How To Make Character TURNAROUNDS and Sheets!

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  • čas přidán 30. 12. 2019
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    Whether you’re creating characters that only you will use for personal work, or especially if you’re creating a character that will be handed off to someone else, it’s usually not enough to create a single drawing or key pose and be on your way. Creating turnarounds or character sheets is a great way to establish things about your character thoroughly, and figure out certain ambiguous things about them before you put them into use. Even so, you may have struggled in the past with turning a character around, let’s help you out with that and figure out a cool way to present the fuller picture of our characters.
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Komentáře • 139

  • @mattdoesstuff8987
    @mattdoesstuff8987 Před 4 lety +474

    Turnaround
    Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming 'round

    • @bongobliss5795
      @bongobliss5795 Před 4 lety +6

      "For the wolf to survive, its got to chew its leg off"
      -Sergeant Dunn

    • @mileymint
      @mileymint Před 2 lety +1

      Turn around, bright eyes! Every now and then I fall apart!

  • @comicalsocks711
    @comicalsocks711 Před 4 lety +239

    I've been looking for this for the LONGEST TIME

  • @hikarusr7986
    @hikarusr7986 Před 4 lety +94

    Literally everyone is saying how you posted this exactly when they needed this... Honestly, I'm one of them. I've been having trouble drawing orthographs, and--well, here we are.

  • @jjstarA113
    @jjstarA113 Před 4 lety +144

    Maybe if Biko was animated, then his hat could leave an impression for a second or two, but in a comic or illustration, his head would be stuck like that for however long you stare at it...
    Anyway, Happy New Year!

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 4 lety +36

      So unsettling picturing him with "cranberry sauce popped out of the can" head all the time 😂😂

  • @a.j.morrow5533
    @a.j.morrow5533 Před 4 lety +75

    Biko is such a cool character. I love the idea behind him as well as his design.

  • @PilferpupCartoons
    @PilferpupCartoons Před 4 lety +19

    LOL! "I'm taking the rest of the year off." -rip 2019

  • @toadboydude5015
    @toadboydude5015 Před 4 lety +8

    Dude, how'd you make this *EXACTLY* when everyone needed it!?

  • @BushidoMauve
    @BushidoMauve Před 4 lety +11

    I've been looking for this exact thing for years. Its crazy this is the first video i found on it

  • @playertoo9730
    @playertoo9730 Před 4 lety +16

    jeez this is so helpful. thanks brookes!

  • @oopsy444
    @oopsy444 Před 4 lety +29

    How do you know what exactly to upload as soon as I start googling stuff!! Ty so much I couldn't find anything useful on this before.

  • @capricornus
    @capricornus Před 4 lety +1

    Ahhhh yes!!! I needed this! Thank you so much.

  • @creacher00
    @creacher00 Před 4 lety +30

    This is crazy helpful for me because I was just about to start a commission for a reference sheet for my friend’s character! Your art’s amazing dude and I’m glad your channel has an interesting, easy to understand grip on the fundamentals of character design! Wish I found you sooner >_

  • @lavender4038
    @lavender4038 Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for a wonderful year! I really needed this video.

  • @GenjitDiamond
    @GenjitDiamond Před 2 lety +1

    I've found your channel recently in my reccomendations from CZcams, and I'm happy that CZcams reccomended your channel for me. I like drawing as a hobby, but thanks for these videos with explaining stuff related to character design, they're helping me a lot!

  • @Junpei_Is_Tired
    @Junpei_Is_Tired Před měsícem +1

    I’ve been looking something like this, and this been super helpful!

  • @sabersquid2523
    @sabersquid2523 Před 4 lety +19

    It has been a really great year, you’re one of the most underrated art channels out there. I wish you the best for next year!

  • @Michael9635
    @Michael9635 Před 4 lety +4

    What a fantastic and helpful video, definitely going to put this to use for some reference sheets I’ve been meaning to do for so long. Brookes, it’s been such a fantastic year of learning thanks to your content. I wish you the absolute best in 2020

  • @mcurran6505
    @mcurran6505 Před 4 lety +2

    I really enjoy your videos this year, hope to see lots more in 2020.

