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Character Design- Comparison Sheet

Character Design: Hero Progress

Right, so after getting some feedback from Justin, I decided to give the Hero some long hair as the haircut he had looked a bit off, it didn't suit him. 

I chose number 3 for him as it's not too short or too long and I will be giving him a bandana which will only be around his forehead and not the whole head.

I have played around with shapes trying to figure out his body shape, large shoulders to show his strength.

and Some dynamic poses to get familiar with his body shape.

A turnaround for the character, I didn't leave enough space for the head, ( I usually have a problem with space!) so the head looks a bit squashed, I think I ll have to go to it and fix some stuff, but overall that's the body shape.
I haven't included the head in the side view as I am still trying to figure out how I am gonna draw his head in different perspectives.

Character Design: Hero-Silhouette experiment

For my Hero (The Pirate), I have decided to take some pictures of myself and make them silhouettes as it is a more effective way to come up with interesting designs I believe, I have developed some of them and added some clothing and props to get an idea of the overall shape.

Developed silhouettes:

Character Design- Hero Initial Poses

I was just trying to do some quick poses for my character, these are very rough as I am still trying to figure out his body shape

Character Design- Idea

Right, so after a week of research and thought about my idea, trying to stay away from the generic pirates and mixing it with mystery and fantasy, I have finally came up with a satisfying and exciting idea for my characters.

After a talk with Phil and a very useful tip, I kept asking myself many questions about the world which will then help me decide about my characters.
The idea of having a world within a world is really interesting and adds some sort of tension and surprise..
The world of Fantasy rises up from underneath earth, an attractive/charming world full of magic but deceiving as its creatures are very vicious and poisonous.
I chose my character to be a pirate in land, living in a small village in which everyone is known and defending each other.

So my idea is about a man/pirate who, during an adventure, found some sort of magical diamond and gave it to his son before his death. After a few years, his son took his dad's place and kept stealing on land to survive and help his village.
The gift from his father gave him some supernatural powers he never thought would exist, It allowed him to travel long distances quickly and remain undercover and this helped him in terms of stealing lots of stuff and making his village very rich.
However, something very strange happened one night, a world has risen from the bottom and flying jellyfishes attacked the village realising the magical item is missing which gives them power (a source of magic for them).
The tension rises when the Hero doesn't give up the diamond which gives him power to satisfy his needs and the Jellyfish needs it to keep the magical world running.

Will his greed cause his village to be destroyed? or will he fight the jellyfish until the magical world disappear ? One thing is sure, the diamond can't be shared.

Character Design: Research

Concerning our 10week Character project, we were asked to develop three characters (Hero, Villain and Sidekick) based on 2 subjects and a theme. 

My 2 subjects are Fantasy and Pirate and Mystery as a theme.


This combination sounds really exciting to me, however I am trying to find an interesting way of combining them and visualising them. I went to do a quick research about the definitions of each word which then will broaden my vision about it.




Fantasy: Something that contains imagination unrestricted by reality, fiction with a lot of imagination, Supernatural elements or unrealistic events that people believe to be false.
It can be characterized by its style, which is representational and naturalistic rather than abstract.
It is also called visionary art, grotesque art or mannerist art. Moreover it is deeply interactive with fantasy literature.
 




Mystery: Something that is not fully understood, which contains a work of fiction or dealing with obscure and secret.
 



Pirate: Someone who robs at sea without commission from a sovereign nation, or makes use of or reproduces the work of someone else without legal right or authorisation.
The term can be applied to acts committed in the air, land or on a shore.

Mystery-fiction: The terms focuses on supernatural or thriller mystery in which the solution does not have to be logical or even no crime is involved.
 











 
 
 

Film Influence: These films show a good example of my three subjects, however I wanna move away from Pirate in the sea to something less generic.