Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In videogames, its a lot of work to design, rig, model, and animate a character. Even more to introduce mechanics and abilities. It’s relatively less work to create new artwork, both 2D and 3D, that uses the existing framework or base, for the character. Today though, we’re not trying to integrate anything into an existing game, but we are indulging ourselves in the incredibly fun exercise of imagining new, NON-CANONICAL alternate universe versions of characters. Along the way, we’ll talk about the specific principles you’d need to keep in mind to keep your character recognizable despite the thematic changes.
a NEW Biko's Backpack for April is available on: patreon.com/bageldenizen
The ALL NEW Learn Character Design Course is a comprehensive Character Design Curriculum, available now: http://learncharacterdesign.com
To get a critique of your own, select either the Novice Bard tier on Patreon, or the Expedited Critique at brookeseggleston.com/shop.
Brookes Eggleston On Social:
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Character Design Forge has new videos every week.
In videogames, its a lot of work to design, rig, model, and animate a character. Even more to introduce mechanics and abilities. It’s relatively less work to create new artwork, both 2D and 3D, that uses the existing framework or base, for the character. Today though, we’re not trying to integrate anything into an existing game, but we are indulging ourselves in the incredibly fun exercise of imagining new, NON-CANONICAL alternate universe versions of characters. Along the way, we’ll talk about the specific principles you’d need to keep in mind to keep your character recognizable despite the thematic changes.
a NEW Biko's Backpack for April is available on: patreon.com/bageldenizen
The ALL NEW Learn Character Design Course is a comprehensive Character Design Curriculum, available now: http://learncharacterdesign.com
To get a critique of your own, select either the Novice Bard tier on Patreon, or the Expedited Critique at brookeseggleston.com/shop.
Brookes Eggleston On Social:
twitter.com/bageldenizen
instagram.com/bageldenizen
twitch.tv/bageldenizen
Character Design Forge has new videos every week.
