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Brainstorming creative ideas for armor design, taking you through my design process. Sometimes the ideas for character design come right away while other times you have to develop them and try different things to see what you like. Visual ideas can spark other ideas for characters, stories, and the world which makes designing your own characters so fun!

0:00 Intro 0:15 Exploring helmet designs 2:14 Full body armor designs 4:45 Design breakthrough 6:47 Watercolor and brainstorming ideas

SUPPLIES

Holbein Artists Watercolors (24 set) https://rb.gy/h6q26s

other watercolor paint colors Miyazaki recommends http://ghiblicon.blogspot.com/2015/01/ghibli-museum-sketching-set-miyazaki.html

Etcher Watercolor Sketchbook shorturl.at/qrwEV

Watercolor brush -- Namura large brush (Amazon has it but little expensive)

Colored Pencils shorturl.at/gFMS4 (there's a cheaper set but longer delivery)

G-Pen nib https://rb.gy/0qwuqc nib Holder https://rb.gy/mpwsw5 Carbon Ink https://rb.gy/rl2cat

Mechanical Pencil https://rb.gy/m8vzys Lead (the brand I use is "Uni Color 0.5")

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music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com