cozmiczzz ah ok that works
@@Cozmiczzz Thanks for the insight.
Symbolism is an interesting thing to look at when considering visuals. It is mentioned that the 20s are more characterized by boxy shapes, but boxy shapes in modern clothes can represent, for the author, a methodical behaviour. Yellow, in a different example, could be particularly common to children, representing childhood. It is a more subjective way of thinking and creating costumes, but I find it to be a quite interesting one.
After almost a year of hiatus... I'm actually surprised to find this in my sub feed!
Thanks for the patience! The next one will be out much sooner!
You also have to keep in mind their preference (kinda talked about this but I found it important) Like if the character is used to being warmer or likes to be warmer they will most likely wear warming clothes. For example if your character came from a warmer climate and is now in a cooler climate then they're used to, they will probably wear warmer clothes then everyone else. I have a character who was raised in the underworld with all the fire and stuff. So when he moved in with his God father (pun intended) he bought himself a winter coat and just wears it all the time because it makes it feel like home to him. This won't apply to every one of your characters because humans arin't always like that but it's a fun detail.
I really love the character design videos especially since I want to be a person who designs characters or storyboard artist love your Channel!😆😍💕❤
I love your pfp!
*why wasn’t this uploaded 5 years ago when I needed it most?*
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I make a lot of fantasy/monster/animal characters, so here is some things to help with that.
Think of their physique and body parts they have. Like a mermaid/fish character. Their clothes would probably be simple and possibly waterproof. Or maybe they wear a bathing suit underneath a jacket and shorts or something.
Body parts. Do they have fur/scales that cover certain body parts? Maybe they don't need to wear as much clothing, since some parts are already covered. What about their feet? Maybe they have hooves or paws, and don't need to wear shoes, or possibly just wear bandages over their feet. Do they have big wings? Maybe their clothes will have an open back. Do they fly? They will probably be skinny and have lighter, looser clothing that will not weigh them down. Be careful with scarves and wings, as a scarf could tie up in wings, and cause them to fall.
Anyway, that's that, hope this helps for all yall fantasy/anthro makers.
This needs to be a top comment so I can find it 😂
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Thank you, good person! I think I have now figured out what to make my new fantasy race OCs wear!
I have been having issues coming up with official designs with my OCs, and as a result, I've been falling out with them. Thank you for this! I hope it can help. Not sure how the right-hand woman demoness and part-time bartender would dress, but we'll find out I suppose.
Thanks again!
addison smith
A person walks in, he wearing a white shirt with a decorated black vest, with black pants and shoes. He wears a black ushanka with a Soviet red star. He rests on the counter and gives her a calm but happy look. “Heeeey, can I get a shot of Horílka? Ukrainian Vodka. No rocks.” He sits down as this person might be Ukrainian decent but speaks normally.
(Markus: never role played before? It’s okay. I’m just a fun fourth wall breaker.)
You cant just walk up to a random person-
@@ziril3972 A person walks in, "No... Yes, yes you can." They walk away, stealing cookie on the way out.
COOKIES
aye Ando, ever think about starting up a discord server? would be a great way to connect to your community, it's helped me connect to my fans, I highly recommend it.
I don’t know if I’d be able to upkeep a server just yet, but maybe some day I’ll start one up 🤔
You're one of these people that can talk about something i don't care about in a very fun way, I can literally listen to you talk about algebra for 3 hours and it would be so fun, So glad you came back Ando we missed you ❤❤❤
Thank you! There's no danger of getting an Algebra video, I've blocked out that part of my brain after graduating lol
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Another very subtle thing: don’t just slap a random outfit on your character. Make sure the color palette of the clothing is compatible with your character’s natural color palette (skin color, hair color, eye color, etc). A lot of school uniforms tend to have less eye-catching colors because darker or more natural colors are more likely to compliment a wider range of color palettes. If an all-girls school had a primarily pink uniform, for example, it might fit thematically, but it’d look really terrible on a character with red hair.
Costume design gets really fun in two circumstances: when the character is relying on someone else for their clothes and when the character knows the rules of costume design.
