I’ve recently got into character design since it’s my dream to make a story. Even if it’s something small. I watch your videos often so I wanted to ask what makes a good character design? Usually I make a list of things like textiles of clothing, colors, style, culture, and shape language. But I feel like I’m lacking something personal. Like a theme for a character that would bring it together. Perhaps explaining the character would help but that seems too long of a note

If I had the answer to this question, I would probably be quite rich. The real answer is, unfortunately, that it depends . Character design is utterly contextual. It is contextual to culture, it is contextual to medium, it is contextual to genre, it is contextual to the person making it and the audience receiving it. Animation has different design needs than live action and video games, literature…