Character Design Chronicles: Genshin Impact! | SPEEDPAINT 

(EDIT: Sorry for the voiceover overlapping for a moment towards the end of the video! My audio tracks got all squished up there somehow sdfjksfds 😅) Howdy y’all, thanks for stopping by! (^^)/ I cannot even articulate how hype I am to finally be able to share the Lief plushie with y’all! Here’s hoping we can hit the goal so he can come home to y'all safe n’ sound! 💖🦝 (also, whadda y’all reckon of the name “Character Design Chronicles”? It’s not a super official title haha, but I think I might make it a recurring name for whenever I do fun lil’ “design-an-OC-from-___” type stuff like this!)

when you gave Vanne a claymore I immediatelly thought: "she uses the claymore like a shovel! Because she's a gardener!"

I feel like Zhara would basically adopt Kaspar and be a big sister figure to him

Kaspar is literally the peak character design and play style, like the part where he's digging in the ground as a running style made my JAW DROP, I WISH HE WAS A REAL CHARACTER T_T

I'm not a professional genshin player or anything, but I'm pretty sure that Mondstadt is based on Germany ( hence the name: Moon-City), so all the characters have german names. So maybe instead of calling your character Vanne, you could call her Vande. It's a German name meaning wanderer, and it also lets you use your intended name as a nickname! Also why can I imagine Zahra's attack voiceline being FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE!!

Vanne's sunflowers and painter vibes make her feel like she'd fit in well with fontaine as well, like she could've been born in Fontaine and traveled to Mondstadt when she grew up

As a dps Gorou main I approve of Kaspar and will definitely put them in the same team 👍

I get the feeling Zahra would be in charge of controlled burns for hazard reduction. Her abilities would be great for managing those operations to ensure everyone's safety.

"The ladies will almost always have part of their leg showing... for some reason." I don't think the reason is a mystery, lol. Cute designs! I know absolutely nothing about Genshin Impact, but it's always fun to see the character design process and hear people's logic behind their choices!

For Zahra’s “fighting fire with fire”, there is a firefighting technique called a “backfire” where a fire is intentionally set in order to put an empty space between an approaching fire and it’s potential fuel source.

I cannot express how much I was smiling throughout this like I get unreasonably excited over anything Genshin 😭😭💖

im currently holding my guarantee for neuvillette but THE WAY I WOULD THROW THAT AWAY FOR VANNE- shes so damn cute and i fucking love sunflowers

I freaking love Zahra!! As a muslim, I love seeing muslim represetation in media!! THank you so much for that! Sumeru is my favourite region, it feels like home 🥺🥺🥺

i love looking at people’s genshin ocs because of how creative they can get, so seeing one of my favorite artists making genshin ocs is literally so awesome !!!!!!

I love your geo lil lad from Sumeru, I think he’d get lots of work rescuing wayward scholars from the caves they stay in when they do their incense thing😊

I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE MAKE GENSHIN OC'S OMGG ALSO KASPAR IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE 🥹