When someone else is buying or making clothes for a character, it becomes a mesh of both personalities. Even if the providing character takes no consideration of the wants/needs of the character they're dressing, the clothes might be worn in a way that does conform to their wants/needs. When your character knows the rules, they change to suit the vibe they want to give off and every costume takes on qualities of a disguise
"It wouldn't really make sence to make them walk around in their typical shirt and pants.... unless its Gray from Fairy Tail" I died of laughing so hard haha
Recently, a friend asked me to help him design a roster of DND characters, and I was feeling a little discouraged. I felt like I could see some clear improvement with my character design as a whole, and there's a lot of things I understood about it, but in practice, I struggled. This video really helps, and I feel like your in depth descriptions really allowed me to piece together my different thoughts.
Keep up the great videos, they've been saving me since you started!
Holy moly this is so helpful! I've always struggled with costume design, thank you so much!
Side note: If your character has an awful fashion sense then don't be afraid to have them wearing their awful fashion sense
Socks and sandals 👌
Just look at Freddie from the Borderlands 3 DLC The Handsome Jackpot for example!
I love how you stuck to your topics and didn't trail off on jokes and stuff. It felt super professional. 👍😃👍 Keep up the good work!
The best thing about being an artist is that you can make your characters dress up in anything that suits their personalities and interests like fashion stars. 👗👔🌟
These are really good tips, I feel like people tend to forget some of these! Thank you for making this video!
I have an obsession with vintage and historical clothing, especially of they have a lot of lace and frills.
They're just so pretty!
These helped put a lot! What I like to do is fit clothing to a character's needs (having fish people wear rubber-like material, forest people wearing gloves, etc) I also like to employ a little shape, like giving ghostly characters long flowy clothing items, or making clothes for rock people more rigid clothes.
Clothing has always been something I've had trouble with, and this video is a big help! Thank you!
This really helped me! Thank you, and I love you as always!
Hey Ando. I absolutely love your videos on these topics. This’ll really help me make my characters better designed! Also, hopefully you’re staying safe during these hard times. If stuff in really life is getting the best of you, just know that I care that you should deal with those things, and not worry about not posting in a while. Again, thanks for these informative and educational videos, much love from me❤️👍🏻
2:40 in a good amount of musicals/shows/plays they use costumes to make certain characters stand out. In west side story, one group wears warm colors and the other group wears cooler colors and it’s easy to tell who’s on which side
Ah yes, it comes out at 4 in the morning for me. Sorry Ando, gonna be late for this one
It’s cool, sleep is more important!
I like how you referenced a bunch of shows and movies, going into detail about the design choices they made and how they worked well.
Ando:i think I can post more
Also ando last video was a year ago
Yeah Nomura's thought process for costume design is really something :') . Aside from that this video's actually brought me so much more to think about than what i usually see to and i'm glad for it so BIG THANKS!!
Lmao I was just thinking about Sora when you put him in
With the personality but sticking to uniform thing, I think that Harry Potter is a wonderful example. They all wear the same uniform, but some kids have their ties tucked in, other brave and rebellious kids don’t. Same goes for their shirts. Some robes stay unbuttoned where others don’t.
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I KNEW I had a good feeling about this channel! Whenever someone mentions Avatar in a good light, it’s a sub from me!
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This Channel is really helpful to me especially when it comes to basics. As for me a beginner. I can understand this tutorial very well! And I hope you make on how to make armor and City scape. Can't wait for the next video.
This channel was fun while it lasted
shes still in patreon check her patreon antoniaandros.com/convention-schedule
"...unless it's Gray from Fairy Tail."
Me: FAIRY TAIL! HECK YEAH!
OH MY--THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOREVER
My friends and I are working on a comic that takes place in a fantasy-based Ancient Greece and I must say it's very fun creating Greek outfits for the characters, especially the warrior designs
Emmee Animooshons
There are different eras for you to play with; Minoan & Mycenaean Greece are pretty similar- Dark Ages Greece - Classical Greece ( *everyone* knows) - Hellenistic Greece differed again.
That’s not going into regional differences; everyone knows Athens, Sparta, Macedon, Thrace & Crete - but what about Lydia? Euboea - Ionia - Arcadia - Thessaly - Messina or Argolis, for example.
