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Haichie Like my character; He’s 5’7, Left handed and footed. He walks with a sort of a slouch and he has bad posture. Whenever I do a reference sheet, I make sure to include him slouching and standing straight. It’s better for more exact reference
**Cough cough** *Gorillaz* **Cough cough* No seriously, there’s literally no consistency between heights Take two characters 2D and Murdoc for example. Murdoc is around 5’7 and 2D is 6’3. However, when they’re next to each other they’re commonly around the same height, Murdoc sometimes even seeming larger than 2D. Their heights are so drastically different that I’m surprised that they can be drawn anywhere close to each other in the official band’s artwork.
Tori Doodles yeah that’s also a good idea, I was thinking of doing a oc lineup once I get all of my reference sheets done, tho I don’t think I should make a turn around other than front and back since I don’t have a comic or anything like that
The skirt being pushed down in front and tilted up at the back is honestly a realistic touch because as someone who is bottomheavy myself (not to the degree that planchette is thankfully), all of my skirts are higher up in the back than in the front because of all the ass thats back there, honestly. Im really glad to see some bottomheavy skinnyarmed girl rep tho, thanks lavtowne!!
@toffee oh shoot, you're right. I was so positive they sounded different but i just went back and they are deffinetly the same. But she does re record it everytime a new patron is added to the list!
What I think anyone should do is make one of each of these: -Model Sheet -Expressions Chart -The oc's skeletal structure (if possible) -The oc's different outfits -The oc's color palette -A reference with bother flat colors and shaded
@@imeldamadarang3385 yup! Though it can feel tedious, from personal experience it's completely worth it. I'm currently drawing a one shot where I drew character sheets for half the characters, and just went off a design page for the others. Mainly out of experimentation, though some laziness was involved It's so much more fun to draw a character when you know the ins and outs then when you're awkwardly drawing from one reference angle
I have 3 mains that I draw all the time and they practically haven't changed for months now. The more you draw them the more you remember their design and so you find specific ways to draw each of them with a unique touch + it helps you draw them faster. It all comes down to practice
If they are being animated I actually would recommend it. That way you can put rigs on your character and set them for motion. You can also make them in 3d and rig them there.
Maybe it’s not that noticeable to everyone, but the skirt pattern isn’t consistent, the first two and the back view match but the side view has black and white reversed, and three-quarters from the back too. Sorry it just disturbed me a bit xP
She did say in the video that she did catch a few mistakes here and there when she made the rotating gif. Though honestly, I feel like it’s more important to keep the structure consistent than the patterns.
if you're thinking of doing model sheets for your other characters, i would be so happy so see the process of them! just a speedpaint maybe? As always, amazing video and art, you inspire me so much
Here is an original template: Character info ______________ Name: Nickname: Age (if they are a different species than use both human and species age): Birthday: Boy or girl?: Clothes _________ Shirt/dress color: Pants/skirt color: Shoes color: Hat(s) color(s): Socks color(s): Shirt type: Pants type: Hats type: Shoes type: Socks type: Body ---------- Hair length: Height: Weight: Skin tone: Hair color: Lifestyle -------------- Friends: School: Rich or not?: Job (if so): House type (trailer, Manson, 2 story, etc.): Other info ----------------- (Insert description here)
This is a really valuable video. I'm a professional writer, but for years I've been wanting to make a comic and combine my writing with my drawing hobby. I had a premise and some rough character designs already figured out, even a few stories, but it seemed so daunting to actually go about developing it. This gives me some clear ways to get organized and ultimately prove to myself that I can do the art side of it. What's stopped me all this time was concerns about actually making my characters do what they need to do in my stories. I probably should've figured this out already, but it makes so much sense. I just need to make model sheets. Finally, a kick in the behind to actually do productive work and get started on this idea I've had.
