4 top character design secrets

Generate ideas for original game characters

There are countless ways you can design characters and their costumes, so your job is to decide which elements will best convey the story.

The key to a good character design is story. There are many ways to create variation, but every part you draw should tell the viewer more about who this person is. So it's important to know as much as possible about the people and world beforehand. Since we don’t have a game to work on, let’s throw together a basic story...

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