Polar Opposites no.2 Turnaround Sheets

More of my polar opposite characters. I used the same techniques as mentioned in the previous post.  Marco and Hooves were created to be sidekicks to Storm and Blade respectively. However, they also had to have differing personalities from their friends, which in turn made them different from each other.

Marco's appearance changed dramatically, and is probably the character I had most trouble with designing. I think I did well with his design, and he's got the initiated 'awww' response going too. The nappies are funny as well. :D

I really like Hooves' design, and he challenges Storm for my favourite character. I changed Hooves' fur to a traditional brown colour. I also resized his head to a bigger size to make his long neck look funnier. I think he'd be really fun to animate, hopefully my lecturers will like him enough to let me do so.

Take care all :) x

Polar Opposites no.1 Turnaround Sheets

Well, here's my first two polar opposites in preparation for uni. I took the original images and traced over the lines using the pen tool. Once done, I exported the images to Photoshop to colour underneath the lines. I've measured out the characters proportions using invisible lines, and they're pretty much spot on. I might try and do more turnarounds if I have the time, but for now these will do just fine.

I'm really happy with the way Storm has turned out, and is perhaps my favourite character of them all. I added a gun to his belt just to give him a bit more of a cool factor (even though he wouldn't know how to use it lol). I'm still not sure whether to make him speak or not. I added the S logo to his belt and gun as heroes like to shamelessly promote themselves.

Here we have Blade, the badass fox. I like all the visual suggestions I've added to his uniform and body. My intention was to leave people guessing about his persona and background, which I think comes off pretty well. My only concern is if he's perhaps too detailed to be animated, but I'll solve that dilemma soon.

I should have more character turnarounds up soon, stay tuned! :)

MORE experiments...

Time to show off more of my 10 characters me thinks. As with Storm and Blade (the fox), I drew out the characters first and then scanned them into Photoshop to experiment. Circled designs are ones that I chose to put into further development.

Here we have Hooves, a muscular anthropomorphic horse. His design had to show power and evil qualities. I particularly liked this one as it vaguely reminded me of a rugby player. His hair colour will be different in the final design, at the moment he looks like a zebra without its stripes.

Next is his polar opposite, Marco, a flying lion cub. He had to be cute, even more so than Storm. However, he also had to look cool. I chose this design as it made him look up to date with technology while still making him look cuddly. His design will change in the future, as at the moment his ears look a bit too mousey.

Last of all, Lieutenant Lionheart, a brave and valiant soldier. In the first few designs, my original thought was to make him an American. I then decided that because the show is set in the UK, it might be better to give him a British origin. I made an amalgamation of a soldier and police officers uniform, with patches of silver to reflect his rank. I chose this design as it looked like he's ready for battle.

The Early Days...

Hey, been a while since I uploaded. Well, no time like the present. Here's an animation I did at the very beginning of my uni course. It was my first time doing hand drawn animation and I think I did it fairly well. It's pretty short, but I hope you enjoy.