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Character Design Class #9

During the last character design class we were formed into groups of 5 where we were given different TV series. Based on the TV series, we were supposed to come up and develop a character which would fit into the world in which the series plays in. Our group got "Danger Mouse" an 2015 cartoon series. We came up with the characters and each one of us picked the character that we would like to do. I took the "Von Spy-Der". As the name already says he is a spy and also a spider. In addition to that one of us had to come up with a merchandise which would fit the series and the other group members were responsible for the environment. I got the task for the merchandise and came up with the spider gadget. After finishing my sketches I refined the lines of those in Illustrator as well.

Character Traits:

• Serious
• Works Alone
• Has a Robot
• Mechanic/Spy
• Has 7 Legs
• Dark Past
• Deep voice
• Sometimes helps Danger Mouse
• Small

Character Design Class #8

During the character design class we were given a task to draw a poster for a film. I have chosen Mulan film. This is the result of it:

Some of the Elephant character sketches development and refinement.

Character Design Class #7

In today's character design class, we were given to draw staging exercises with a combination of couple characters. The ones that I got were: a mad scientist and his creation.

As for my character project, I have moved to storyboarding.

Character Design Class #6

During the character design class we were given a task to draw special props for a specific character. Once again, I got Popeye character. I was quite familiar with that character from the previous lesson.

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For the rest of the lesson we were given the task to draw a sidekick from a randomly chosen culture. These are couple of the drawings I did for the culture of Rome.

And this is my current progress on my elephant character showing some of its facial expressions.

Character Design Class #5

In the character design classes we were split into groups of two people. Our task was to draw each other facial expression. This is the result of it:

As later on in the class we got another task to explore and draw randomly picked character. As for me, I got Popeye. It was a challenging character as for his chin to move accordingly to the facial expression.

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Character Design Class #4

During the character design class we were told to form groups of four where we were supposed to draw one another. Each one of us had to take turns of doing a pose in front of the other remaining three who had to draw the posing person. This is the outcome of the character design class:

As for the character designing, these are some of my environment sketches and also a research showing on what I based my drawing.

 

 Some of the Elephant character sketches:

Character Design Class #3

Character Design Class #2

Character Design Class #1

Character Design Class #6

Logo

Ship

LX-ER Robot

Environment

Character Design Class #5

Practice with camera angles. Given sentence "The Hero Returns".

Character Design Class #4

In todays character design class, we were given a task to make an environment depending on the given word. My environment should have been arcane + laboratory, but because I miss hearing a word arcane. I made a mix of arcade and laboratory environment.

Exterior

Interior

Character Design Class #3

In todays character design class, we were given a task to make a gadget specialised for one character. My character was minion (Bob) and my item was lantern. I really enjoyed making these!

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Later on in the class, we had to make characters which were from specific environment. My environment was the kitchen.

Character Design Class #2

Character Development

In character design class, the teacher told us to bring character design which we like and redraw it with more exaggerated shapes. Making them look more threatening or reassuring.

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For second task students were asked to draw a few characters depending on the given theme. I got "Superhero theme". I enjoyed making them!

Superhero Design

Character Design Class #1

For our first character design class, the teacher told us to create same character only in two different ways, for example: iconic (simple image of the character meant for a younger group of people, such as children) and realistic. Nevertheless, I got bear Pooh, which is already made in basic shapes and curvy lines, making him seem friendly and squishy.

The three top images are meant to represent simplicity. Although drawing more realistic character they become more creepy. With the help from a teacher, I understood that some character can't be fully realistic. So my last image in right down corner, successfully became like bear Pooh only a tiny bit realistic.

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