Character Design

This is a character design i had to do for my traditional animation class. His name is Murray and he is a very sassy fashionista.  (2013)

 

     

Sketchbook

Here are a bunch of doodles and character designs I've drawn in my sketchbook. A few are copies from character designs on pinterest, but the rest are all original!!  (2013-14)

Left : the girl in the top right hand
corner, the boy in the top left hand
corner, and the girl in the lower left
hand corner are studies from
existing works.

 


                                                                                 The above images are
                                                                            studies from existing works

 

 

 

Left: The man in the top middle is a study from an existing work.

Character Design

Here is some visual development through the whole process on a character named Pingo (which means 'tattoo' in Latin). Pingo is a Scorpion tattoo artist, who was banished from his home, only to be taken in by a family of circus people. While there he learns to swallow swords, and gives the circus people free tattoos in exchange for room and board.

First i did some research on scorpions:

Then i began developing a caricatured version. Trying out different combinations of shapes. 

 

Finally I decided on this design: