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He is finally here!! Thank you all for your patience and support over on Instagram as I worked on this lil dude, it warms my heart that so many of you were interested in my original characters. In this video I go through my character design process, covering initial sketches, gathering reference, doing tonal studies, clothing design, color palettes, and putting it all together to create my character, Strawberry Saul.

This style of video defintely takes a little longer to make so your support means everything. This video was also a lil more scary to share but that's because this topic means so much to me. I have been creating my own worlds and characters since I was a kid and never was confident in sharing them, and here I am sharing them to potentially tens of thousands of people. But that's how we learn and grow. Okay I'll get off of my soap box, thank you so much for watching! more character videos coming soon!


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Equipment
✿Camera: iPhone 13 Pro
✿Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro


TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:22 Who is Saul?
1:09 Past Artwork/Concepts
2:59 Thank you Milanote!
5:02 Tonal Designs
6:59 Value Compositions
7:30 Color Palette and Color Compositions
10:06 Pose Exploration
13:28 Expression Sheet
15:28 Portrait Study
16:56 Cowboy Hat and Sword Design
19:03 Critique Time!
22:40 Outro