Ooh! It’s been three years. Have you published your comic somewhere or have you changed your mind and directed your talents elsewhere? If you’ve already made the comic I’d love to check it out. :)
@@mommy-mar Ended up learning 3D modeling instead, in Blender. Plus, a hundred other writing projects that have taken my attention. I am almost at the point now where I can make my character models in 3D with clean topology, render them with cartoon shading (actually have a lot of those shaders and techniques worked out), and make my comic that way instead of drawing them. It’ll look drawn, but it’ll be a very flexible way of doing things. I could also do animation relatively easily. Not all the pieces are in place, however. I still need to model and rig my characters, and rigging is still something I don’t have a lot of experience with so still some more things to learn. But ultimately I think it’s the workflow that will get me the results I want and in a pretty quick pace so I could keep a comic going regularly without it becoming a full time job. A lot of time investment up front but once I’ve got my digital assets it’ll be smooth sailing and I can just focus on writing it. I might still draw backgrounds by hand in 2D, just have the characters as posable 3D models to speed things up and maintain a consistent look. Three years ago, I did draw out my characters in a formal way, iterated on the designs a bit. Translating those to 3D, so they render looking like their 2D designs, that will be an adventure. A couple of them I may want to revisit. Check back on me in another three years, and maybe I’ll have started the comic by then. I wrote a bunch of scripts though, most of the world building is in notes, got some general outlines for a bunch of other chapters. Who knows, I’ve been developing the comic since probably 2008 or 2007. It may be more than three more years before I finally publish. But I’m not really working on it currently. It’s a back burner project for me, something I think about from time to time. It was good to be reminded of it by your comment, actually. Thank you. I may try and focus on learning some rigging skills because of that in the near future. Right now I have another big writing project that’s taking up most of my creative juices and requires a substantial amount of research. But I’m often playing around with Blender.
No offence but I’m British and reading this my British tenderise alerted me that is was sarcastic but then I realised it really wasn’t... JESUS WHY DO I HAVE TO BE CURSED WITH THE SARCASM!
Only the T pose shall choose. I feel my body shiver in disgust seeing unworthy beings attempting to radiate the godly power they obviously do not posses by T posing. #AcquireTposeAcquireDominance
This is kinda just a random comment, but ever since I found you channel, my art has improved! From your Do this, not that series to just your art in general really motivates me!
And then, there’s me, who just love to see my OCs evolving, changing their clothes and more slighty differents things between all my drawings... That’s really like they were aging, and were gaining more experience on life, and stuff like that !
Can you try affinity and compare it to Photoshop? Its a lot cheaper than Photoshop and many people believe it is comparable. I do photo editing and its comparable for that but I don't know how affinity compares illustration wise
Should I make many different model sheets of the same character, so I can choose which one I like best? Sometimes you can draw a character sheet badly, and then you won't be committed drawing your character that way. Plus, your art skills evolve overtime.
CutieMoli i can somewhat see what she means but that excuse, as lazy as it already is, doesn’t even explain how some characters heights jump around in each episode asdkghw
i would recommend looking at the color hex and writing that down in a note book or something just in case your app glitches or you tech stops working for some reason
Model sheets are fun! Something I've noticed more and more as I cross between mediums is that the final product in one medium becomes the reference in another. Models are a way of summarizing the things you need to reference the most for animation, but the model usually comes after doing concepts, and the concepts might come from a story idea, which in turn might have come from some general themes and research. Just like how it never totally matters that your lines are perfect, it never totally matters that any one part of the process has been nailed down, just that you can put it in some kind of healthy iterative cycle that develops the concepts farther. A reason to go for T-pose or its common relatives A-pose and star-pose, is if you want the model sheet to be transferred into a 3D package directly. 3D animation rigs prefer having the base be "in between" the extremes so that things don't stretch too much which is why these poses have become common. The modelling process is most straightforward when you can put your references into your 3D view and essentially trace the outlines, because then all your effort can go to technical details like the topology, so it often works out that the model sheets in 2D will start in these poses too.
Something I love about LavenderTowne is that she doesn't spend an entire calling out others and uses an example of herself like she is teaching us from her past experiances and I guess it helps me learn much better knowing she did the same I might have did
This is really helpfull, I recently started to design my own characters, at this point I consider myself skilled enough to make a good character, not only to draw with correct anatomy, but giving it a good story and make it look interesting, at least the most basic things, I haven't made one yet. Also I love your style and it helps me a lot!!!
I remember watching this about a year ago. I wasn't as serious about my work and definitely wasn't confident in my ability to do something like this. Today, I opened my drawing program and told myself I was finally going to do a turnaround sheet for my character. Looking at sheets online didn't seem like enough, then I remembered this video, and I went straight to it to get tips. Not to my surprise, you helped so much! Thanks for everything!!
I am so glad I found your channel. I'm a major perfectionist so I usually get really discouraged and give up for long periods of time. Your content helps me to keep learning and drawing. 💙💙💙
You sound so much happier and more confident in this video than in a lot of your older ones. You're really improving on these! The points are super helpful, too ^^
Can you redesign Danganronpa characters? Ilysm! Edit: I now know you did once, but maybe you could make a series were you redesign each of the main trios. Thanks!