ok so here's a Kaspar kit + story headcanons: story stuff I thought about: Although he was raised in the forests of Sumeru, Kaspar was always more interested in the giant walls of the chasm that were visible from everywhere in the area. They were tall, solid, in an interesting shape and apparently terrifying to other kids in his town. One night, Kaspar decided to see the walls of the chasm from up close. He walked to the titanic walls slowly, now even a bit scared. After looking around, he found a little shiny stone, stuck in the wall. Kasper decided to pull on it, but it didn't budge. Left, right, up, down. He decided to even push it to see if it'll do anything, but really nothing worked. After a few minutes, Kasper had another idea. He took a stick and started to whack the rock around the alluring stone. Eventually, something happened. Finally. A warm glow started to flow from the rock around the stone. After a deep breath, Kaspar decided to put his hand in the glow. Immediatly, the rock broke down, and the stone fell to the ground. The shocked Kaspar hurried to find the rock, only to find it was in a neat metal casing. A vision. The bright yellowish orange shined brightly instead of the ghostly blue it was before. It could light a whole house. Kaspar looked up. From the remains of the rock, emerged a rectangle hole in the walls. A door. Of course, the ever curious Kaspar entered. Indeed, the light from the vision lit the way of the cave. The lush grass and leaves slowly disappeared from the ground, as Kaspar kept walking, and instead, a sickly red grass started to show. In fact, it was the the inside of chasm's withered greenery. Kaspar was mesmerized. He never saw any kind of plant like that near his home, but it was so close. Just a wall away. Over the years, Kaspar befriended the many different workers of the chasm, and offered to assist them in mining and lifting. That's where he got his signature mining hat from. Edit: about Zahra, Kaspar and and Zhara are from the same town \ village, so later Kaspar returned with a vision, and Zhara taught him how to channel a weapon from his vision. Kaspar heard from the miners that a lot of people get injured from mining explosions in the chasm, and that's where he got the idea to bring Zahra to help. Since then, they have been close friends and working partners. normal attacks: unleashes up to 4 rapid attacks, finishing with throwing his bow on an enemy. charged attacks: charges up, and after a short while deals geo dmg. skill: tap- Kaspar pulls out a drill and hits in front of him, dealing AoE geo dmg and gaining 1 stack of "paw mark". (5 second CD) hold- Ksapar starts to dig under ground and move 15% faster, damaging adjacent enemies. After 7 seconds, or after tapping the skill button again, Kaspar suddenly digs up and damages opponents in a medium sized AoE with geo dmg. After hitting the opponents, gain 2 stacks of "paw mark". (7-10 second CD, depends on how long you use it.) Paw mark- gives 8% geo dmg and 3% movement and attack speed per stack. Stacks up to 4. burst: Kasper jumps up and enters "the zone", which gives the following effects: - the party now gains a "paw mark" every second the burst is active. - the "paw mark" maximum goes from 4 to 7. - Kaspar gains a Geo infusion, and an additional 15% Normal attack dmg bonus. All of these effects last for 15 seconds, and then the he loses focus again.

LIEF IS TOO CUTE OMG!!!! also tbh i really wish i could get back into Genshin- I just fell off that train a while ago! ;w; BUT These OC's are so good!! I will always love your art lol My cottagecore/outdoor/farmer girlie heart is absolutely in LOVE with Vanne! BUT THESE ARE ALL SO GOOD omg ;w; Cant wait for part 2 ! Happy youre doing so many fun projects!! Proud of you!! :>

I feel like Zahra would have a super unique kit she could like, break pyro shields/extinguish pyro slimes and infuse herself with the pyro- idk how that works if like she maybe had a pyro res debuff? Or maybe she's for groups of enemies. Just the idea of a pyro character made to be used against pyro enemies could be sick

AHHHH you dont understand how it made me seeing zahra, as someone who is actually names zahra and her vision being my favorite element made me even happier omg. Its this type of representation that makes someone happy and feel seen!!

Once again I’m blown away by your gorgeous art and character designs. I am currently feeling super under the weather right now but watching this made me feeling a lot more better?? I don’t know how you do it but I’m not complaining 🤣

GET THIS MAN ON THE GENSHIN DESIGN TEAM ASAP. Leave it to alex to make designs that not only bring out the best of a kind of hit-or-miss design style (side-eyes tighnari) but also add so much character and personality that if they were in the game, I would definitely be pressed for primos on their banner lol. Can’t wait for the second part!!!

I absolutely love your character design process videos! As someone who knows nothing about genshin I'm just nodding along like "uhum. Huh. "

This is kind of a genshin nerd moment, but during genshin's first beta, ayaka had an ability that whenever she left her "ice sprint" nearby an enemy with low health, she would deal a very strong piercing attack. I think it would be pretty cool if Kaspar had something like that and the attack itself would look like his splash art! Anyways, i loved the designs!

fun fact: those barrels saint bernards wear around their necks in older illustrations were supposed to be full of brandy because it was thought that alcohol helps to warm you up - a misconception related to the sensation of warming due to vasodilation near the surface of the skin, which wicks heat away from your core and actually makes you more susceptible to hypothermia. ETA: apparently this was an invention inspired by an illustration from 1820; rescuer st bernards never actually wore them. i dont play genshin but these are some cute character designs!

