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Character design trope you LOVE

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-27 11:22:27


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designes the never works in other art styles got to be my favorite. i find them very skrunkly.

other examples include:

wnder over yonder

my little pony

kirby

moominvalley series

sam and max

etc.


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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-27 11:33:36


My turn:


Yeaaah heterochromia is cool and all, bit characters with closed/concealed eyes being revealed after a dramatic moment is da shit!!!

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ich mag katzen

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-27 12:15:30


At 11/23/23 07:17 PM, EmsDeLaRoZ wrote: I do like characters with simple, but heavily implyings in their designs.

This guy embodies dark feelings and pure evil, but it's just a white ball with a bloody eye

Probably everybody knows this one. These guys lack from visual expressions, which makes them very misterious. The form they are animated and placed usually makes 'em look like they're slouched, which adds very much to their mistery and discomforting nature.


Also, Rayman.


I like Pizza!

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-27 12:22:17


The hero with dark hair and the villain with light hair.

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Oh, and parody characters.

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I like Pizza!

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-27 14:16:33


At 11/27/23 12:15 PM, NoobClock666 wrote:
At 11/23/23 07:17 PM, EmsDeLaRoZ wrote: I do like characters with simple, but heavily implyings in their designs.

This guy embodies dark feelings and pure evil, but it's just a white ball with a bloody eye

Probably everybody knows this one. These guys lack from visual expressions, which makes them very misterious. The form they are animated and placed usually makes 'em look like they're slouched, which adds very much to their mistery and discomforting nature.
Also, Rayman.


Yeah, sort of. His threatment as a thingamajig works for his existency in the glade of dreams, and his design makes him both very free in movement and very easy to animate, which is excellent for a character whose games are recognized for their master artistry and dinamyc gameplay


Being 100% alive means taking a 50% of actions and having a 50% of perspective

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headbands. When I was little people would always hate on wearing them irl or drawing them all the time. THEY LOOK SO COOL! A good example is Bardock from DBZ. In the movie when he grabs his comrades headband and its becomes red from their blood. Certified badass

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Everyone is an artist, if you've ever made art, you're an artist! :D

check out my comic here! or my silly joke one here!

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-27 21:31:21


coming back because ijust remembered another trope but characters that are just normal regular ass humans except they have an animals head and there are no other notable features about them


coolguy

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-27 21:50:26


For me, it's gotta be characters who limbs can stretch and extend, it's one of those designs where you can tell an animator or artist is just having fun with them.


Another is just simple/casual clothing on characters, nothing much but I prefer simple but memorable designs over overly complicated ones.


sorry i'm here, i'm busy doing absolutely nothing at all...

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-28 00:00:42


SQUARE HEADS

i fucking love sharp angular character designs


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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-28 01:07:49


FRILLS. OH MY GOD

I KNOW THEY ARE GIRLY AND ARE

DIFFICULT TO DRAW BUT OMG THEY

ARE SO CUTE THEY MAKE ANY OUTFIT

BETTER. MAIDS, SCHOOL UNIFORMS,

ARMORS, EVERYTHING LOOKS BETTER

WITH FRILLS.

Sorry about that, got carried away a little.


It's all there in the manual.

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-29 00:30:28


One thing I appreciate is when a non-mammalian female character doesn't really have breasts. Don't get me wrong, the female figure is a work of art, and I'm not instantly uninterested if the character has a bit more figure than the male, but I can only handle so much before it just looks ridiculous. I just can't take something like this seriously:


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I much rather like this:


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Frankly, I think as a whole, I like when the female version of a cartoon animal looks similar to the male counterpart rather than sexing it up so that we know the animal's a lady

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-29 05:15:52


Asymmetrical pants with one bare leg. Like a pair of pants 👖 but it's got one leg cut off at the hips. You can also get the effect from one stocking.


It has to be clearly intentional though. Put a belt on the bare thigh or something.

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-29 07:19:01


-Goat and snake eyes on non-goats and non-snakes.

-Robot limbs/appendages where the inner workings are readily visible (think Treasure Planet's version of John Silver, or Edward Steam)

-Facial scars that are properly disfiguring and not essentially an accessory. Not necessarily all the way into Twoface territory but in that general direction. Also the broader category of facial asymmetry.