5:17 - A simple solution to this hat problem is to treat it like Mickey's ears or Angeldust's hair. No matter what direction she's facing, it'll be turned exactly the same way (unless she's flipped, of course).
i really like the design of planchette's shoulders especially. the way that they're skulls, and that the frills resemble teeth is awesome, and i never noticed until seeing this model sheet. I guess that goes to show one of the important roles these things play
Hello! I just finished your Webcomic on this cute witch and I don't know if you'll see this but I would like you to know that I really love your character designs. I mean the skulls on the puffy sleeves on her dress? That's genius ♥
Thank you so much for making this video when you did. After finding and watching this video, I figured that when I draw my characters, I only rarely draw them at different positions and angles. Your tips were very useful and I adore your art style. I also tried drawing all these positions(they didn't turn out great).
This is really helpful! I often find myself looking back at my previous drawing of a character in order to draw them again, and it would be a lot easier to just have a reference sheet nearby:)
This is SOOOO helpful! Thank you! I started writing a long comic, by page 62 the main character looked completely different from the first page. I'll use this now and hopefully keep the rest of them consistent!
This is actually really convenient of a video for me right now! Thank you so much!!! Also it's awesome to see how incredibly well your channel has been doing lately. I'm glad that you're getting so much recognition for your hard work. I just hope it doesn't become too hard to stay afloat in the sea of comments. Also, those references you showed around 1:30 made me so happy! I loved watching those movies when I was little!
2:29 "They'll be consistent within this episode" once i saw an episode of su where between a shot reverse shot Pearl's nose went from a more dorito like shape, to an incicle shape. 😐
Miguel is, and will always be, my favorite character from, “The Road to El Dorado” He’s such a peach, truly a great “god.” Miguel’s got a heart of gold, he’s such a lovable character
I’ve committed myself mentally to making a Webtoon comic. I’ve realised, a little into character design, a few things; I can’t draw men, I suck at motivating myself, and I can’t draw perspective. I trust that eventually, through the demand for results from my drawing, I’ll get better at those things. Still, it’s gonna be a rough start. Help.
Someone like so i can come back to this later when i have a note pad, but this gave me an idea for a character concept for a girl with hair that works similar to a mood ring.
I really appreciate how specific and practical your advice is. It’s incredibly helpful. Also feels like I’m getting art-school wisdom passed along to me since I’m self-taught. Lol
This was super helpful! I'm always creating characters for fan fictions, fandom etc and I'm always drawing them so this really did help since I want to share my art as well.
Don't worry about it just draw when you draw the characters a bit differently from shot to shot that isn't so bad you are getting better at drawing your Characters they will always look slightly different over time. The real challenge is drawing other people's charcaters.
Thanks Lavender! I have been trying for months to master this, but with exams coming and so little time, I have been having problems with character models and finding my style and with my teacher's not -so-constructive criticism that I draw too anime like and not realistic enough...I am stressing out and it's the week before my final exams... I have seen one of you videos that talks about finding your style, but the pressure on me is making me lose focus and the frustration is really tearing me down...I can,t digitally draw a ref sheet because my computer charger isn't working and my tablet cord is frayed, so I have to do everything by hand and I lost some sleep over it... But, other than that...by on the video. ^^
THANK YOU FOR THIS! I've been considering starting to learn animation so this really helped me and I am going to be making model sheets for my characters too! >U
You're definitely right when I made my comic book I drew my characters from tons of angles as well as expressions If you do that it's very easy to complete your story without worrying about what the look like. 🙂
This is the video that i’ve been searching for since I started designing ocs and I couldnt find any tips for that so now my fav youtuber made it so I’m super happy & grateful 💗
i am just 12, are you expecting me to understand all of this? *_yes_* (edit: i was 13 when i wrote the comment and i don't remember or know why it says "12". i think cause i tend to confuse it easily. but ye i think ima understand it now edit 2: g'dae am 14 rn and i start to hate gacha life videos :D also the past few minutes i've been doing some stuff with my keyboard ♣░ ←i can now get these with my keyboard instead of copy paste from google)
I love how this video is both informative and shady @ SU without even trying. Especially the height differences and “mood ring” characters (cough cough lapis and peridot)
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HOT TIP I FORGOT TO SAY: Once your model sheet(s) are done, print them off and pin them above your desk! It gets your eyes used to how you want them to look, and it makes your workspace look so professional and legit. 🌟
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I I love to draw and I've been drawing since I was about five and I've gotten a whole lot better and you were the reason why I have gotten better
I love you you’re incredible, i was on the bus and the entire time i imagined and prayed that you would board the bus... i have no idea why
YESSSS
good idea oml
I actually thought of this before scrolling to the comment section
Another tip for consistency:
Know their exact height
Know their dominant hand and foot
Know how they usually walk and carry themself
Haichie Like my character;
He’s 5’7, Left handed and footed. He walks with a sort of a slouch and he has bad posture. Whenever I do a reference sheet, I make sure to include him slouching and standing straight. It’s better for more exact reference
**Cough cough** *Gorillaz* **Cough cough*
No seriously, there’s literally no consistency between heights
Take two characters 2D and Murdoc for example. Murdoc is around 5’7 and 2D is 6’3. However, when they’re next to each other they’re commonly around the same height, Murdoc sometimes even seeming larger than 2D. Their heights are so drastically different that I’m surprised that they can be drawn anywhere close to each other in the official band’s artwork.
