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

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.