>>5733333There are design exercises you can do one most common is
>>5733342 another is mashing up various animals or objects. if that's not your thing take two characters you like and mash their designs, kinda like Pokemon fusion designs. this helps finding key features that distinguish designs apart, pay attention to color pallet and color blocking, flow of design elements it can be patterns that are symmetrical/asymmetrical/scattered, and consistency of design elements. most importantly you need a concept, is it a robot a human or creature, what is its purpose, what is their life like and how their design fits into the world. and then do iterations of it try different colors etc