Kiddo kinda like myself
Except 5’2 and female
also compare heights to other characters with a gird of like one square per 2 inches so you know the exact comparison between heights
Tori Doodles yeah that’s also a good idea, I was thinking of doing a oc lineup once I get all of my reference sheets done, tho I don’t think I should make a turn around other than front and back since I don’t have a comic or anything like that
The most important reason to give your character a t-pose is to assert dominance.
Orange Juice intimidate all those vertical-armed normies
Even the OCs are doing their part in the war against T series
I laughed to hard help me
@@leeeeeeeeeeeeeviathan my OCs have pewdiepie merch. Lol
What’s a t pose?
The skirt being pushed down in front and tilted up at the back is honestly a realistic touch because as someone who is bottomheavy myself (not to the degree that planchette is thankfully), all of my skirts are higher up in the back than in the front because of all the ass thats back there, honestly. Im really glad to see some bottomheavy skinnyarmed girl rep tho, thanks lavtowne!!
"Because all of dat ass"
Zorro same!! It’s honestly my greatest pet peeve that I just have to live with
Loose weight pls❤thats not healthy
@@pleasegetoffofmyaccounttho1356 it's not your business to tell people how much they should weigh. It's rude
please get off of my account Thomas have you never seen a skinny person with a phat ass
I love how during every video she laughs when she gets to the username leblehblableh at 15:09
Itz Lucky I think it's prerecord, hence the laugh every time.
These patreon names are amazing. lol
@@connororeomurphy7544 nope, she thanks her patrons every video. You can tell, the recording in this video is different from her previous upload
@toffee oh shoot, you're right. I was so positive they sounded different but i just went back and they are deffinetly the same. But she does re record it everytime a new patron is added to the list!
I love that too
your characters according to my dad:
planchette: main girl
pinyon:pigeon girl
sun:eye girl
babs:pink girl
He's not wrong tho XD
Que: odd fellow from GOBLIN SLAYER OST
accurate
Lolololol
My mom says
Foodie girl
Sad muggle
Ugly girl
Pretty lady
Wow, my, I never realized that her sleeves were skulls! How cute !!
Hi
i always thought they were eyes but i think skulls make more sense
What I think anyone should do is make one of each of these:
-Model Sheet
-Expressions Chart
-The oc's skeletal structure (if possible)
-The oc's different outfits
-The oc's color palette
-A reference with bother flat colors and shaded
basically alot of sheets.
Thank you
@@imeldamadarang3385 yup! Though it can feel tedious, from personal experience it's completely worth it. I'm currently drawing a one shot where I drew character sheets for half the characters, and just went off a design page for the others. Mainly out of experimentation, though some laziness was involved
It's so much more fun to draw a character when you know the ins and outs then when you're awkwardly drawing from one reference angle
¿should the skeleton sheet be a realistic skeleton, or stick bones like in a 3D program?
Don’t forget the reference sheet!
6:05 Those are called expression sheets, they basically are for that reason.
It's really helpful for showing off the personality of the character.
Your character is so cute haha idk why but I just love the intros
Helo
halo
Bonjour
Oh hi
Hello
i can't even draw a stick man, but atleast i'll be able to draw my not-stick man in multiple ways. it's what my not-stick man deserves.
You can draw a stickman,just keep practicing and even you can draw better than a stickman.
If you can write, you can draw a stick man because they both use basic lines
Your a true hero
Just draw 10 pictures a day and in a year you will be great. William Hanna and Joseph Barbara because artists when they turned 40 it's never too late.
Can I name your not stick man Frederick? It’s what he deserves
i dont even notice off-model characters anymore
struggles of having steven universe as a special interest
Ikr 🙃🏳️🌈
I never even noticed Steven Universe being off-model, like, at all until everyone on the internet complained about it
Same! I didn't even realize LT's characters were different from the beginning to the end, they looked perfctly fine.