Maybe when Kaspar's alternate sprint ends it grants him two "grapple shot" charged shots, the way Ayaka gets an elemental infusion when her sprint ends

AHHHHH! I love these 3! Kaspar is so unique! It's so strange to me that we haven't had a young boy character made yet- but Genshin has been in the business of making new model types for their characters, so maybe we'll get them someday? The other two are awesome too! I can't wait for part 2^^

having watched made in abyss, kaspar is so delver coded he would fit right in!! i aboslutely love him and agree that there needs to be little guys in genshin too!! amazing work with all of these

the passive idea for Kaspar reminds me of Hook from Honkai Starrail 🥺✨

This video has somehow made me realize just how many Pyro characters launch animals at people Speaking of Pyro, Zahra using fire to fight fire does make some sense. Being able to control fire outside of your body would be useful for fire fighting, like redirecting fire. But also firefighters often fight wildfires by burning away potential fuel to halt the spread of the flames. Also I am scratching at the floorboards give us your spreadsheet, the autism is hungry

19:55 : I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS! it's caled a meteor hammer, and i find them so interesting!!!!! i have wanted to make a genshin oc (pyro ofc) who's weapon is a meteor hammer for sooooo long!

Can't wait for my Lief and my Frogchamp to be besties. Also loved the fill in the fill-in-the-gaps approach to Genshin OC. Beautiful and fun! Can't wait for the next part! :D

NEW VIDEO YIPPEE!! The thumbnail already looks beautiful, can’t wait to see the speedpaints! Edit: These designs are so cool, I can’t pick a favorite! Can’t wait for the part two and even the new secret project! Love the video! ^^

“Slay✨” “it’s raining?? OOOOo, it’s RaIning!” - favorite parts🤣🤣🤣 (art is amazing, your one of my favorite artists and I do love seeing the concept on the side!

The T-pose next to the full design is amazing and so helpful to watch the process as someone who struggles with clothes

Character design is one of my favorite things ever, and these designs look so cool! Kaspar is so freaking adorable 🥺

I’ve always wanted to make a Genshin fan character but their designs are so detailed and I struggle so much with adding details 💀

literally OBSESSED with these designs!! Kaspar's hat and his little dig move is the cutest!

A keg backpack for this little dude would be so cute, have it be huge like Klees backpack on her. Firefighters do use fire to fight fire, pre-burns are used all the time to help stop the spread of fires. Pre-burn might not be the name of it but it's when they go out in front of the fire and burn chunks of area in a controlled way to try to keep the larger fire from spreading past those now burned areas. Also having the little doll on the side is nice, I've always liked seeing the creative process for things like this.

Ah the designs are so fantastic!!! there is one thing I noticed tho, and I had realized it through my own character design inspired by genshin, EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER has a black (or off black ig) parts of their outfit, and in addition to that, EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER (accept from Childe from what I can tell) have a bunch of gold elements. I adore your designs and style so much and the characters turned out fantastic! Those are just my personal observations from redesigning my character I kid you not 5 times now.

Ooooooh you made Genshin OCs! Exciting! I love seeing more and more OCs in this fandom, as someone with a ridiculously extensive profile for my own OC Era, who is also a Dendro user from Mondstadt (though she's an archer in the Investigation Team of the Knights)! I love all of these so far, super difficult to pick a fave, and I can't wait to see more from you in the future! Also I feel I need to mention that I came up with Era's base concept long before Tighnari and Collei were revealed as playable characters, and I almost died laughing when they both turned out to be archers XD

One of the things I love most about genshin designs is how detailed they are without being too busy, and seeing how you created your own characters from concept to completion is really helpful for understanding how to emulate it myself (Also I would love to see that spreadsheet you mention as I am also a giant ass nerd)

OMG UR BACK YESSSS I ALWAYS LOVE SEEING WHAT U COME BACK WITH!!

as a wildland firefighter and a huge fantasy nerd, Zhara was absolutely my favorite character design!! (also yes, having fire powers would be super useful for firefighting, fighting fire with fire is a lot of what we actually do)

I really love that you add you’re a little rough ideas on the side because it makes me think of a different way of how I could portray my ideas for my own OCs that I can then build off of later, when I decide to do a final version of them.

