As someone with a major passion for character design, one of my favorite exercises is to analyze and critique pre-existing designs of characters from shows and video games, then try my hand at redesigning the characters myself. I created a video discussing my critiques and redesign process for the three protagonists of ARPG (action roleplaying game) series Kingdom Hearts: Sora, Riku, and Kairi. I compiled my observations and critiques into a slide presentation, sketched my redesigns by hand before rendering through Clip Studio Paint, and edited the video with Adobe Premiere Pro. Properly critiquing any piece of media, especially the design of it, requires a thorough understanding of not just the piece itself, but also the related subjects around it. I learned more about the intentions of certain design aspects (such as Sora’s red pants and yellow shoes referencing Mickey Mouse), and compared the Kingdom Hearts designs patterns with other video games such as Final Fantasy.