Same! I swear, I never even realised until it was bought up.
Same
How are people drawing the same oc every time even? I can't draw an oc twice bc they look fully different at face😭
born to shinee i feel u bro
practice dude! ik how u feel but the more u practise the better youll get!
Practice.
Also when I make comics Their Sizes keep changing in each panel so um...I need to work on my consistency
I have 3 mains that I draw all the time and they practically haven't changed for months now. The more you draw them the more you remember their design and so you find specific ways to draw each of them with a unique touch + it helps you draw them faster. It all comes down to practice
When you make a new oc draw it a lot so you can get used to drawing them the make a model sheet
"Resist giving them T-poses..." ... oops, I just did 7 reference sheets with my OCs with t-poses... :c
Anaëlle L., What’s a t pose?
@@atzeccy353 Standing straight up with arms straight out to the side. Looks like a t.
@@atzeccy353 A stance used to assert dominance.
If they are being animated I actually would recommend it. That way you can put rigs on your character and set them for motion. You can also make them in 3d and rig them there.
I was drawing one with a t-pose for a ref sheet while she said that--
The story board artist for Steven Universe should watch this 😏🤷
Addysooon no tea no shade but... full tea full shade
I love su but peridot is literally shrinking
@@biggestboy i agree
lol
Yeah its one of my favorite shows but,, connie.
"A reason for them to be in t-pose"
FOR DOMINANCE?!
I really love Steven universe but I really don't like how the characters are always off model
Agreed
Same
Me neither
Yeah like Connie she got so short in season 2
Netflix She Ra has the same problem, love the show but the modelling is soooo sketchy
Maybe it’s not that noticeable to everyone, but the skirt pattern isn’t consistent, the first two and the back view match but the side view has black and white reversed, and three-quarters from the back too. Sorry it just disturbed me a bit xP
I saw that and it was bugging me too haha.
Yassoda Yeah. Especially on a video about character consistency lmao
I mean mistakes happen, hopefully she’ll catch it!
She did say in the video that she did catch a few mistakes here and there when she made the rotating gif. Though honestly, I feel like it’s more important to keep the structure consistent than the patterns.
Yassoda I thought it’s right?
if you're thinking of doing model sheets for your other characters, i would be so happy so see the process of them! just a speedpaint maybe?
As always, amazing video and art, you inspire me so much
Here is an original template:
Character info
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Name:
Nickname:
Age (if they are a different species than use both human and species age):
Birthday:
Boy or girl?:
Clothes
_________
Shirt/dress color:
Pants/skirt color:
Shoes color:
Hat(s) color(s):
Socks color(s):
Shirt type:
Pants type:
Hats type:
Shoes type:
Socks type:
Body
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Hair length:
Height:
Weight:
Skin tone:
Hair color:
Lifestyle
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Friends:
School:
Rich or not?:
Job (if so):
House type (trailer, Manson, 2 story, etc.):
Other info
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(Insert description here)
*draws stick figure the same way 5 times* I’m an artist!
I can draw a line!
I a m a a r t i s t.
Really?
your a true arteest
I DREW A BART SIMPSON THE SAME WAY 6 TIMES
14:47 you spin me right round baby right round like a record
This is a really valuable video. I'm a professional writer, but for years I've been wanting to make a comic and combine my writing with my drawing hobby. I had a premise and some rough character designs already figured out, even a few stories, but it seemed so daunting to actually go about developing it. This gives me some clear ways to get organized and ultimately prove to myself that I can do the art side of it. What's stopped me all this time was concerns about actually making my characters do what they need to do in my stories. I probably should've figured this out already, but it makes so much sense. I just need to make model sheets. Finally, a kick in the behind to actually do productive work and get started on this idea I've had.
Ooh! It’s been three years. Have you published your comic somewhere or have you changed your mind and directed your talents elsewhere? If you’ve already made the comic I’d love to check it out. :)
@@mommy-mar Ended up learning 3D modeling instead, in Blender. Plus, a hundred other writing projects that have taken my attention. I am almost at the point now where I can make my character models in 3D with clean topology, render them with cartoon shading (actually have a lot of those shaders and techniques worked out), and make my comic that way instead of drawing them. It’ll look drawn, but it’ll be a very flexible way of doing things. I could also do animation relatively easily. Not all the pieces are in place, however. I still need to model and rig my characters, and rigging is still something I don’t have a lot of experience with so still some more things to learn. But ultimately I think it’s the workflow that will get me the results I want and in a pretty quick pace so I could keep a comic going regularly without it becoming a full time job. A lot of time investment up front but once I’ve got my digital assets it’ll be smooth sailing and I can just focus on writing it. I might still draw backgrounds by hand in 2D, just have the characters as posable 3D models to speed things up and maintain a consistent look.
