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PHEW This took all day but I finally figured I'd throw up a tutorial on creating your very own style. I'm not claiming that I'm a master of the world's most unique style or anything, but I figured I'd offer my take on how you CAN create a unique style.Credits:
Lackadaisy art by *tracyjb
Stock Images for practice:
Male: [link]
Female: [link]
Architecture: [link]
Nature: [link]
Goat: [link]
Please respect the rules of the stock artists.
For more tutorials of mine, see the Reference folder of my gallery: [link]
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I'm so glad it could help! thank you so much!
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Here is my answer to the challenge: Character Design Challenge
Sorry if it doesn't quite look right.
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Hello! I tried this out! dimitrikjr.deviantart.com/art/β¦ Thank you for the nice tutorial!
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Very interesting and insightful tutorial. 
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Thank you! I created this cinnapyre.deviantart.com/art/B⦠using the photos you gave.
If you would like to, any critiques would be appreciated.
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Nice, quite a sum up of things many people don't even think about.Β
As for the last part: Challenge Accepted.
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It should be an unending 'growth' more like
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i did it!
it was a lot of fun!
i used the architectural colors on the shirt and the window design on the sleeve. and some of her body shape comes from the door a bit.
Then i used the goats horns
and igave her a dress made of ferns.
any critiques on the design would be apreciated?Β
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HOwdy! Thanks for doing this! I love what you've done to incorporate all of the elements. I think this is definitely a great start! As for critique, right now it looks like three very separate elements: horns from the goat, leaves on the leaf-skirt, and the architecture on the shirt. You can consider blending the elements more subtly. Perhaps just taking the silhouette of the architecture and applying it to the body type. or taking the shape of the fur elements on the goat and applying it to the shirt's shape. Blending things more and more will create a subtle design that carries the vibe of the elements without being too direct.
I hope that helps!
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Alrighty
Thank you so much!
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this helps alot! for the last few weeks i have not been able to find a style with out losing it later but thanks
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This is great! thank you so much for sharing c:
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Heh, personally, I know I need to work on straight skill-building a long time before I should even start worrying about style. Still, this is good food for thought. And the exercise you gave at the end is fun and refreshing, though I think of it as more of a creative design exercise.
Β And it got me thinking -- why not apply the idea to other areas of design? Okay, so you've chosen this one item of clothing for x character... Why not draw on the design of that one thing to shape the character's personality? Or have it inform the character's culture? Maybe get ideas from the patterns in the cloth... to then apply to architecture... and so on. A very useful thought, considering all the worldbuilding I need to do for the story I'm writing.
Here is the sketch I made, drawing from the photos you gave.
Thank you!
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Hello! Thank you so much; that's very true!
This sketch turned out great! I love the design elements you incorporated n.n
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I've been really into character design lately, and I love all of your tutorials, Thank you so much for making them! <3
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I tried the practice thing. c:Β fav.me/d6fppgc
Hopefully you can tell that I drew from all three sources. D:
Also, thank you for the wonderful tutorial <33
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Wow that turned out great! I love teh color palette and the nose!
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Aaahhh, thank youuuu~ <3
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Many thanks for making this. It brings up a lot of good points in a simple way that is also effective.
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This is such true advice. Not nearly enough people look to real life and the old masters for inspiration! There's so much to draw from, literally and figuratively
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That looks fantastic! I see how you incorporated the architectural elements as well.
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I HAVE BEEN EDUCATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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well, that hepls you to get your own original style easy, using shapes, forms and colours from the things around you that you like
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Oh my word this is absolutely wonderful! I've been struggling trying to find my style for a good while now and hopefully with this knowledge in mind this journey will go a lot smoother.
Thank you so much!
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This is so useful! I love how you gave so many examples and helped explain how to use the images on the bottom.
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Glad to be of assistance n.n
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I have to thank you from the bottom of my heart! All i've ever thought about (when i draw something) since i've graduated high school was how my art teacher constantly told me to find my own style, instead of just drawing what i saw from others. i never knew what he meant until now and i finally get it! Seven years later i finally understand! THANK YOU! <3
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I'm super glad to be part of that revelation! Thank you kindly for sharing n.n
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WOW...... this is like... an art revelation for me. I realize something that I wouldn't thought before!!! im going to use this knowledge to develop my style even more.. to be honest, im tired of of getting the look of anime/manga style on my art.. im going to create something new from this.
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Im super glad to hear!
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I've been trying to get more into drawing and I have a lot of OC I want to draw. this is a great guide and I think I'll get to my OCs in no time.
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Every time I think I'm somewhere near starting to commission, I learn of a whole other world of creativity that I haven't even gotten into! Thanks for this amazing tutorial - I've now got heaps of work to do, but I think I'm going to have lots of fun doing it!
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