  • @Artofizanagi
    @Artofizanagi Před 4 lety +3

    Dude this is so helpful. I struggle with this so much and your video actually helps.

  • @demonstratestudios7693
    @demonstratestudios7693 Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you for sharing this on CZcams. I needed this before 2020 to really refine my artwork skills to level 1000! Happy new year man. :D

  • @julio1148
    @julio1148 Před měsícem +1

    I really don't know if I'm bad at this because I hate it, or if I hate it because I'm bad at this, but as someone who wants to learn 3D and do characters beyond just an illustration, I gotta put in some reps

  • @devilitododol989
    @devilitododol989 Před 4 lety +3

    Brookes, your content is masterpiece. Thanks a lot...

  • @lewisgads6432
    @lewisgads6432 Před 4 lety +2

    You have taught me so much and have guided my art learning journey, i'm so glad to be going into the new decade with you. Happy new year :)

  • @Wonyoungstan888
    @Wonyoungstan888 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you so much your tutorials are helping me so much! 💖💖💖💖

  • @AZUREPHOENIX777
    @AZUREPHOENIX777 Před 4 lety +19

    Hey Brookes, really appreciate this vid in particular, it's very informative and I look forward to making some myself.

  • @igorcampos814
    @igorcampos814 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Great video, bro! 💫

  • @SirMasi
    @SirMasi Před 4 lety +13

    Congrats on another great year! Finishing Parcel was a great achievement. And your re-envisioning of Crash's whole island was fantastic. Best wishes for 2020! 😀

  • @ArtistOdysseyMaster
    @ArtistOdysseyMaster Před rokem +2

    This is exactly what I needed, because I kept having trouble.

  • @matiasnl
    @matiasnl Před 4 lety +12

    This is such a helpful video! I love it. It’s reminiscent of your past videos because they’re all super helpful too! What I’m saying is anybody reading this who hasn’t seen your other videos should go do that

  • @KatieZLIS
    @KatieZLIS Před 4 lety +4

    You did a great job on this video. I love the character Biko he's so cute. This video has helped better understand what I need to do for my character turnaround, which actually I was planning on doing today with one of my characters so I could create a 3D model of him and animate him. Thanks for the video, and all the videos you've done, they are super helpful and awesome, can't wait to see what you make in 2020. Happy New Years :D

  • @nicoleyap16
    @nicoleyap16 Před 20 dny +1

    I really like this. I really want to do character design. I’m trying to still learn how to properly turn a character but I also want to know how to color and shade well using different brushes. Can you do a tutorial on how you color when color a character?

  • @a.j.morrow5533
    @a.j.morrow5533 Před 4 lety +3

    I too took the rest of the year off which is why I just now got around to catching up haha. Nice job.

  • @pogiJIALI
    @pogiJIALI Před 2 lety +1

    Omg thank you so much this helped so much

  • @3volvedb3ing
    @3volvedb3ing Před 2 lety

    This is super helpful, thank you so much!

  • @Habtoorpower
    @Habtoorpower Před 4 lety +1

    amazing video! , we are still waiting for the video on what art books would you recommend for people who love collecting books

  • @-BluLightSpeed-
    @-BluLightSpeed- Před rokem +1

    Thanks for this. I've been trying to create my own original character for a while now, and I thought of a good design not too long ago, but I didn't know how to make a character turnaround for him. This video really helped, thanks!

  • @TalmoTheSell
    @TalmoTheSell Před 4 lety +2

    Your style is incredible unique and very friendly looking. I love your videos!

  • @romo237
    @romo237 Před rokem +1

    So smotth, fantastic, exquisite! :3

  • @illustratornamedkasper
    @illustratornamedkasper Před 3 lety +1

    great vid, very helpful!