Three years ago, I did draw out my characters in a formal way, iterated on the designs a bit. Translating those to 3D, so they render looking like their 2D designs, that will be an adventure. A couple of them I may want to revisit. Check back on me in another three years, and maybe I’ll have started the comic by then. I wrote a bunch of scripts though, most of the world building is in notes, got some general outlines for a bunch of other chapters. Who knows, I’ve been developing the comic since probably 2008 or 2007. It may be more than three more years before I finally publish.
But I’m not really working on it currently. It’s a back burner project for me, something I think about from time to time. It was good to be reminded of it by your comment, actually. Thank you. I may try and focus on learning some rigging skills because of that in the near future. Right now I have another big writing project that’s taking up most of my creative juices and requires a substantial amount of research. But I’m often playing around with Blender.
Yay another lavender towne vid! These always help me so much!
Gigi Jam this is off topic but I love your art!! 😅💖💖
Aww thank you!
No offence but I’m British and reading this my British tenderise alerted me that is was sarcastic but then I realised it really wasn’t... JESUS WHY DO I HAVE TO BE CURSED WITH THE SARCASM!
But what if the T pose fits their personality?😂
the T pose is a sacred stance used only to assert dominance by the most competent
Only the T pose shall choose.
I feel my body shiver in disgust seeing unworthy beings attempting to radiate the godly power they obviously do not posses by T posing.
#AcquireTposeAcquireDominance
Do you want your character to look like it's from the movie "Titanic"??😂
*sanes joins the chat
*White Diamond joined the chat*
10:15 AND I ONLY JUST REALIZED HER SHOULDERS ARE SKULLS THAT'S AWESOME!
this is super helpful and something ive been struggling with!! tysm 💕
This is kinda just a random comment, but ever since I found you channel, my art has improved! From your Do this, not that series to just your art in general really motivates me!
And then, there’s me, who just love to see my OCs evolving, changing their clothes and more slighty differents things between all my drawings... That’s really like they were aging, and were gaining more experience on life, and stuff like that !
Scrolling for something to watch lateness will not stop me
6:07
The sad face Miguel makes in the bottom row. I FINALLY GET THE SAYING "WHY THE LONG FACE?"!
“Don’t put your character in a t-pose. Put them in a pose that fits their personality.” But all my characters are in a cult
The side view kinda makes the puffs look like skulls, just wanted to say that’s very interesting and I love that detail!
Can you try affinity and compare it to Photoshop? Its a lot cheaper than Photoshop and many people believe it is comparable. I do photo editing and its comparable for that but I don't know how affinity compares illustration wise
Planchette's outfit from the back looks adorable for some reason
Should I make many different model sheets of the same character, so I can choose which one I like best? Sometimes you can draw a character sheet badly, and then you won't be committed drawing your character that way. Plus, your art skills evolve overtime.
Well duh, If you don't like it edit it or remake it?
also is it me or is spinning planchette the most hecking satisfying thing I’ve sawn in my life
holy crap i could sleep while that’s in the background
This is so perfectly timed! I really needed this video now, because I am trying to create my own characters for a project. This is great!
Can somebody send this video to Rebecca Sugar? lmao
IKR???
I love me some steven universe but😒😒😒those animation differences...
how did you find fire salt THAT hot? Omg!
she said she liked having the different storyboard artists style in different episodes smh... She even keeps the weirdest drawing.
CutieMoli
i can somewhat see what she means
but that excuse, as lazy as it already is, doesn’t even explain how some characters heights jump around in each episode asdkghw
😂😂
i would recommend looking at the color hex and writing that down in a note book or something just in case your app glitches or you tech stops working for some reason
Im so early 😂 I’ve been ADICTED to you’re videos lately!! You inspired me to start a comic that was in the back of my head ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Model sheets are fun! Something I've noticed more and more as I cross between mediums is that the final product in one medium becomes the reference in another. Models are a way of summarizing the things you need to reference the most for animation, but the model usually comes after doing concepts, and the concepts might come from a story idea, which in turn might have come from some general themes and research. Just like how it never totally matters that your lines are perfect, it never totally matters that any one part of the process has been nailed down, just that you can put it in some kind of healthy iterative cycle that develops the concepts farther.
