Tuesday 27 September 2016

1st Character Design workshop


First set of sketches
For our very first character design workshop, we were required to imagine that we were concept artists who were working for Pixar in producing background monsters in the movie "Monsters University". We were each given a selection of different numbers based on describing the characteristics of the monsters that we were to create. My selection of numbers given determined that my monster would have two arms, two legs, five eyes and would have the persona of a Beatnik/Artist.  We were also encouraged to work with the idea that we had to make a variety of quick sketches and contrasting ideas as if we were giving a client a quick selection of choice and variety.

Using these given requirements, I tried to give my creations more over exaggerated features to portray the fact that they were monsters even though they had moderately human forms. I also used inspiration for their appearance from those such as Audrey Hepburn who embraced the Beatnik style back in the 1950's and I also tried to use influences from French Mimes along with include heavy influences of black and white colours.
Adobe Illustrator outlines

Final Monster Chosen

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