  • @stellbz2347
    @stellbz2347 Před 4 lety +3

    Your content is 👏always👏amazing👏 please never stop making videos, your advice is always so helpful and easy to understand☺

  • @Roule_n_Scratche
    @Roule_n_Scratche Před 4 lety +2

    Horay! happy new year

  • @jucabnubster
    @jucabnubster Před rokem

    I was wondering if a series of real life photos could work as a character reference sheet/turnaround. I plan on hiring some peeps to animate myself and a pal, but wondered if I could just send them a "live action" version.
    Thanks, this was very informative to know!

  • @dissonanceparadiddle
    @dissonanceparadiddle Před 2 lety +1

    I'm excited, it's time to make this so I stop drawing so inconstancy

  • @Sophie-qy4cm
    @Sophie-qy4cm Před rokem +1

    I NEED THIS!!! THANK YOU >

  • @KlausbergerYT
    @KlausbergerYT Před 4 lety +2

    Great voice, great explanation and good narrative. Got my sub and my respect. #gonnawatchalotmore

  • @GcorpCoPrez
    @GcorpCoPrez Před 4 lety +4

    Ive been needing to do some turnarounds for characters and this pops up.

  • @simm-su9609
    @simm-su9609 Před 2 lety +2

    Doing character turnarounds can be so hard when your character has funky hair

  • @jessicaeaton7258
    @jessicaeaton7258 Před 2 lety +1

    I need to figure out how to do character sheets, so thank you. I'm going to make a comic, so I really need this to keep the characters from looking super weird.

    • @efetekky8377
      @efetekky8377 Před 2 lety

      Hey, how is that character sheet coming along?

  • @nonspecificnonsense6780
    @nonspecificnonsense6780 Před 4 lety +2

    bruh thank u

  • @ruchick6155
    @ruchick6155 Před 4 lety +2

    Biko is a doggo froggo

  • @thekayandanagamingshow6804

    Me too I can talk to you very soon

  • @bonnietelocole6777
    @bonnietelocole6777 Před 2 lety +1

    I needed this cause I just got a request from a friend of mine to do some turnarounds for them.

  • @CharacterDesignForge
    @CharacterDesignForge  Před rokem +5

    UPDATE: Dang, we've come a long way since this video! Biko, the main character, is available to give you healing as a plush, only until 11/6/22! Grab it to directly support the development of my animated series Stormfellers! www.makeship.com/products/biko-plush

  • @markguyton2868
    @markguyton2868 Před 4 lety +2

    I really got to practice turnarounds... actually I really got to practice symmetry so I can make some turnarounds...

  • @lukepasca9765
    @lukepasca9765 Před 4 lety +2

    Love ya brookes keep it up

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 4 lety +1

      Aw thanks so much!

    • @lukepasca9765
      @lukepasca9765 Před 4 lety +1

      For sure 😊 great job with all of the progress! You should try to make another interview with Nicholas Kole!

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 4 lety +2

      @@lukepasca9765 I'll always be down with that, Nick's my BUDDY

  • @imclueless5744
    @imclueless5744 Před 4 lety +2

    I can't ever get myself to draw a turnaround. It's like arguing with a toddler, you can't win. Except, I'm the toddler and the parent

  • @whatever-happened-to-marti

    I NEEDED THIS-
    Also Brookes, Do you think the bucket tool is useful?
    I’m just asking cause i almost never use it for my digital drawings heh(I draw in Medibang, as i can’t afford for a better drawing app or something)

    • @whatever-happened-to-marti
      @whatever-happened-to-marti Před 4 lety

      zakuro mews Hm, might help,,
      Thanks! :D

    • @kaori_hyacinthus4409
      @kaori_hyacinthus4409 Před 4 lety +1

      I find it pretty useful when you need to fill in flat colours quickly to get a handle on your piece and the colour palette you wanna use. And I'll just fill in any odd gaps from there

  • @ikanasisse9661
    @ikanasisse9661 Před 4 lety +2

    It was a really cool video for the end of the year
    I'm french, so when I write this comment, the end of the year is in 58 minutes !

