Every individual shape will give different feeling and vibe. Artists will use these shapes to manipulate the design of the character and give clues about the personality of that character to the viewer.
Circle will be more cute and safe shape while triange was fast and rectangle was slow and heavy.
Shapes can also used in faces for personality or original character traits.
It can also effect. the age of that character.
While creating a character, one of the most importat thing can be the style of the eyes. From anime to cartoony, we can draw lots of eyes and every stylle will be different.
The shape of the eye can also give us a important clue about the character and the expression.
Expressions we will use in animation are another important part of the general designs. By adding an expressionist speciality to the character, we can have a more dynamic character.
Such as big bold lashes can symbolize an extra feminine character or bold eyebrows can be the sign of an aggressive or brave character.
Big round eyes will symbolise a cute and friendly characteristic. Combining these features in expressions and shapes will create an original character.
CHARACTER CREATION...
while creating my character, I mainly use round shapes and bold eyebrows with an aggressive and brave expression.
character creation inkwork
Every material can show a new side of our character like ink showing the creepy and little bit of scared side of the Poko.
character creation watercolour
Watercolour shows the silly and shocked side of the Poko. I especially liked how the colours turned out in watercolour work.
Kew Gardens Sketches
I used these ideas to develop my talking orchid lady in the game.
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
INK
Working with ink is fast and easy so I can say that it is one of my favourites. I like how the shapes are turning really obvious even though there is only one colour: black.
WATERCOLOUR
I wanted to show a scene from the game I was designing, Poko is on her way to the Oil factory to stop it. We see Green plants but a small detail shows us that they are fake. There are tags on them which show us that they are fake.
COLLAGE
In this one, I wanted to show a similar scene from outside the bubble Poko lives in.
FIGURE MAKING
I mainly used these colours. I mixed pink and white for the skin colour and added a small piece of orange.
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