Character Design Exercise

In this weeks exercise for the character design project, we learnt the different shapes that could define a character. we learnt that there are three types of shapes which are circle, square and triangles.

Circle is a shape used in drawing for friendly characters, used to show weight. Squares shapes in a character shows that the character has strength, confidence, balance. this shape is mostly used in heroic characters. Triangular shapes are uses in villain's, to show that's a character is evil, harmful and sharp with balance.

 

with the exercise I draw batman. I turned batman from what seems to be squares and triangles on the right  to more of a square and circle shape on the left, making him look more friendly. 

 

 

Avatar The Last Air Bender is a cartoon aimed at teens. Even as simplified as the character was I took it from the level it was and simplified it even more taking out all the details but still keeping the pose. 

Narrative: Nest Painting

Here I've done a painting of how I imagined the bird nest could look like.  The second image has a sepia effect over it, this is an effect we're going to use during the animation as it gives equal look of how Da Vinci's drawings were during that time.

 

Narrative: Anatomy Reasearch

Narrative Project: More Character Sketches

Maya Tutorial: Lip Sync

Maya tutorial: Head Modelling

Renaissance: Character Ideas

Here I've drawn out couple of ideas visualizing how the character could look. we wanted the bird to be mechanic whilst still keeping to the time period that was given to us.