  • @nawee6801
    @nawee6801 Před 4 lety +1

    Hello could you recommend a size for the sheet plz
    Thank you :)

  • @TonikoPantoja
    @TonikoPantoja Před 4 lety +2

    ye boiii

  • @inspectorspinda
    @inspectorspinda Před 4 lety +2

    can you do a part two with jagged edged characters? I feel it's way harder to visualize characters in 3D when they have many edges

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 4 lety

      Are you talking about 2d or 3d in that capacity? 3d characters with hard edges are typically easier because you can use those same 3d shapes as boxes and cubes. If theyre incredibly flat, like a Gennedy Cartoon Network type graphical look, the turns are kind of up to interpretation. As long as they look good, there's no real reason to rotate them around from drawing to drawing.

    • @inspectorspinda
      @inspectorspinda Před 4 lety +1

      @@CharacterDesignForge it's hard to explain, but for example, a really point nose. or something like phineas's face from phineas and ferb, but in a forward view

    • @illustratornamedkasper
      @illustratornamedkasper Před 3 lety

      @@inspectorspinda an idea could be to find a sculpture or piece of toy with those pointy features you speak of - then study them as you would study a model - and voilá you will know how to draw it!

  • @eas827
    @eas827 Před 3 lety +2

    Found my new favorite youtuber, yay

  • @TrashyAshey
    @TrashyAshey Před 4 lety +1

    Quick Question: How do you know where to place the lines on the sheet? Like you have horizontal lines touching the eyes and mouth. Do you place those like in between or...I don't know how to explain it in text. Just how do you know where to place the lines on the sheet??

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 4 lety

      Just anywhere you want two things to line up, youll notice i move them a lot during the process!

  • @HyaSagitta
    @HyaSagitta Před 2 lety +1

    Hi! Just by curiosity, how much time did you spend doing the turn around? Sometimes when we see a speed up video we think "oh, the artist is so fast!!!" and somehow we start to pressure to be that fast even that we know it's a speed up video haha.

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 2 lety +1

      Crazy you commented on this, since a new turnaround video is coming soon.
      I dont really know, speed isn’t super important to me, but I don’t think turnarounds really happen “quick”- they’re a lot of methodical checking and rechecking

  • @dionnlim8786
    @dionnlim8786 Před 7 měsíci

    this looks so cooll, what software or app do you use?

  • @cybercrrgm799
    @cybercrrgm799 Před 2 lety

    I've got a question about turnaround presentation. I fell in love with the pencil brushes in csp. I have a bad habit of wrist drawing I'm trying to break and have unsteady hands. I love dirty sketches (I pet the line, but it works for my style.) and it's always how I have drawn. Is using the pencil brushes acceptable for turnarounds in any way or character sheets or should they be inked and flat color or rendered without lines? Is there a right and wrong way to do this?

    • @efetekky8377
      @efetekky8377 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes, definitely! When preparing character sheets for an animation studio, the character sheet needs to act as a reference for the production team/animators to use when animating. It should act as a rulebook for several things. Some character sheets show how to do the lines, while others show rules on adding shadows, color, and light. The reason most character sheets have clean lines, is because the production wants to use this same approach in their cartoon/animation If the animation had messy lines as part of the style, the character sheet could reflect that!
      Hope this helps

  • @eso29k
    @eso29k Před 2 lety +1

    what canvas size would you generally recommend for character design sheets?

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 2 lety +2

      Probably something like, 4000 by 3000 or so?

    • @eso29k
      @eso29k Před 2 lety

      @@CharacterDesignForge I appreciate it bro u the Goat fr 🙏🏽💯

  • @J-547
    @J-547 Před 4 lety +2

    *insert thumbs up*

  • @tadhgbrady
    @tadhgbrady Před rokem

    What software do you use to design your character and create their turnaround boards?

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před rokem +1

      Procreate, I use it in a ton of videos and have plenty of videos about Procreate on the channel!

    • @tadhgbrady
      @tadhgbrady Před rokem

      @@CharacterDesignForge Thanks!

  • @chasformer3091
    @chasformer3091 Před 2 lety +1

    where did you get that template?

