#sitp

If you think they’d be from a smaller house, go with the Great House that that smaller house is sworn to (ex: House Manderly —> vote Stark)

They don’t have to be a nobleperson, they can be someone working for the house or being ruled by them. Roles could be a sworn-sword, a septa, a butcher, a blacksmith, or even a lowly peasant.

You can consider the region itself. For example, if you feel the character would be from Dorne, pick House Martell.

You can consider the personality of the character. For example, if your character is all about honor, then consider either House Arryn or House Stark.

Dude when you think you’re done, you definitely aren’t; I love that piece of advice when I heard it from Lavendertowne and rewatching her videos, it’s just motivated me to be better with concept work and more patient. So yeah, none of these designs are considered final, but def getting closer! I think the barn owl elements are shining a LOOOOT more. The simplification is doing much better I feel. I also love doing less exaggerated eye sizes, I just think I’m not a big fan of super big eyes on faces personally so I’m creating more stylization in the expressions instead. The soft and sharp are way more balanced and… you get the point! I love her! >:D

I feel like sometimes I really let the whole “sharing” process affect my “creating” process where I get stressed that I’m not updating y’all about enough progress. I start rushing things, finishing things I’m not satisfied with, and ignoring what made working on a story so fun for me. Everyday I’m working on it and trying to be better again, I think this was major improvement! Letting myself make design after design after design and slowly poke away at things makes me feel like a creator again. I’m thinking of Character Design instead of What-Looks-Good-Nowadays Design. I’m exercising my brain and feeling fulfilled again. Always always always gonna recommend Lavendertowne to any type of creator out there! I basically grew up on her videos, watching them since the 6th grade. Now I’m almost done with college and I’m still watching and rewatching and remembering why I love the process of storytelling, no matter how tedious and grueling it can get!