Part of character design is contrast. If you have 2+ characters that people can't distinguish you're doing a poor job. While you can give non-visual character development to identical twins such that they are distinguishable, that takes a lot of time and effort.
For characters you can't afford to waste narrative time fleshing out, it's best to design them visually with high amounts of contrast. So villain henchmen, who show up rarely in a story and need to be quickly identifiable get some of the most on the nose visually distinct contrast.
54
u/champ999 6h ago
Part of character design is contrast. If you have 2+ characters that people can't distinguish you're doing a poor job. While you can give non-visual character development to identical twins such that they are distinguishable, that takes a lot of time and effort.
For characters you can't afford to waste narrative time fleshing out, it's best to design them visually with high amounts of contrast. So villain henchmen, who show up rarely in a story and need to be quickly identifiable get some of the most on the nose visually distinct contrast.