PHA ProTip - Character Design

Nick Swift, one of the talented character artists at Powerhouse Animation Studios, gives some tid bits on how to make informative and visually interesting character designs.
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[@animatormark1]

This is fantastic, short and sweet but filled with some much information that you can watch it multiple times and pick up something each time. Thank you!

[@jekpriyanto5984]

4:54 which really priceless for the beginner like me, thanks a lot. it makes everything clear and contrast 🙏🙏

[@RuviGaPo]

This is lovely! I rly want to see more different shape language used for female characters. Too often they're reduced to soft shapes.

[@gab3926]

Exactly, just as an acnedote, I was trying to design a cast of characters the other day and the males had pretty defferent body types: like a buff dude, an overweight one, a midget, an esqueletic one... But then when I saw the women I saw that they had the same body type so I had to redesign like half of them to give them the same diversity as the guys. I didnt even realize this was such a thing until that day and I believe I was at least a bit influenced by popular media and how most female characters there have a similar shape language

[@minimations8697]

Short, concise, and informative! Thank you!

[@fujoera]

Lovely stuff, thanks for sharing. Also, that triangle thief guy was fab!

[@brandy6650]

I'm in LOVE with his style.

[@ahmedchawkibenrahmoun6731]

The difficult part IS to move those shape around , from different angles , and came UP with appealing poses

[@matteoorsini9601]

This made me see character design in a totally new way! Thanks

[@asabalewis7965]

Never seen a tutorial this short and informative... thanks

[@RodTejada502]

So helpful! Thanks so much, Nick and the Powerhouse Animation Studios for this. One of my weak points has always been character design and this surely has helped me face it with more confidence!

[@chaoswolf7976]

Great, simple to understand and useful advice. Thanks a lot :D

[@doctor_whoey3857]

1:40 its my boi ben swolo

[@thempenguindrums0]

i have simply not stopped crying since initially reading this comment

[@donphildraws1357]

Thank you for this. So subtle but so meaningful

[@sonykusumasmoro6811]

very important lesson and very powerful tool on character design, with explanation that is very easy to understand
Great job!

[@anilkumarn8879]

Thank You NICK SWIFT.

[@TheTruth-cy4le]

Superb presentation. Concise and informative.

[@YanyanLun]

thank you Nick! its very helpful!

[@sarinhalps77]

wow his style is simply awesome! and this tip is very helpful, thank you so much.

[@cakebakerb1846]

Thanks Nick! Great tips on design that help differentiate the personalities of all your characters! The silhouette thing is a cool idea, too! I will have to try that on my own character drawings!

[@ataucei]

These are really nice tips

[@draftsmanfive8982]

A very informative video that I wish I watched sooner. I was actually a bit surprised to hear the explanation behind the characterization of shapes right as I was thinking about them, really hope to see more videos like these in the future!

[@nyx4698]

damn this is amazing, short and sweet, heaps of good info- are there any more in depth character design tutorials/ workshops available online that you sell? thanks

[@alexp42431]

Awesome video! Will forward this to my instructor, he'd love it! Makes me happy to know I live close to Powerhouse!

[@yiikai]

short and sweet, just the way i like it!

Great tips

[@vivistevannie5339]

Thank you so much, this is so clear and straight to the point ❤️ love this video

[@VanessaDegarmo]

I want more of this!!!! Next time can you do a video on exaggeration and expression. Making them emotional? Please!!!

[@romanjaviergiordano]

Great vid!

[@PankajSinghArt]

Great, more on this please!

[@TheHotaru93]

Amazingly good and concise video. Left me wanting more!

[@Alibi_47]

Awesome video!!

[@ivankovwink1311]

AMAZING AND HELPFUL VIDEO, thank you soooo much🌺

[@ireneashamoses4209]

Very valuable tips!! Thank you so much!! 💗💗💞👍

[@antoniosadel8868]

very insightful

[@mollyfraha723]

Thanks so much for this. God bless you 😍😍😍

[@jvanimation9520]

Thanks for the tips
it's nice to halfway meet you
I follow you on Twitter and love your work

[@joelmayerprods]

Love the pro tips! Please do more of them that'd be great :D

[@TheAlvi113]

This was amazing

[@lasanthawijekoon]

Thank you ♥

[@miscellaneous7777]

I was taught to make the heads the same size across all characters, of course, using different shapes

[@fxguidetips]

Awesome thank you so much for sharing this, you are super talented!

[@ismaleena8544]

Good tips 🌻🌻🌻

[@zaccomusic]

amazing video friend

[@MutambaBrazil]

Awesome! Thank you for the lesson.

[@DangerDonger]

really nice and helpful video, thanks for sharing the knowledge!

[@JustoShowCartoons]

Great, thanks! All my characters are generic ha ha. Looking to get out of my lazy template habit.

[@law3rd669]

Dope as heck. Thanks.

[@boisycopelandjr]

I found this video. Helpful

[@marcosansalone]

WOW WOW and WOW! very interesting!

[@chrismaguren9649]

Your Cintiq looks old, how longs that weapon been battling alongside you dude?

[@ainoaguy]

Very helpful! Thank you for sharing.

[@gunjanchaudhary8101]

Thank you!

[@Dslick9]

This is very interesting and useful

[@LosCortosDeLucas]

7 years :)

[@Dslick9]

@@LosCortosDeLucas man, how time flies

[@LosCortosDeLucas]

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[@RobertYarde]

Very helpful!

[@hainamphung45]

help me improve so so so much, big big big thanks!!!

[@CompositeNation]

Tjhank you so much man! this is so cool!

[@anilkumarn8879]

Amazing Video,,.....Thank You for Sharing.

[@ramjeevacartoons]

thanks

[@barelybiology]

Amazing

[@302475]

thank you

[@priyashukla70]

Helpful😍

[@jayeshdalvi4887]

Thank you so much sir its very important tips....

[@anatolian6269]

I need this sir to teach me his ways but sadly this video is the only tutorial i could find in this channel :(

[@rahmahart2700]

thank you very helpful

[@scribadibdib]

This stuff I get in theory but am terrible at it in practice

[@michaelastram9866]

Awesome

[@scottriddell3514]

I think Im a more animation Character game and fiction than real life in general because its a harsher reality

[@pachocharoenso6853]

can I have the brush that you're using in the video?

[@genio1616161616]

Its a default photoshop brush, the chalk

[@suikohilman8575]

what is the name of this type of animation ?? please🙏

[@DelacroixBoy]

Shape Design