I love all the designs so much theyre so cute! I especially love the geo character! He's so unique and different and I'd love to have a character like him in the game. I really like seeing the inital concept sketches on the left, its great to see the initial concepts come together

I find your content so comforting especially when I need to take brakes from being around so many people because of eather being overwhelmed or just a little burnt out, anywho love so many and art is very awsome and inspires me to draw

I am CRAVING a hydro claymore user in pt. 2

Talking about Zahra rq, fighting fire with fire is a genuine strat firefighters use! If all else fails, you can set a second forest fire in the direction of an original forest fire to get it to stop, for two reasons. One, it’ll burn any fuel in the original’s path, leaving it with nowhere to go and forcing it to fizzle out. Secondly, fire is a physical thing. Fire can be pushed by fire or water. (It’s why firefighters can’t just spray water wherever. They have to spray the water away from everything else, otherwise, they just force the fire back onto more things to destroy.) a big fire can push an original fire away from more important things like homes or things needing more prioritized protecting. A pyro who fights fire is a completely valid strat! Also I’ve never met a firefighter who isn’t a pyromaniac, so there’s that to.

Using spreadsheets to design characters is *so* much fun, hype to hear that other people do that as well. Also, a Starry inspired character is absolutely insane, heard about it during one of your videos and it is now my favorite musical of all time. And a Persian name?? This video is very hype 🎉

Love all three of their designs and Leif!! They all have really creative and fun ideas, and it would be pretty cute to see tall Zahra and small Kasper working with you on a rescue or character quest :D I also like the concept on the left and the illustration on the right ^^

as someone struggling to make my own genshin oc, this is such good inspiration.... that spreadsheet sounds like a huge lifesaver

A guardian between the border of sumeru and the chasm is such a good, criminally underrated idea. The fact that he's a chibi boy (a model we don't have in-game yet) only makes it better too!! I wish mihoyo staff would watch your video

i love the split layout! i always enjoy seeing the design process behind everything:3 i think my favorite from this one is kaspar, he's just so gosh dang cute!! but i may be biased because gorou is one of my favs from the game haha

OMG your characters look so cool!! Would pull for them all.

also one ND to another, i NEED THAT SPREADSHEET

Love the wish animation at the end!! Such a nice touch❤

Vanne will definitely have Albedo as a person she looks up to when it comes to painting. Kaspar is now my favorite OC ever. The amount of thought you put into him is amazing. Also, you are now one of my favorite RU-vidr ever because of how soothing your voice is. You're so talented as well!

This has inspired me to want to make my own Genshin Impact OCs I absolutely love all their designs I hope to see more Genshin OCs from you!

Ooooo I love these designs! Love how you took each region's characteristics into consideration! I've done something similar before where I've Genshin-ified already existing characters and basically hyperfixated to the point of making my own Collected Miscellany because I planned out their ENTIRE MOVESET. I even wrote what stat the character would scale on. XD

NAUR,,, I LOVE SPREADSHEETS DONT BE EMBARRASSED OVER IT!! getting everything nice and organized and seeing where you can fit fan characters in is VERY FUN!!!!!

Oh my god, this came right on time. I'm currently trying to design my own genshin character, and I'm STRUGGLING. Definitely nice to see your design process, especially the little first concept window on the side. Would love to see more of that :D

Australian here. Fire is actually used very often in fire prevention and harm reduction. Burn off are often booked in to deliberately clear out dead bush land with fire as it’s the best method for the continued fertility of the land. Also a lot of fire “breaks” and “lines” you might hear of are places were during an active blaze they’ve gotten in front of it and pre-burned what’s there as it can’t burn twice. That’s my contribution for the day!

Zahra reminds me so much of an old OC I had a while back with the whole "powers are opposite to what theyre trying to do". And it's SO cool! Mine was a superhero who had the power to control fire, but couldn't create it. So she had to go around commiting arson just to be able to use her powers in a fight.

geo dog fellas with boys supremacy fr... kaspar is such a cute little sweetheart ;;

DUUDEEE I love all of these designs so much. I adore how much time and research you did for each of them. My favorite is definitely Kaspar! When you were talking about his passive skills I immediately thought about him being able to dig underground for a short period of time like Mona and I was so excited that you thought of the same thing. Also, Zahra could definitely have a shield for her skill/passive! I really love the idea of her being able to absorb fire and gain energy, and she could use that energy to shield her/other team members in co-op. Vanne’s design is soo pretty. I love the inspiration you had for her. She gives a motherly/older sister vibe and it’s so wholesome. I’m really excited to see more! :DD

I am absolutely in love with all of these characters! I love love love how you designed Vanne she looks amazing! And I need me a tall Dendro lady fr. You did amazing with all these designs!