As someone who pumps at OCs and smacks random outfits onto them cause I feel like it, this is honestly really helpful.
i have many characters, and they all take place in different times, locations, and universes. but they all eventually tie into each other at some point. they all have different appearances depending on the story, place, time, aesthetic, and person. sometimes i go unique, but not too crazy. you helped me with this a lot.
some examples i used:
heart universe: everyone from this universe are magical, and all bear heart wands, and have different elemental powers, mostly mixed. they also have strange features, like horns, wings, scales, patterns, or other unusual features. they also wear a lot sparkles and soft, yet bright colors. this is supposed to give a dreamy, magical, and astral look to them. after all, they are magical and from another world.
nero: he used to be a king, and used to be highly respected. he had crystal powers, too. so having crystal jewelry (like necklaces and earrings) would make sense for this. he also was frozen by himself on accident for 1000 years, so he looks very ancient.
of course, some of my older characters look strange and out of place, but with the help of this video, now i can learn how to improve. thanks.
I need a mob story with all characters dressed in victorian gowns or bunny suits with no particular reason
I really like your Main Oc! I like the colours, and the style
I really love writing stories, and get immersed in the worlds that I create, and the characters I make, I always thought that OC’s were purely for art, but then I realized I could write my OC’s instead! (I’m a terrible artist.) thank you so much to the comment section, and to these OC video’s!
I would say to study and use references for time periods like Victorians. I did a Victorian drawing with a picture from a book and then I did another a week later when I no longer had the book the referenced one looked like it really was a Victorian girl and not one in a costume from smyths (the toy shop where I live)
Ive been looking for this kinda video for literal YEARS holy shit
When your oc doesn't wear clothes
Hold up-
It’s like that, is it?
@@mustachetwiddler6594 naw, shes an animatronic (she's not a fnaf oc she's just a animal robot)
Thank you very much! i'll keep this in mind in my character designs!
6:32 MY FAVIROUTE GRAVITY FALLS EPISODE!!!
Honestly, It take so much time to design a good outfit that all of my character have like..... 2 or 3 of them
Thanks for the advice! I’m currently trying to figure out the attire of one of my newer OCs and this was really helpful!
This is super helpful for my DnD campaign, thank you!!!
When designing a character from another time period think about what social class they came from. Are they middle class, upper class, or poor? What is their profession? Are they a farmer or an English lord? It's fun to create the fashions for characters. I really enjoy history. Great video! 😁👍🏻
4:37 before anyone asks (or if someone asked) that movie is called “Prince of Egypt”
I cannot express my gratitude to you. Kudos to you.
Ok this video has so many tips that even though simple, I had never even thought of before! This is extremely useful for me, so thank you thank you THANK YOU! I really appreciate this :D
“even uniforms worn by multiple characters-,” 7:11
YES BAKUGOU WHERE IS YOUR TIE? AIZAWA’S GONNA DRESS CODE YOU SOMEDAY
Me putting my character in a hotdog costume: ah yes, a painter
I have a few examples and tid-bits:
In a project my sister and I are working on, we have vehicles as humans. This includes ocean liners. Every ocean liner has red-orange, white, and black in their design to show that they are connected, mainly by occupation, but Californian is not an ocean liner but looks similar. My sister's solution was to replace the white with pink as the ship had a time where her smokestack(s?) was/were pink. It shows that she isn't an ocean liner despite looking similar to one.
Another thing from the same project is you don't always need to match the time period exactly. We found that characters stand out more if we have modern elements no matter when the character is from. An example: Fokker, the Red Baron's Fokker triplane. His outfit looks similar to a red version of a WWI German aviator outfit but isn't. His hair is also very different in a style more akin to an anime character. In contrast, Britannic's only non-period accurate design element is color but it fits their histories.
Fokker stands out, his real-world counterpart was painted to be seen, a warning to the Entente. Britannic, on the other hand, is the forgotten Olympic-class sister so her outfit making her seem simpler and less noticeable makes sense. Of course, next to the other characters, she stands out, both to be a memorable design but also as an (accidental) reference to her want to be noticed and remembered.
TL;DR: Characters can be made to stand out by not having totally historically accurate outfits.
