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The reason why most villains are shaped triangle is because they have a point

I think what I love about Death is just how simple his design is. He's just a wolf in a cloak with some swords. And that simplicity speaks VOLUMES. When he says, "I'm Death. Straight up." You feel it, through his looks, his voice, and character.

" See, I'm a character designer, *I design characters* " Best line ever, lmao

I'm not a character designer, but i *immediately* noticed the triangular shapes and pointiness when i first laid my eyes on this character. it's cool to see an actual analysis that includes other aspects like the color palette as well👍 💯

Probably my favourite bit was when we get that close up on deaths face during the reveal as a crystal shatters. If you pause and take a look you’ll see the outline of a wolf skull in the cracks of the crystal overlapping deaths face.

Honestly, I don't think Jack Horner's design gets enough love. The dude legitimately has a intimidating presence with each scene he's in inspite of the juxposition of the chubby baby face.

Shape language in a nutshell: Circle: approachable Square: reliable Triangle: unpredictable

3:06 Size is also part of character design! Placing Puss right beside Death highlights how much larger and more powerful Death is, ramping up the tension since he could easily attack Puss. Edit: whoops, typed this before I saw the rest of the video. I didn't pick up on the cool colors though, that's awesome!

The first thing i noticed and love the most about Death is just how BRIGHT his eyes are compared to the rest of him, and often the scenery he appears in. They're almost always the brightest and most coloured thing in his shots, the main exception being the final confrontation when nearly everything is washed in red from the flames.

Quality > Quantity What do you think of this video guys? Gonna publish ONE like this every month.

It's cool how, while puss is obviously magical he's still a regular sized cat, but death isnt just a talking wolf, hes massive. He's bigger than most humans. He's not just magical he's supernatural

I also notised that the shape of the sickles were kind of echoed through out the character. Not too strongly, but in a way that the sickles feel like they are a very natural part of the character, while still showing contrast. Like in his tail and feet, a bit on the snout, his hunched back

All of these already exist in books and other art contents by professionals but im glad you simplified it for your audience

I've been trying to articulate why I liked the character Death SO MUCH in terms of characterization and design, but I could only explain the characterization aspect. As an aspiring character designer I was really sad that I was at a loss for words, but this video articulates why the design was so well done perfectly! Thank you!!

I remember when you upload a video about Puss 2 animated style looks like Spider-Man into the spider verse. I used to underestimate this movie because of it haha. But after I watched this movie, I must say that this is the best animated movie of the year. The characters, the story, hell, the voice actors! Everything is just PERFECT! They definitely put love in their work. DreamWorks really nailed it 👏

absolutely fantastic! this video totally deserves way more views than it has. keep it up! :)

Awesome video man! You nailed all the asspects that makes Death the best villain of all! As always love your videos! 💓

Actually one of may favorite movies currently(next to Myles Morales' Spiderman). It was very brilliantly done! ALL of it!

I love the 2d FX they use with 3d, it really looks amazing

That's so enlightening. Next time I watch an animated film I can not forget these points.

great video man! I just started designing characters for a one shot manga i wanna make and your vid was a big help. Another contrast I noticed between puss & death is the shape of their furr. Puss' fur is flat and doesn't stand up, making his overall shape more round and soft. Contrast to the wolf, whose fur has these sharp, pointy, rough, triangular fur. I know these characteristics come with the animal themselves, but good choice on Dreamworks for choosing a White Wolf but with less groomed fur

Love from Bihar 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🚩🚩🇮🇳

I love how you explain artist design

Hey Kesh. I recently discovered your KZfaq channel, and i absoloutely love it! You made me realise how much more i loved drawing and now im started my journey from where i left it. The style i am now going for is a 50/50 between You and Jazza since i love how diffrent your style is! Thanks a lot

Me: What do i see? Yea it is the Main character and the villain , Kesh: So if you notice the frame there are pointy triangles and referring to the shape theory we know he is the villain , and puss is more rounded so this must be the puss and according to the colour theory there are warm colours contrasting the light colours as well as the clothes are pointy and stiff must be the villain (confirmed). Jokes apart, when learning artists start to notice these in movies then they are really learnin'.😄

Wow thank you so much for this I’m gonna use this the next time a design a character and apply it to the ocs I already have! THANKS!!