I'm gonna be that one comment that designs the character's kits!! Vanne (5*): The sunflower idea is super cool and because it's a flower I feel like her kit would love the bloom reaction. Her elemental skill creates a giant sunflower (it doesn't really do much except be for damage and dendro application) Her burst is like kazuha's and creates a sunflower feild, within the sunflower field all character's EM will be increased by 50 and bloom/burgeon/hyperbloom dmg will increase by 44.6% Her 1st passive is a cooking passive. Her 2nd passive decreases dendro res to opponents anytime dendro damage is dealt to them. This is only active when 2 or more dendro characters are in the party. Her 3rd passive: For each Pyro party member: EM is increased by 20, for each electro character: their energy cost will be decreased by 0.8% of their current energy needs, and their cooldowns are decreased by 1s for every bloom triggered, for every hydro character: bloom dmg is increased by another 20% Kaspar (5*): I loved the idea for his kit so here's a more detailed version :> His skill creates a picaxe grappling hook that atatches to opponents. He gets 2 casts of this because why not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ His Burst creates a geo construct pawprint-like thing that sucks in crystalize shards within an aoe and then shoots them out as an aoe geo attack. (the crystalize shards charge up into the construct and release with damage increasing for each shard currently absorbed by the construct). Additionally, geo attack also heals the active character by a large portion of his def. His 1st passive is a crafting passive His 2nd passive goes something like this: Any crystalize shard equipped within the burst's aoe turns into a golden shard with the following affects: Converts 10% of Kaspar's def into em for the character who picks up the shard. When the crystalize shield breaks, it will explode dealing damage equal to 40% of Kaspar's def and the elemental alignment of that damage is the same element as the crystalize shard (Ex: hydro crystalize sheild=hydro explosion) His 3rd passive: When a character is healed by a elemental reaction they gain an EM bonus equal to 30% of Kaspar's def (many of these passives came from my Navia kit concept before she was released, and yes the digging when he sprints idea is still here) Zahra(5*): I feel like the idea of a pyro firefighter from sumeru would have a really interesting playstyle with the burning elemental reaction so I decided to play around with it. She's a burning dps, which is a cool idea to work with. Her skill uses her rope as a whip in a small triangle aoe in front of her. Her rope does pyro dmg, but instead of applying pyro, she "extingquishes" the burning aura from opponents. (assuming they have a burning aura, if they don't then the whip applies pyro) Her burst does a giant explosion of a leaf pile, each leaf does a small amount of pyro damage and applies pyro to opponents. Her 1st passive is a cooking passive Her 2nd passive does damage to opponents whenever a burning aura is extinguished, this is considered reaction damage, and therefore scales off her EM and ignores opponents' def Her 3rd passive increases the damage dealt by burning and the rate of the burning aura's DoT Feel free to come up with constellation ideas in the replies !!

I've been playing Genshin for 3 years now and HOLY CRAP I LOVE THESE CHARACTERS!!! You are seriously talented w design

I love the characters! Thank you for sharing them with us! I think that Kaspar with a backpack would be absolutely adorable!!! Thank you!

this is the first video I'm watching from this channel and the moment Starry came up I was immediately won over, excellent taste and fantastic art, what more could I ask for

this is SUCH a fun video omg - thank you sm for your amazing artwork!! also solidarity on that genshin obsession since 4.0 was released, i feel you haha

Fun fact for your fire fighting girlie. :) Sometimes, to avoid forest fires from becoming a bigger problem there are controlled burns, scorching the area so that if there is a fire there is no brush or flammable material left for it to spread. They are done under careful supervision but allow for dried up materials to burn as they would during a wildfire but in a safe way. Fires do sometimes happen in nature when temperatures are high and often the fire itself can help new growth in the future. Controlled burns can also be used to create a wall to halt a forest fire by cutting off resources to the out of control fire. It is so neat!

YES, GEO IS SO UNDERRATTED FOR NO REASON, BUT I LOVE ALL THREE OF THEM PLEASE, but my fav is lil geo lad :D you captured them so much in just a 2d way is so neat

I'm so excited for this I myself have a genshin oc their name is Rozlyn and they have a wheelchair with gigantic puppet like hands on the back as well as a robotic service dog name Chip!

