This video shows the easiest way to make character turnarounds. It covers industry tips and tricks and useful hacks to make your character turnarounds more accurate and appealing! Enjoy!
People that say there's no science in art are so wrong, anatomy is freaking complicated and even more when you start making animals and made up beings.
You’re exactly right! There’s a reason she’s got a score to settle! You’ll definitely see her in more of my videos. I might even animate her! ✨.@@joshuaadeoye
I'm animating a character turnaround at the moment too and here are some things i noticed as well 1. torso is biggest in front view and thinnest in side view.. so 3 quater will be bigger than side but smaller than front 2. head is thinnest in front view and biggest in side 3.feet in side view will be centered as compared to the front view and hands as well
Dude, I NEEDED to hear you say work towards likeness instead of geometric perfection- I thought I SUCKED at character turnarounds because of how I couldn’t get the individual facial features or individual fingers to lineup with the features and fingers on a different view
Dude I hope this channel grows like crazy, your style is one of the most pleasing ones I've seen in the art tutorial space and it's obvious from this video alone that you know your stuff. My jaw dropped at that three-quarter view trick.
This is such a helpful video! It would be great I think to expand more on the 3/4 view technique because this is the first time I've seen this and I'm honestly a little lost on how to approach it.
This video is a 10/10 1. clear, concise explanation with visual aids for kinaesthetic learners ( most tutorials ive seen just voice over whilst showing a speed drawing of something disconnected from whattheir saying just for video filler, which is frustrating) 2. methodology is fantastic, you show you know your stuff in a very digestible way and not overcomplicating the audience with over the top jargon. 3. short and to the point but makes the audience want to know more about turnarounds I have some suggestions for future videos. Maybe do a "draw with me" folllow up/ live stream video of turnarounds. reviewing Turn around submissions. Fantastic Job Joshua, this is honestly the best video ive seen on turnarounds, and ive seen alot lol. cant wait to see more of your videos. I've subbed.
Also some more video content id like to see from you: Character sheets would be great. your art influences. How to avoid "Same Face syndrome" Expression sheet video/ tutorial. Building a portfolio
Thanks so much for your feedback! I would love to do a “draw with me” live stream. I’ll figure it out and see when it would be best to do one! ✨for now, I’m working on a video on model/ character sheets!
I just found your account and these videos have been SOOO helpful. I recently got into an animation course at my school and your channel helping me find my feet in animation. Thanks :)
I am so happy for finding this tutorial 😭😭🫶🏾 giving us visual examples with an gorgeous animation made it so satisfying to watch. Thank you very very much🙏🏽
I never knew how involved character turnarounds are but makes sense to set a foundation to start. I struggle with 3/4 back views 😅 Would love to see more of your cool villain!
This helps so much! I hated having to do turn arounds cuz to me it was a pain in the arse and because of a bunch of details i had to put in the character. I wished the algorithm wouldve reccomended me this video while i was still taking charcter design class.
I'd like to add, another example of drawing side profiles to their likeness and not to geometric perfection is the 3D animated Peanuts movie! Pretty much every character's facial features move around depending on what limited angle they're in to capture the same likeness of them from the comics and shows. Just thought that was neat :))
This QUICKLY became one of my all time favorite youtube art tutorial. My aunt worked for DIC MARVEL MTV liquid television. Sonic the hedgehog. Denver the last dinosaur…Johnny quest…silver surfer…x-men,,,Iron Man…anyways the drawing sheets and character turnarounds of the The sonic the hedgehog serious..like the serious dramatic series not the goof ball one. Just Those diagrams of yours are just so damn beautiful thanks you for making this and it was entertaining
As far as I can see, RU-vid Gods has finally paid attention to your channel, but still, you deserve so much more! The quality of your educational shorts is outstanding
It's funny that my process is sort of the opposite--- I sculpt my characters in 3D using Blender and then use that model for my drawing reference when I'm creating comic boards. Uploading the 3D models to Mixamo to get my characters in a specific pose also really helps. But I've also run into having to alter features slightly for better likeness, so my technique definitely isn't perfect.
