ESSENTIAL CHARACTER DESIGNER HABIT // RefWed series is BACK!! // Ep.15

I would love to watch a video (or videos) by you, talking about other character designs from anime, and comics you like, etc. I feel like that would be fun for you to make, and us to watch! Though this video was posted 2 months ago so I'm not sure if this awnser is relevant anymore haha.

I looked up Grafit Studio to take a look at their packs, and they have a few free sample ones! Looking forward to trying them out :) It can be hard to find quality references at times, so thanks for telling us about them!

Aaaaaaa LAST last thing, for the viewer here: if you're someone who can't buy or afford these reference packs (like for example for my case i don't use a credit card to begin with), ofc there's always pinterest and the free sites and stuff BUT! Another source that i suggest and have been relying on lately, is saving pictures of people online that share on their accounts that "lifestyle/vlog/fashion" content. I find that it feels much more organic and natural and alive when the references actually come from a real person living their real life. It has charecter and imperfections. It's especially useful to take screenshots of a vid they recorded (the exact shots that you see express the motion you want to practice) and you know, rather than practicing from the solid pics they posed for. Well i guess this tip is the same as studying movie screencaps. But yeah the content we have now of people sharing their vids has much more of a clear and focal purpose. It's just about the person doing their thing

Oh and one more thing! I haven't been around much to know about Reference Wednesday!! Gosh that sounds like it's been so cool and fun. This's gonna be exciting, but for now i guess i need to go back and binge on some of your older vids haha

I love your work Yana. Thanks for the hours and hours of spellbound joy watching you draw and paint.

Yaaayy I love Reference Wednesday! Good reminder that I should probably warm up more in general LOL - also congrats on Unicorn Academy!! I would love to hear more of your experience working on it and I'll definitely check it out when it drops!!

This video came out at a perfect time! I've been thinking for the past couple of days how I could improve/get better at character design. I knew that referencing real life photos was key, but I didn't really know how to utilize them. It just felt like my visual library was lacking. I never had thought to use references this way! I did for a little bit design characters as warm ups, and they tend to be the better designed out of the cast. Thank you for this video! I'll definitely be using this technique during my next character design session!!!

Your videos always inspire me to grab my pencils and practice anatomy 😊

Been thinking of redesigning my persona, mainly her hair and one of her eyes. So this video might help! :D

Thank you, Cosmic! 💜

Oooh that's really good news ! I'm looking forward to the show :)

I just saw the trailer, the skirts and hats are so you, the show being in 3D must feel like the closest you can see to how the clothes would look irl

Omg!!! 😍🥰🥰😍😍
You're finally back!
I've been waiting for ages to see your new video 😭😭😭

Oh yeeeeah! RefWed is back, babyyyyyy!!! I'm excited to watch the Unicorn Academy videos in the future! 😉😉
I really want to know how fab was your experience! 😁😁

I'm glad that reference wednesdays are back. Also the trailer for unicorn academy looks interesting. I'll be checking the movie when it's out

It's really interesting watching how you find and define forms.

I'm so glad there is a video about character design.

I get excited when I see your videos coming back again <3 Been doing a LOT more reference drawings because of you really and appreciating the growth in my sketching.

when you said upcoming netflix movie I thought you were talking about Nimona and got super excited cuz I also worked on that show (as a technical person not an artist). But looking at unicorn academy, yeah those characters and costumes definitely remind me of your art! They used a shader that made everything look really glossy and doll-like which I think fits with your art style pretty well, congrats on your work finally making it to the screen!

I missed this series so much! There is something about your videos that calms me down and puts me in such an,,, high fine art mood?? (idk if it makes sense) usually this concent makes me so bored but your narrative and tips are so useful and fascinating!!!

I loved this video!
I'm waiting for PRISM to come home

I SCREAMED when I saw the title, I love character design videos so much 😭

I loove this kind of videos