Beginning Character Design Class

[Neha Rawat]

Thank you @Freya-Chakour It was fun to work on!

[frankiiij]

I pray everything is well with everyone. This class is a joy throughout my day. I figured I’d go ahead and post my first two assignments (with upcoming updates). The era is 1600-1730 and I thought it would be cool to move the beast onto a pirate ship, make him a pirate bound to his ship, and changing the wolf like beast to a sea creature beast.

What will be challenging would be to avoid the image of Daley Jones from the pirates of the Caribbean.

The first image is assignment #1 reference gathering. I really dig these picture, however I recognize that I could run into a problem using concept art and not actual references.

The second image is assignment number #2. This was my first time actually doing this haha I know that’s . It was a load of fun.

Update: assignment three proportion both head and body

Update: assignment #4 costume and character design.

I hope you enjoy. Thank you for allowing me to share my work. Much love.

[Elliot]

Really enjoying the techniques in this class so far. Playing with proportions isn’t something I normally push far enough if I do it at all. My comfort zone is definitely medium head, large body, small legs

Here are some older characters I have drawn:

And here is my classwork so far:

[Elliot]

I worked on the costumes and then took a break for a little while. The circled ones were my favorites.

Then I did a final lineup and practiced coloring with it.

This turned out a lot better than I was expecting and I feel like this method will definitely help me in the future. Especially the proportion and shape pushing!

[VeronicaMui]

@xin-li love the black and white with rainbow colors looks so fun to play with

[VeronicaMui]

@carolinebautista aaaah, the colors are so nice!

[Gabby Correia]

I Loved your classes!
Here are my little characters, I feel like I got too stiff when designing them. I guess when you try any new technique it takes a while to loosen up.
So cool to see how everyone's characters turned out so uniquely.

[ruth]

hi Anna! Really fun assignment - thank you! I’ve learnt such a lot! Here’s some of the stages my characters went through.

Love seeing all the different characters on here - I'm particularly fond of Belvin and Beastine!

[JoshuaDages]

Hey all!

I'm just now getting around to posting my Beauty and the Beast character designs. @AnnaDaviscourt's class was super informative and I learned so much!

Everyone's versions are all so great! I wish we could have all taken the course together and watched the processes as we went.

I decided that Belle and the town folk were trolls and that she finds the beast (a human) grotesque. You can see a few of my process drawings below and then the final version at the bottom! Left to Right - "Stony" (Gaston), Bella (Belle), Mr. Bast (the Beast), Ms. Lumin (Lumiere), Maric (Maurice) and Worthsworth (Cogsworth).

-Josh

[burvantill]

@AnnaDaviscourt I have a character design question regarding turnarounds, or 360 views of the characters. I just finished designing 5 characters for a book dummy project. And part of the project is to provide turnarounds of the characters for the potential client. My question is how do YOU approach this step? Do you even do turnarounds and if so do you draw them straight on or do you draw them dynamically showing more of the characters personality. I drew mine straight on and they are boring as jello without whip cream on top. I thought maybe next time I do this i would draw them more dynamically, but wasn't sure what the protocol was professionally. Can you shed some light on this?

Thank you,
Lisa
=)x