-Coats with sleeves draped over the shoulders with the sleeves unused.

-Thick stripes, most preferably black and white but any dark+light combination does it for me if done well.

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-29 12:11:08


neons

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-29 12:27:43


At 11/24/23 07:38 PM, AbstractPurple wrote: Tomboys ^-^


And Tom girls.


I like Pizza!

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-29 12:31:41


At 11/27/23 11:33 AM, CappyCatII wrote: My turn:

Yeaaah heterochromia is cool and all, bit characters with closed/concealed eyes being revealed after a dramatic moment is da shit!!!


I like this because of superman.

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I like Pizza!

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-29 13:09:52


Sharp teeth and zig-zag mouths.


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I just like how they look.

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-11-29 14:20:59


when a character is wearing a beanie that covers the top of their eyes.


DONT BOTHER ME, OKAY?

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-12-04 17:01:16


very specific - zombies covered in cartoony stitches. its so nonsensical and silly but also really cute, leans into that spooky-but-adorable vibe a whole lot. im also a sucker for creepy circus motifs, nothin' better than a good old fashioned evil clown.

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-12-04 17:04:11


At 12/4/23 05:01 PM, maniczombiedreamgirl wrote: very specific - zombies covered in cartoony stitches. its so nonsensical and silly but also really cute, leans into that spooky-but-adorable vibe a whole lot. im also a sucker for creepy circus motifs, nothin' better than a good old fashioned evil clown.


Ah you mean like Rottytops?

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-12-04 17:07:12


At 12/4/23 05:04 PM, Yolkbyte wrote:
At 12/4/23 05:01 PM, maniczombiedreamgirl wrote: very specific - zombies covered in cartoony stitches. its so nonsensical and silly but also really cute, leans into that spooky-but-adorable vibe a whole lot. im also a sucker for creepy circus motifs, nothin' better than a good old fashioned evil clown.
Ah you mean like Rottytops?

never heard of her before so i looked her up and yeah thats pretty much what i mean!!!

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-12-05 05:43:04


when the characters look like they straight up walked out of the 90's/2000's, and i mean streetwear of the time,,, the vibes are just immaculate


There's chicks without dicks, Joe.

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I am an absolute fanatic for reaper-like characters who have long shawls/cloaks and wield scythes.


Also, who doesn't love plague doctors?


Art Dump

I like to yap incoherently about my art sometimes

God bless you.

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-12-08 00:13:54


Characters with large teeth. If your oc has chompers like these I will instantly fall in love.

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-12-29 19:59:24


At 11/22/23 04:48 PM, smashbrethren wrote: cringe is dead long live heterochromia

shoutout to any and all bitches who wear masks, showing your full face is for suckers

if your character has funny shaped pupils (stars, hearts, anything that isnt the standard circle really) i adore them


Well that's nice to hear, since i give most of my characters slits for pupils (exceptions are jodi stauver, van grie, and maybe pefenskard)


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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-12-29 20:35:41


Women with simple faces, I love them so much. I feel you can convey a lot with very little and still make an appealing design. Yet, it takes a lot to properly get it right.


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Tits dude

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2023-12-30 00:06:00


At 12/29/23 08:35 PM, TheGarbager619 wrote: Women with simple faces, I love them so much. I feel you can convey a lot with very little and still make an appealing design. Yet, it takes a lot to properly get it right.


Hell yeah, that's pretty much how I draw every woman.

Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2024-01-07 14:00:57


humanoid creatures that are kindof human but with some weird ass feature that makes them not human at all.iu_1142803_15643038.webpiu_1142802_15643038.webp


two examples of this


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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2024-01-08 16:47:54


What to do if I don’t know that “border” of what I actually like? Lets say that if it’s not a furry/pokemon, it can be something I like. Also I got bored from something ordinary, or just boys/girls/men/women with no real interesting specification. Something unordinary, out from real life…


gg

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Response to Character design trope you LOVE 2024-01-08 20:03:57


mother fuckers who just look perpetually tired. Those are really fun to draw. I also like when people take random shit and turn them into horrific monsters.


Somewhat Modest; Not the Smartest; One of the Oddest

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