Definitely going to be watching more of these so I can work on becoming a character designer

Toothless from how to train your dragon satisfy all the villain traits yet it's lovable. That's what I love about art you can break the rule if you understand the rule😅

Very proud that the Voice actor of death is from my coutry🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

I like that you focused on the visual contrast of the shapes, the colors, and lighting.

The best characters make you wonder if they were able to impact reality before you made them and Death/ Wolf is great at this. Thanks for your video man! Excellent and on point narration! Best wishes to you from Iceland!!

First of all i like your videos and soon I am going to become an animator. You can say this is my dream. So i am telling you to make videos like this like how you can make a villain or hero or side character etc along with their personalities. This would encourage many other small artist of India. And once more india will make good quality content

Do it with Big Jack Horner!! I find his design very interesting too, big mix of opposite shapes

his weapon and clothing immediatly made me think of the yiga people from zelda, and gave me the idea that he may be more than just a bounty hunter

Aargh!!! Such a great video. Kesh is officially back !!

Vandhutenu sollu thirumbi vandhutenu sollu 10 varshatuku munadi irundha adhe kesh vandhutanu sollu - a famous dialogue from the Tamil film kabali

Note that colors often have different interpretations in other religions and cultures. For example red in the west represents all the afformentioned traits above while in an eastern country for example Japan, it's linked with divinity / godly and is not always used there for negative aspects, rather positive traits. In plain words for everyone seeing this, if you want to implement things do some early research to see if your choices allign or what you want to change and contrast with your stylistic choices.

Wow. That was an EXCELLENT video. Packed with information and examples to really emphasize every point and super engaging. Really solid stuff ^^

Another thing I noticed is the skull shape of the fur on death's face.

this was a really cool video, i love how you explain everything with so much enthusiasm :)

Death Wolf was Amazing Character Even Puss was Afraid

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!! New Kesh!!

You're a GENIUS Kesh!!!

The hoodie is boxy, but I think the orientation of the box makes it look more sharp.

Death is the best villain, period And I really love you made this video how shape and character design will tell most of a characters story, after watching this, I just found Death and my oc Koujo are inter-related somehow by the general shape and even character, mine is more of low-key and wearing kinda normal dark clothes with red accents at all while death is quite vocal and wears a simple cloak, now I'm proud of my oc since my oc is based on Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart for 4 years and after watching Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, I see more of him now and my creativity soared, I can't thank you enough❤️

omg i honestly was so focused on learning anatomy that i completely forgot about shape language. thanks for reminding me lol

Good to see you posting again...Enjoyed the video!

Kesh!! This video is so good!

2:22 why didnt you include bill cipher there. Hes literally shaped like a triangle.

People say that death is not a villain, but that’s not true because he tried to take Puss In Boots life early, so he did it out of anger, which proves that he’s a villain, a good villain 👍

Yes!! Finally!!!

What immediately stuck out to me was the size. I think that alone already made him so intimidating.

Another thing about death is that he has morals to some extent, the only reason he was going after puss is because he wasn’t valuing his lives, once death sees that puss is valuing his lives now, he leaves, he’s not just crazy bloodthirsty with no stopping, yes he is bloodthirsty and I believe he does enjoy killing but only if there’s a reason to kill that specific person

My friend and I were talking about movies and stuff, when she randomly said "i love death" I was SO confused and i was like "You like Death?? HuH?" And then she was like "Yeah death is pretty cool." Had no idea she was talking abt a movie villain, but now that im here-i would like to back her up and say that YES Death is cool. xD

The Tumblr artist tomatatoro also apply this kind of shape language when he draws Overwatch characters. Circle / Round - endearing, optimistic, open-minded Square - fortitude, reliability, uniform and traditional Triangle - competent, cunning, dynamic, and aggressive

Apparently, a triangle is the toughest shape. I like to see this as fitting for death, because 'no one can defeat him'.

