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Milestone #11

For this milestone I unfortunately struggled to get work together. At the moment I was unable to work on much due to an update by windows that interfered with the connection of my tablet and Photoshop. Luckily, (though somewhat concerning), many other students were facing the same struggles and were able to help out one another to at least hold over until the next update.

Milestone #10

For my tenth milestone, I set my focus on designing my final character for the semester. This character, once again a Hybrid, is primarily based off of the appearance of sea slugs and land slugs alike. She is unified with the other characters of the cast through her strange monster like appearance as well as an article of clothing to match. Since Hybrids are born from magic, most of them tend to pursue some form of magical arts. This is also the reason that many of them have “capes” of some sort; ranging from an actual cape to a necklace.

Milestone #9

For this milestone, I completed the written format for the character design of the Bag Salesman. In this, I was able to present all of the processes that lead up to the final design of the character. This includes his physical characteristics, personality, and inspiration. 

Milestone #8

For this week I started the finalization of the poses and expressions for the character. This included lining all of the previously mentioned segments of the character design as well as the turnaround. For each sheet, (excluding the turnaround) I also included some colorized representations of the salesman character to better show what the final design looked like. Silhouettes were also explored for both pose sheets to better determine the strength of each drawn model. 

Milestone #7

For this week I continued the exploration phase of my character and the objects. The character design I decided on consisted of a walrus-like bag shaped salesman. The interesting part of his design is that his arms are stemmed from the strings on his head that keep his burlap sack body closed. I thought with this I could create a series of fun poses based on the physicality of his design.

Milestone #6

For this week, I wanted to create a salesman character to add as a source for magic materials. I wanted the character himself to appear bag-like in nature so he matched the products he sold. I was unsure if I want him to fall into the Hybrid species, but if he did he would most likely be some weird combination between a burlap sack and some form of animal. I’m leaning towards a walrus like character or a hamster. 

Milestone #5

For this week I was able to compile a description as well as presentation for my alligator Hybrid character named “Miami”. She was further fleshed out in her role and personality, as well as her physical attributes. Simple things like the appearance of her feather boa and how it is actually a part of her species was added to further explain her Hybrid combo. 

Milestone #4

As I begin to move into Milestone #4, I start to really finalize all the details I have. Previously I was to begin lining the poses as well as the other sheets that I have. Continuing in to the final leg of these three projects most of the work will be in cleaning up and continuing to color and line. I also was able to explore some silhouettes and color combination needed to express my character's personality.

Milestone #3

For this week I was able to complete the majority of the exploration and sketch work and begin to move in to line art. In relation to my alligator character, I have all my gestures, expressions and turnarounds sketched out and up to standard. I really wanted to make sure every pose carried enough energy and that nothing fell flat. When creating more cartoon like characters I enjoy pushing the boundaries of silhouette and shape in order to create a character that doesn’t feel stiff or off. I especially love to experiment with physical characteristics to create a more dynamic pose, such as jowls or multiple chins.

In my location designs I concentrated on the physical traits that an area may have. This included the objects that may be sold at a wizard bazaar or even the items that could be found in a swamp apartment complex. Whatever was found necessary in a scene was explored to create more visual individuality. I also sketched out thumbnails of different angles that a location could be viewed from in order to create a stronger shape and design. 

Milestone #2

For this milestone, I will start to further details of what I started previously and continue to flesh them out. For the location designs specifically I decided to concentrate on the housing for the main characters as well as the shopping and supplies area of this world. The sketches seen above are some of the concepts that I created for the house that the three main characters reside in.

Milestone #1

For my first milestone I planned on starting with a character design along with two location designs. I unfortunately was not able to get too far into the process as of yet but I was able to start a decent amount of character explorations for my Hybrid character.