A reason to go for T-pose or its common relatives A-pose and star-pose, is if you want the model sheet to be transferred into a 3D package directly. 3D animation rigs prefer having the base be "in between" the extremes so that things don't stretch too much which is why these poses have become common. The modelling process is most straightforward when you can put your references into your 3D view and essentially trace the outlines, because then all your effort can go to technical details like the topology, so it often works out that the model sheets in 2D will start in these poses too.
i tend to get words stuck in my head, sometimes i get “hey everybody it’s lavendertowne!!” Stuck
Me--
Watching this while making a character reference sheet
You--
"Try to resist putting them in a t-pose"
Me, finished with the drawing--
"....oops"
Something I love about LavenderTowne is that she doesn't spend an entire calling out others and uses an example of herself like she is teaching us from her past experiances and I guess it helps me learn much better knowing she did the same I might have did
This is really helpfull, I recently started to design my own characters, at this point I consider myself skilled enough to make a good character, not only to draw with correct anatomy, but giving it a good story and make it look interesting, at least the most basic things, I haven't made one yet.
Also I love your style and it helps me a lot!!!
I remember watching this about a year ago. I wasn't as serious about my work and definitely wasn't confident in my ability to do something like this. Today, I opened my drawing program and told myself I was finally going to do a turnaround sheet for my character. Looking at sheets online didn't seem like enough, then I remembered this video, and I went straight to it to get tips. Not to my surprise, you helped so much! Thanks for everything!!
I am so glad I found your channel. I'm a major perfectionist so I usually get really discouraged and give up for long periods of time. Your content helps me to keep learning and drawing. 💙💙💙
Making model sheets are one of my favorite things about the animation process
I'm really proud of her for going out of her comfort zone and drawing in 3D angles ❣️
You sound so much happier and more confident in this video than in a lot of your older ones. You're really improving on these! The points are super helpful, too ^^
Can you redesign Danganronpa characters? Ilysm!
Edit: I now know you did once, but maybe you could make a series were you redesign each of the main trios. Thanks!
Anime Trash she actually did!
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yeet yeet Oh shit! I remember now!
5:17 - A simple solution to this hat problem is to treat it like Mickey's ears or Angeldust's hair. No matter what direction she's facing, it'll be turned exactly the same way (unless she's flipped, of course).
I would LOVE to watch a video of you talking about your comic characters and drawing them
I’ve started a comic recently and this helped a lot thank you so much!
Haley: You shouldn't really make your characters t-pose when on a model sheet
Me: *thinks of white diamond*
My favorite thing to draw. I love concept art and sheets like this so I love learning how to make them better. Thanks so much!
I am currently finishing thr design of my characters for a comic. This really helped, thank-you so much!!
i really like the design of planchette's shoulders especially. the way that they're skulls, and that the frills resemble teeth is awesome, and i never noticed until seeing this model sheet. I guess that goes to show one of the important roles these things play
Hello! I just finished your Webcomic on this cute witch and I don't know if you'll see this but I would like you to know that I really love your character designs. I mean the skulls on the puffy sleeves on her dress? That's genius ♥
yesyesyesyes!!!! i’ve been thinking about my ocs again and i’ve been missing these types of design and help videos!! we love perfect timing!!
Me: Look, this is Planchette.
Friend: ｓｈｅ ｇｏｔ ｓｏｍｅ ｂｉｇ ｔｈｉｇｈｓ
The gif looks so cool... thats great advice i needed that thankyou 💜
Even companies need's to take notes form this
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Thank you so much for making this video when you did. After finding and watching this video, I figured that when I draw my characters, I only rarely draw them at different positions and angles. Your tips were very useful and I adore your art style. I also tried drawing all these positions(they didn't turn out great).
yesss ily lav, i 100% needed this 😭
This is really helpful! I often find myself looking back at my previous drawing of a character in order to draw them again, and it would be a lot easier to just have a reference sheet nearby:)
Someone missed the like button, this video is perfect
This is SOOOO helpful! Thank you! I started writing a long comic, by page 62 the main character looked completely different from the first page. I'll use this now and hopefully keep the rest of them consistent!
T-poses are mostly for translating into 3d programs. Comic model sheets run with different rules.
This is actually really convenient of a video for me right now! Thank you so much!!!
Also it's awesome to see how incredibly well your channel has been doing lately. I'm glad that you're getting so much recognition for your hard work. I just hope it doesn't become too hard to stay afloat in the sea of comments.
Also, those references you showed around 1:30 made me so happy! I loved watching those movies when I was little!
