{"id":4921,"date":"2017-01-05T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T10:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graphicmama.com\/blog\/?p=4921"},"modified":"2022-08-09T08:27:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T08:27:39","slug":"character-design-styles-modern-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graphicmama.com\/blog\/character-design-styles-modern-day\/","title":{"rendered":"33 Peculiar Character Design Styles of the Modern Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get ready to be flushed with\u00a0imagination off limits<\/strong>. We\u2019ve gone through plenty of Behance<\/a> profiles to dig out some of the most peculiar character design styles created by artists who don\u2019t play it safe. The result: a collection of 33 brilliant unconventional character design styles<\/strong>. Some of them are adorable, others are far from cute, a few may provoke controversial feelings but at the end of the day, all of them carry their own unique vibes.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, artists have complete freedom to turn their wildest imagination into real art and present it to the world. It\u2019s a whole science how artists convey different emotions and feelings through their character design styles by exaggerating and accenting on certain physical features. If you\u2019d like to learn more of the character design secrets, this article will reveal you how artists convey character’s personality through shape, variance and size.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, all you have to do is sit comfortably and enjoy these peculiar masterpieces created by astonishingly imaginative artists.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0OCC’s visual identity by\u00a0Beetroot Design<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t
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2. Disney XD Happy Holidays by\u00a0Gast\u00f3n Pacheco and\u00a02veinte<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t
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3. Voodoo Character Exploration by _moon<\/a><\/h3>\n

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4. Karateca by\u00a0Italo Cerone<\/a><\/h3>\n

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5.\u00a0New year’s doodles by\u00a0Murat Miro\u011flu<\/a><\/h3>\n

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6. Winter is Coming…milk and honey? by Corey Smith<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Winter<\/a><\/p>\n

7. Video game character design collection by\u00a0Pablo Hernandez<\/a><\/h3>\n

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8. Fishing In Autumn<\/a> and\u00a0Arctic thriller<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Paulius Kolodzeiskis<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t
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9.\u00a0Character Design with Limited Palette by\u00a0Cihan Gelerli<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Character<\/a><\/p>\n

10. BeardBoy by\u00a0Stasik Kanevsky<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"beard<\/a><\/p>\n

11.\u00a0Character Design Challenge by\u00a0Krzysztof Ros\u0142an<\/a><\/h3>\n

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12. Herman the Yeti by Vinicius Gut\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n

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13.\u00a0GWK Farms by\u00a0bewilder tv<\/a><\/h3>\n

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14.\u00a0Brazilian Noel by Yellow Mello Studio<\/h3>\n\t\t
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15. The Rocket Paw by\u00a0Rustam Isaev<\/h3>\n\t\t
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16.\u00a0Piggy Pink by\u00a0Aleksey Baydakov<\/h3>\n

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17.\u00a0Jack Pumpkinhead by\u00a0Jonfer Maia<\/a><\/h3>\n

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18. Stuff by Konstantin Alekyan<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t
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19.\u00a0Low Poly Characters by\u00a0Jona Dinges<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t
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20.\u00a0Balance Magazine by\u00a0Vicki Turner<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Balance<\/a><\/p>\n

21.\u00a0Geometric Gang by\u00a0Jared Nickerson<\/a><\/h3>\n

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22.\u00a0Little Red Riding Hood<\/a><\/h3>\n

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23.\u00a0Beard Styles by\u00a0Fabio Rex<\/a><\/h3>\n

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24.\u00a0Cute Monster Project by\u00a0Maria Gr\u00f8nlund\u00a0and\u00a0Muxxi<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t
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25. Negra Tomasa Artbook by\u00a0F\u00da<\/a><\/h3>\n

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26. Fantastic Geometric Flat Characters<\/a><\/h3>\n

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27. Bull by\u00a0Nick Gunn<\/a><\/h3>\n

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28. Old Feathers by Hugo Cuellar<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t
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29.\u00a0Doodles Lab by\u00a0Alexandra Zutto<\/a><\/h3>\n

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30.\u00a0Character design for Roooster by\u00a0Juan Carlos Cruz<\/a><\/h3>\n

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31.\u00a0Luchador by\u00a0Vincent Dromart<\/a><\/h3>\n

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32. Characters in 3D by\u00a0Alexis Tapia<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t
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Got the thrills? Then you will certainly fall in love with our collection of 50 digital art masterpieces of feminine beauty.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’d like to\u00a0share your thoughts on\u00a0this collection of 33 contemporary art pieces or add more examples to it, we would love to see what you have in mind\u00a0in the comment’s section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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