These designs are really great and the detail is high which really reminds me of genshin but the essence of genshin is really captured by how many flowy things are on the characters backs, I’d love to see the backs of the characters in the next video.

I noticed the little sidebar and immediately got excited. I love that part of character design 😅

fire actually works really well with a fire fighter protecting the forest, controlled burns are very good at stopping a dangerous wild fires from popping up! Forest services in america use supervised burns all the time

not even done with her section of the video yet but tbh I'm imagining zahra as having a passive talent where she extinguishes environmental fire within a certain radius of her (might become larger with talent level?), which would not only make her excellent for making a battlefield a little less hazardous, but also make her a great candidate for harvesting pyro flower stamens also I like the idea of kaspar's tunnel dash as you mentioned being part of his elemental burst. imagine a few seconds of relative invulnerability to interruption as you take an aimed shot with your bow, and wherever you hit with it, kaspar burrows underground at dash speed, then pops up with an aoe of geo damage. that sounds killer

An acquaintance sent me this video and you have such a soothing voice fr fr. I've not watched the whole thing yet but from the thumbnail I can tell this is gonna be good

19:56 Instructor bensei and his meteor hammer

As someone with genshin oc's, i am soo excited to watch this video ! I love the pyro lady in the thumbnail ❤

I know another geo bow doggie user…. ITS OUR ADORABLE GOROUUUUUUUU Gorou has a special place in my heart 😌

zhara could also be part of the forest rangers in the sense of doing controlled burns for specific regions (a lot of desert/rainforest areas actually benefit from fires to help spread specific plant seeds and growth ) or also perhaps she does controlled burns to help get rid of withering zones

I really enjoy the planning work on the side! It adds a whole extra level of interest that makes it so cool to see the design come to life

me hearing ABD talk about making Totally Normal Spreadsheets: my god he just like me fr

I LOVE Kaspar’s ideas and the idea of the digging was so good

My adhd loves the new layout, I can keep changing where I'm looking without feeling like I'm missing something

oh i'm BUZZING at the idea of a big, boastful, headstrong cryo character!!

All so pretty! I was slowly watching and wondering why it seemed familiar to me and then I noticed I have that outfit minus the cool patern on the pants and red hair 😂

headcanoning the pryo unit uses back burning. It's a popular thing to do before summer in australia to make sure that the possible fuel for a forest fire is gone before it can get dangerous

Words cannot describe how endeared I am to Kaspar. I would redownload genshin just for him if he had a banner I also really like having the design process next to the speedpaint!!

Your concept for Zahra reminded me of an interesting fact! In some countries, forest rangers will use controlled burns to remove dried leaves and other materials that could easily spread wildfires should one start. That could be part of her job as well! (This is just a suggestion of course! She's your OC after all and I really like the idea of absorbing fires!)

LOVE LOVE LOVE the two speedpaints next to eachother my adhd is going nuts

15:21 kaspar looks like a fun character to play with and hangout

I really like having the first design on the left, it's so interesting ! Kaspar is SO cute, definitely my favourite 🥺💛 I love the very textured colours you used this time too !

17:50 Fire IS used to contain wild fires by creating a 'fire ring' around the affected arrest to contain it so her Pyro vision is actually very useful and even necessary!

I cannot emphasize enough how perfect vanne is

As a die-hard genshin fan myself I really really really hope they add an actually fun to play geo character soon (shout out to Itto), I love all of your designs so much I was so disappointed when I saw the video was ending and can't wait to see the next part!!!

I stopped playing Genshin ages ago but back when I did play I made an oc for it and I still love her. She's a postal worker, thats her whole thing. She's a postal worker who travels across the lands to deliver mail, it's actually a much more dangerous job than you'd expect because of the monsters and perilous terrain and stuff, but she's very dedicated. She lost a package ONCE on a cross country delivery and proceeded to scourer the entire path she took to find it, Im thinking she busted some big operations in the process purely on accident. I was leaning toward making her hydro claymore character, she would swing and send out a MASSIVE wave of water and surf on it on her claymore, but im not entirely sure because that might get the mail wet and that would be the biggest tragedy in the world for her.