What media has "good" character designs IYO?

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TeaMilk
03/02/2023
05:17 AM
#1
I'll be doing some character design for a thing, and I have basically no experience designing characters from scratch (I mostly just draw fanart). What games/anime/etc. stand out to you as having strong character designs, and why?

it can be a bit hit or miss, but generally I'm a fan of Pokemon gym leader designs. The outfits/hairstyles usually aren't too complicated or noisy, and often give some clues to the character's background. They also encompass a pretty broad variety of body types while keeping a cohesive style. I also remember thinking Skullgirls has pretty fun designs, although I haven't played it
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On the other hand, I'm not really a fan of stuff like Genshin Impact. The designs have these super intricate outfits, but it does nothing to make the characters distinct from each other IMO. Most of what I've seen for that game doesn't strike me as having much personality, feels like the focus is just making generic pretty guys/girls
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/2/4/AARX-HAAEO9A.jpg

Of course these are just opinions tho, and I am probably biased towards simpler designs. It's hard to define objectively "good" design, so I'm curious what other people consider good. Drop characters/series with designs you like
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SomeLikeItHoth
03/02/2023
05:32 AM
#2
Arcane

Fire Emblem
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Mad-Dogg
03/02/2023
05:45 AM
#3
The manga/anime soul eater. The next series by the same mangaka fire force also has those same good character designs. Bonus points for me is that both soul eater and fire force is some of those not too often manga/anime series that has real cool black character designs.
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viewmaster_pi
03/02/2023
06:18 AM
#4
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Irony
03/02/2023
06:19 AM
#5
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TeaMilk
03/02/2023
02:36 PM
#6
SomeLikeItHoth posted...
Arcane

Fire Emblem
Arcane has cool designs from what I've seen, I like the art style

Fire Emblem def has some good designs, but I feel like lately its edging into the same problems I described w Genshin above >_> tbf I dont know how you can have distinctive characters with a cast of like 600 though

Mad-Dogg posted...
The manga/anime soul eater. The next series by the same mangaka fire force also has those same good character designs. Bonus points for me is that both soul eater and fire force is some of those not too often manga/anime series that has real cool black character designs.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/8/7/AARkkPAADt9f.jpg

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Hell yeah I watched (most of) the anime when it first came out. I remember liking Soul and Crona's designs a lot, always nice to see well designed black chars in anime too. I didnt know that fire force series was from the same creator tbh

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ApherosyLove
03/02/2023
03:03 PM
#7
Monogatari I always liked because every character has a subtle motif on their animal thingy.

Any of the robot/omnic characters in Overwatch are brilliant.

I don't know if enemies count as characters but Enter the Gungeon has amazing enemy-design based on guns/bullets lol

All of the characters in this video: https://youtu.be/zhIScvlFn2w

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Questionmarktarius
03/02/2023
03:08 PM
#8
Album covers

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