This is your best video yet

Great video! This was the educational video i didnt know i needed. Ps keep an out out for me Kesh! I filled out your experimental form! Im very excited!

I'm not sure if its actually a shape language thing, but his general shape is a diamond, with the ability to both segment into triangles as well as be read as a shifted square/quadrilateral. Because it makes him both a solid and unchanging character as well as a very dangerous one.

I actually thought the big bad wolf was going to be the main villain because you know ...cat-dog nature😂😂...but it only took me their conversation in the bar to know he was death🥶 Also you've said sharp sooo many times in this video😂😂😂

Brilliant analysis! Really enjoyed the video.

Videos like this make me want people to analyze things they don't normally check out example Characters in Black Butler give off a feeling seeing the strain in their large eyes as their mouth distorts slays me

Death has that kiki shape while Puss has bouba shape.

Awesome video!

Excited 🥰

Yay! If it is going to start after 5 hours I will wait 5 hours

Plus white AND black, Colours used to make the wolf, are used to represent death in most countries, I guess

Great video, dude! 👍👍

Excited 😊

its funny that I use all of that in one of my ocs (triangle shapes, red color w/ a bit of yellow etc) and he's the most chill that I ever created 💀

Congrats on 500k ❤️

You are awesome!

This, blows, my freaking brain!!!

Finally you reach 500k subscribers 😊😊

oooOOHHH i haven't seen a puss in boots video essay about the ding dang character design !!

After a long time.....

Is might help with my design for some of my character

Love me some shape theory, I'm actually seeing on my animation class

You are my role model

It's so much HYPE!!!!

I like the character more when I saw the movie than i first saw the charecter

I was scared of death because he reminded me of my dog, it may sound rude but it's for a diff reason, I wanted him to win but I knew he was going to lose, I love my dog, I'm sure he's a good boy, but deaths sharp teeth keep reminding me of when my dog bit my leg and it cut deep into my shin, I was bleeding and i had to stay in the hospital, he was on demon time energy that day, and that's why I love death, I'm always fearing he will put puss in legitimate pain, and puss won't be able to trust him much or be scared of him.

wow i didnt know that. you get my follow (: i like drawing characters on my ipad and your videos may help me

The meaning of Triangulism in villain lore: Domination (of the conflict) Altercation (with the protagonist) Submission (to his/her defeat)

took soo long but the wait was worthit

Hey , Just wanted to ask if there's gonna be an offer for us on the drawing camp course , since I am eager to enroll but the sum is huge .

5:35 💀

In berserk they do an interesting thing that the protagonist and antagonist designs are switched in which the protagonist is almost designed more like a villain and the antagonist like a hero. Griffith has more soft features and light colours, guts has dark colours and sharp features.

my girlfriend shared link of this video to me nd i watched the whole video.. you won't believe that when we were watching this movie.. nd they introduced the character of death!! i was having literal goosebumps.. for a moment i forgot that i was watching a cartoon movie!! it was soo scary nd intriguing!! in every scene of death I've told my girlfriend that how beautifully they've designed this scary character!! i got so intimidated by him!! i had so many questions nd after watching your video i got all my answers!! so yepp thanks a lot.. you're doing greatttt!! much love ❤️❤️

Excited for next video... kesh🤩 ...

Do you have any character like death i mean triangular shape character

Tips for drawing cartoonic eyes and face from real life.plz

I have never watched your videos before and I am only thirty seconds in and I am already so entertained!!! My goodness man! My attention deficient ass is so happy :)

Loved the vid. Great explanation on the character design. There is just one small question. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN JACK HORNER? 😅❤👍

Been a long time kesh. 😃

Thankyou

Also kai in kung fu panda gave the similar feeling

Do you write a short biography for your characters?

Was waiting for this video