Beginnings

The focus for this term will be centered around character design, resulting in a fully modelled character by the end of the project! This will lead on to next term's project - environmental design - so when thinking of characters we need to keep story and location in mind. We started by looking at other examples of character design and what makes a distinct, successful design.

We watched the animation, 'French Roast' for inspiration - all of the characters were unique and memorable, and importantly, all have distinctive silhouettes. As an exercise, we were told to try doing our own designs for the characters. This was fun, but challenging considering I already had the memorable designs from the animation in my mind.

After a long summer with not much drawing practice at all, I thought it would be a good idea to get back in the habit of drawing before I attempted some proper character design. I did this by practicing a little life drawing and doing quick sketches of friends and classmates.