Really love your art style! You are incredibly talented and explain things perfectly! Just started getting back into drawing cartoons and you've already provided some good pointers. Subbed and look forward to all future videos!
In general I think that your art + animations are really cool, but I especially like the way you draw hair! It has so much dimention and personallity. Keep making cool videos!
thanks for making such a precise and to the point tutorial. no fluff just info and super easy to follow. can't wait to draw turnarounds of all my characters now
Love this concept for your character. She gives this vibe of antihero and I’m rooting for it. Thank you for this tutorial! It is straightforward with the right information. I always had errors with my proportions so I’m gonna give this method a shot. Keep drawing
thanks for making this i've been doing to many turn arround where i put to much attention into the anatomy and geometry and forgett that appeal is very important when desining this
This video is awesome! I really needed this, thank you so much! The animations that go along the video give so much life to the video, they are so beautiful!
Absolutely enraged that I can’t spam the like button and have all of them go through. Thank you so, so much! Friendly, concise, educational, and that tip with the top view translating to 3/4 absolutely blew my mind! I never would have thought of it! I’m about to give two of my designs glow-ups and can’t wait to try this.
Ooh, I never thought of doing a top down view to make the 3/4 angles! Very cool idea, I'll have to give that a try sometime. Thanks for the helpful tips!
That was amazing! I always struggle with putting together turnarounds that are actually gonna be useful for my 3D modeling process, so thanks for all the tips :] Would love to see a vid about character sheets
First time here, just subbed. Gonna atempt my first full graphic novel in the new year... been years since i really spent time drawing! Weird how youtube figures out what your thinking.... i dig your style bro!
i think this is the best turnaround tutorial i've ever seen, not only explaining what to do but why you do it or how it works i'm going into 3D work as a hobby so this will definitely help with building a believable character 🙏
this is so useful! I'll have to rewatch the 3/4 view tip a few times and try it out for myself. I get hung up on planning turnarounds because I think they're hard or boring ( i
Excellent video and tips. Subscribed. Made me want to try out drawing again even after I have given up on it in excitement to try something like this in the future
Really liked your tip about not being geometrically accurate! I'm always stressing myself out trying to make every single detail the EXACT same as the first original drawing, then wondering why my character does not look the same from the different angles 😭
Excellent lesson, for beginners and experienced cartoonists alike. Clear, precise, thank you for these precious tips. By the way, Ember is captivating, I'd like to see more of her. I appreciate your work.
Thanks for this...even though I have character sheets for my main character, I don't think I've ever done a turnaround sheet for her...I'll have to try that.😀
I just came back here to say that the two animations at :19 and 3:16 are jaw-droppingly good. Would love to see how you created those - any rough sketches, keyframes, breakdowns, timing charts, etc. That's some Marc Davis level stuff!!!
Thank you!✨🙏🏾Actually, when I’m animating for myself, I don’t use timing charts and my first pass is usually pretty clean. This is to save time. I plan to explain my process much clearer in a future video!✨
This is so helpful!! Thanks for sharing. I've never done a turn around for my characters before but wanted to try drawing one. I'll try these tips and hope for the best, lol 😆
This was a great video. It was clear, concise, and straight to the point. Yes, I would to see your process of creating a character design model sheet. Thanks.
Would love to see how you do a model sheets. I'm also curious on how you would explain what types of shapes and forms are used in Anime vs Western Animation. The top view tip is definitely something I wasn't aware of and will try it out on my next turn-around pieces. Thanks for creating a great video!!
My next video is about model sheets! I LOVE your suggestion on anime vs western animation. I might do an analysis in the future!✨ Thanks for watching!✨🙏🏾
One piece of advice I've gotten from an industry professional that helped a lot was when it comes to turnarounds, sometimes looking good is more important than looking accurate. If Mickey only had a single ear on his side profile, he'd look weird as hell.
That’s some solid advice! I’d say though that it’s even more important for the character to look like themselves from every angle! Thanks for sharing! ✨🙏🏾✨