2:29
"They'll be consistent within this episode" once i saw an episode of su where between a shot reverse shot Pearl's nose went from a more dorito like shape, to an incicle shape. 😐
Miguel is, and will always be, my favorite character from, “The Road to El Dorado”
He’s such a peach, truly a great “god.”
Miguel’s got a heart of gold, he’s such a lovable character
I’ve committed myself mentally to making a Webtoon comic. I’ve realised, a little into character design, a few things; I can’t draw men, I suck at motivating myself, and I can’t draw perspective. I trust that eventually, through the demand for results from my drawing, I’ll get better at those things. Still, it’s gonna be a rough start. Help.
LavenderTowne, you're my only source of inspiration right now. I'm struggling with art block but your videos help me get inspired!
I'm about to start a comic and this is such a helpful video. Thank you :]
Well, I did this with my characters a while ago. I mostly did everything in this video, even the rotation GIF. Good to see I did everything right. ^-^
"Sometimes, different episodes are animated in different studios"
Oh, that's what happened to pokemon-
You should do more videos of designing characters! I love watching them and just love your style!💕✨
I love to do this all the time for my own charcaters for fun. I'm a geek. Funny thing I am working on one right now for Animation class.
Someone like so i can come back to this later when i have a note pad, but this gave me an idea for a character concept for a girl with hair that works similar to a mood ring.
You should do anime girls being turned in your style! E.g. Yandere-Chan, Sailor moon, Voilet...
I really appreciate how specific and practical your advice is. It’s incredibly helpful. Also feels like I’m getting art-school wisdom passed along to me since I’m self-taught. Lol
Hello, I just want to say that I love your videos, and love you drawings! Keep it up girl! 💖💖💖
This was super helpful! I'm always creating characters for fan fictions, fandom etc and I'm always drawing them so this really did help since I want to share my art as well.
Aaaaah this is the main thing I struggle when drawing comics 😭
Don't worry about it just draw when you draw the characters a bit differently from shot to shot that isn't so bad you are getting better at drawing your Characters they will always look slightly different over time. The real challenge is drawing other people's charcaters.
I love character design sheets, they're always so inspiring :o
Anime: I’m gonna have to stop you right there
Art skills: Yeah! What she said!
Me: I hate you all....
Thanks Lavender! I have been trying for months to master this, but with exams coming and so little time, I have been having problems with character models and finding my style and with my teacher's not -so-constructive criticism that I draw too anime like and not realistic enough...I am stressing out and it's the week before my final exams...
I have seen one of you videos that talks about finding your style, but the pressure on me is making me lose focus and the frustration is really tearing me down...I can,t digitally draw a ref sheet because my computer charger isn't working and my tablet cord is frayed, so I have to do everything by hand and I lost some sleep over it...
But, other than that...by on the video. ^^
THANK YOU FOR THIS! I've been considering starting to learn animation so this really helped me and I am going to be making model sheets for my characters too! >U
You're definitely right when I made my comic book I drew my characters from tons of angles as well as expressions
If you do that it's very easy to complete your story without worrying about what the look like. 🙂
I'm doing an art study on Kasey Golden. Not that anyone asked, just thought I'd say.
This is the video that i’ve been searching for since I started designing ocs and I couldnt find any tips for that so now my fav youtuber made it so I’m super happy & grateful 💗
i am just 12,
are you expecting me to understand all of this?
*_yes_*
(edit: i was 13 when i wrote the comment and i don't remember or know why it says "12". i think cause i tend to confuse it easily. but ye i think ima understand it now
edit 2: g'dae am 14 rn and i start to hate gacha life videos :D also the past few minutes i've been doing some stuff with my keyboard ♣░ ←i can now get these with my keyboard instead of copy paste from google)
sokatschu AW LOL
@@LiveLoveAnime66 why "aw"? :I
Gacha
Well if you're a young artist even just listening to these can help you. I wish I had these videos when I was younger lmao
@@ss-cp2uy lmao ay i think if i rewatch it now ima understand it.
I have no consistency in my character drawings. It's mostly the hair and the specific eyeshape that trips me up
Your Character reminds me of Marisa from Touhou :) Not that I'm accusing you of 'copying' or something stupid, but I just like the style of clothing.
1:52 FANTASTIC MR FOX
This Amino add... Aaaa Ibuki! My favourite girl!
exactly what i thought!!
yeah ibuki's great
In the beginning, she said she loved Ibuki! Honestly same girl same. 🎸🎸
Click.Clack.Lavendertowne always got our back.
Too bad I don`t have an oc.
I love how this video is both informative and shady @ SU without even trying. Especially the height differences and “mood ring” characters (cough cough lapis and peridot)