Heya Pals!

Sorry for the delayed upload! I've been settling in to my life in Thailand and it's taken a while to produce a video I've been happy with. Nevertheless, here's one on designing heads!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:52 Aims
1:40 The Brief
2:15 Identifying the Character
3:49 Budgeting the Sprite Size
4:33 A Simple Approach
6:01 Omitting Details
6:24 Lessons from Comic Books & Manga
8:30 Importance of Skin & Negative Space
12:30 Creating a Head from Scratch
13:40 Eyes
15:25 Hair
17:46 Skin
19:35 Variations
20:42 Reflection
21:36 Outro

Music:
Mikel Zelda & Chill 2 [Gamechops.com]

Games Referenced:
Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo
Final Fantasy 6 Square
Chrono Trigger Square
Final Fantasy Tactics Square
Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge LucasFilm Games
Metal Slug SNK
Shantae WayForward
Owlboy DPad Studio
Iconoclasts Konjak, MP2 Games
Insignia UpponHill (AdamCYounis)



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Later, pals!