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    Creating a character, opinions would be appreciated

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    • Pamela Fraley
      Pamela Fraley SVS OG @Guest last edited by

      @Damien-Rambacher I think you got it just right. Nailed it. I especially like the sketch of him pointing. Its like his resting face is a sad cute puppy dog face, but he can do adventure and fear and happy, etc. too.

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      • bharris
        bharris last edited by bharris

        I like this creature-character, his expressions are fun! I hope you keep developing him! The only thing i'd say is that in proportion between head, torso and legs the height of each seems to be close to equal and you could stretch it a little more.

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        • Dulcie
          Dulcie SVS OG last edited by Dulcie

          @Damien-Rambacher Great idea and I think he is appealing 🙂 He reminded me of Stitch before I read your comment so that does come through, and now you mention Felix the Cat I can see that too…

          My favourite piece from your sketches is this one, for what it’s worth…I think he has nice expressive eyes here..

          character1.jpg

          And I like the S curve shape of the body that’s developing in these two..

          character4.jpg character3.jpg

          The main thing that I’m wondering about now (because the head is really good!), is where you are going to take the body and legs/feet. At the moment he has big flat feet, almost Sonic the Hedgehog style…and if that’s where you want to take it that’s a perfectly valid choice.. but if you do that I would try to avoid it looking like he has one big head, a stick thin body, and massive feet…maybe he’ll need a chunkier body/legs if you go that route…

          ..the other thing I was thinking of, was if you did slightly more animal legs/feet, the tip-toe look. I know this might seem like a far-out crazy comparison, but while looking at your sketches the big head + pronounced chest leading to swirly tail slightly reminded me of MewToo from Pokemon…that character has an S curve too and although the thighs are annoyingly chunky, I like the way the feet finish the body.

          You said that he is a mix including cat and rabbit, perhaps you could look at cat/rabbit leg shapes, because they both have interesting shapes to work with… and work that more into the bottom half of your character? Just an idea though 🙂 Good luck with developing him more, keep us posted!

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            • bharris
              bharris last edited by

              Much better!

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                • bharris
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                  Maybe his shoulders ought to widen out...? Would he still be scrawny? Gorilla forearms! Lol! Keep playing and having fun with it!

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                      • bharris
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                        3 1/2 looks right to me too. He's is coming along really well!

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