6:35 GRAVITY FALLS (I was legit ruming the gravity falls intro/original intro/ my hearts in gravity falls) (thats a fanmade thing, if you like gravity falls you should watch it it's really good)
Really good video and nice explanations :D
I have some OCs that have a quite nice design I think, but it took me ages to make the clothes fit perfectly
to their personality....
I think that your video might help me to make fitting designs in a shorter amount of time :)
Thanks for your help!!
Ando: explaining thoroughly about costume design in a short, concise way while using helpful images and references thoughtfully placed throughout the video.
Me, a fool: nodding listlessly while wondering where her feet are, like a moron. As obviously she has teleported them into a different dimension with her wizard skills, as she is a true sorcerer.
I never knew how much depth this "clothes designing" stage had
YES!FINALLY! Sorry I just want to appreciate that you added fabric to the video cause it actually made me very happy,either way thank you for making the video.and hope you find success. :)
YAAAAS!!! This is EXACTLY the kind of video I’ve been looking for.
Thanks a ton!! If this is the kind of stuff I can learn from sticking around, then I’m subscribing Right This Second!! 🤩
I REALLY wish there was an easy to-understand-tutorial-book-for-beginners on; How to design characters/How to convey certain character traits through their clothing, colors, poses and so on.
If there is then I would love to know. 🐶
And we never saw her again
I'm usually a silent viewer on TH-cam but these videos are well thought out and very helpful. I am late to the party but they popped in my recommended and are great! Thanks for making these.
more belts, more zippers, fantasy. Great video, a lot of thought put in it, I thought it was just going to be about aesthetic
I'm a writer but your tips help me with all things to make my writing better and more fun to read. thank you
Time to make my clothes out of ice and snow
WE ALL SAW THAT BREATH OF THE WILD OFFICIAL ARTWORK 😍😍😍
Prim and proper characters: Shows Professor McGonagall from Harry Potter
Me: that’s it I’m subscribing
I was staring at the screen soaking in art tips when suddenly - TSUBASA!!!!
Srsly Clamp totally rocks their covers so much, they are so prettyyyyyyyy
Ando can you make a video talking about how to design cultures?
My characters: wear sweaters and thick jackets when its cold
Me irl: Oh, its summer? *puts on thick hoodie* ok im ready.
I've only juat started watchibg your channel today. Thank you for making these videos!
Thank you so much! I needed this becas my and my brother are makeing a world and this is very nice!
This video is gp8ng to help me a lot with creating the many different types of outfits I am going to have to create for the story I am writing. Thanks!!
Timestamps:
0:00 Disclaimer
1:07 Intro
1:35 Location
3:07 Time Period
4:19 Climate
5:18 Occupation
6:36 Personality
7:50 Asthetic
9:15 Materials
12:38 Supplementary Materials
Hearing you talk is really satisfying😍😍😍
The video was very helpful and the examples added so much to the video to really understand, Thank you! 👸🏻
This is exactly the video I needed
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However with modern day stuff. I’d say the stakes are more lenient as if you saw someone in modern day in hippie clothes it’d seem a little odd but not too out of place just do to how things have been and how people have such a different preference and are more free to wear those clothes of preference than earlier time periods
Although it also depends on character personality
Are they gonna be the type to allow themselves to wear what they want
Or are they gonna try and fit in with the crowd.
This is immensely helpful for writing my story. Thank you so much. 💖
Your videos are a really good source for supplementary material for my character drawing course 👌👍, real helpful
Her: *talks about Gray’s shirt problem casually*
The advice goddess has returned! All Hail! All Hail!
This was really helpful! Thanks!!
I see that this is good. You do good. Good job being good.
I'm writing a xianxia novel and the time being is fantasy ancient China and the clothes are soooooo detailed like lots of layers and omg it's really difficult so I need to use references to create something good.
one example i love for aestetic is in star wars, the costume designers had a hard and fast rule of NO ZIPPERS. any other closure system could be used; buttons, velcro, rivets, lacing, straps, etc, but no costume in star wars has a zipper, at least not that can be seen.
another good example would be costumes from the MCU films. almost every costume has piping or lines running throughout the suit. even where piping wouldn't be applicable, like Dr. Strange, or the asgardian characters, they create the same lines by using pleats and folds in the fabric, or raised details in armor. it gives a connective design element that ties everyone together.