  • @CharacterDesignForge
    @CharacterDesignForge  Před rokem +2

    Updated Video! czcams.com/video/ggPySa4-kuQ/video.html

  • @Peter-wl3tm
    @Peter-wl3tm Před 10 měsíci

    How do you go from flat 2d to 3d, Im a self taught beginner, I don’t understand what makes a character 3d. What must I add in order to turn my flat 2d character into a 3d character, please break It down for me because I’m learning on my own and don’t have an art school professor or teacher to explain these concepts to me

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 10 měsíci

      Yep- that’s the concept of construction, i go into detail about that in the first module of Learn Character Design

  • @gymnastkristen5824
    @gymnastkristen5824 Před 5 měsíci

    what app/ software do you use to draw?

  • @Grime_time
    @Grime_time Před 4 lety +2

    Wait, I’m supposed to draw my WHOLE character!? Haha you’re funny, my character doesn’t have a backside simple as that. Lol

  • @Zistheone2
    @Zistheone2 Před 3 lety

    What's the difference between a turnaround for a 2D production and one for a 3D production?

  • @musch474
    @musch474 Před 4 lety +2

    If you haven’t done it already. I think you need to apply for the CZcams places?

  • @wakeupclumsyold
    @wakeupclumsyold Před 4 lety

    brookes: biko
    auto generated cc:

  • @pet.rature5027
    @pet.rature5027 Před 4 lety +2

    Can you make a video about how to take your art LESS seriously, I feel like I can’t really sketch. I’m never happy with what I do make and I look at my friend who makes amazing cursed drawings without trying.

  • @theBazMannhimself
    @theBazMannhimself Před 2 měsíci

    My character, Piper (literally paper): *pathetic.*

  • @auroraprop
    @auroraprop Před 4 lety +1

    Make a vid where you rate our characters!

  • @HorseyWorsey
    @HorseyWorsey Před rokem

    0:22
    ANIMATION MAJORS:
    "I have no such weaknesses!"

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před rokem

      The video is generally meant for newer folks who may not have already practiced turns 🙂 no shame in not having learned something

  • @ARTYCOATY
    @ARTYCOATY Před 4 lety +2

    Awesome‼︎ Thanks for sharing. Full watched. 🌈🌈🌈

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 4 lety

      Is that like, the mark of support these days, I watched the whole thing 😂

  • @nongaming21
    @nongaming21 Před 9 měsíci

    Please reply to me🙏 soon our professor will give us an activity to draw the character on different poses base on the given character turnaround can you make a video on giving tips on how to do it??

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před 9 měsíci

      It seems like you'd like me to make a video to personally help you, which is definitely not how this or CZcams works- if there isn't something I've already covered in a video before, this is the purpose of the personal critiques I offer through my site or Patreon.

  • @Monasax2011
    @Monasax2011 Před 3 lety

    there a way to use a jpeg image online and get front view and back view of it? thanks

  • @noproblemcha7240
    @noproblemcha7240 Před rokem +1

    I Need Help Doing Character Turnarounds

    • @CharacterDesignForge
      @CharacterDesignForge  Před rokem +2

      I have a newer video out on the subject! czcams.com/video/ggPySa4-kuQ/video.html

    • @noproblemcha7240
      @noproblemcha7240 Před rokem +2

      @@CharacterDesignForge I Love ❤️ Your Videos

  • @saucelessbones5872
    @saucelessbones5872 Před 7 měsíci

    the 3/4 back pose ?

  • @winterztheidiot
    @winterztheidiot Před 2 měsíci

    alright, i have a bit of an issue. my oc has like.. OUTRAGEOUS hair. like a huge spiky afro. and the only issue i have with drawing him from the side is the hair around the actual face. could you help please?

  • @olorunsolaemmanuel
    @olorunsolaemmanuel Před 9 měsíci

    Please have try this over and over but my character didn't look alike from side, please any help👐👐👐

    • @helloworld638
      @helloworld638 Před 8 měsíci

      facing the same problem when I changed the perspective of my character it looks very different from the front on whether it is side profile or 3/4

  • @taylorbond1492
    @taylorbond1492 Před 4 lety +2

    College applications anyone?