Character - Last Session

We had our last character session yesterday, we were put into groups and given a brief in which we each had to create two characters and one environment concept. We were set a deadline and as the class progressed Justin threw a few obstacles our way to make it a bit more interesting, asking for new designs for specific parts, in which he also set time limits for.

Here is what I did in the time we had, lots of scribbles but it was actually quite fun to do.

Character - Session #6

Today In Justin's class we worked on creatures, it was a fun class as we got to merge some animals together that really aren't meant to be combined. So that was the first exercise, we got given 3 animals at random and had to make them work as one, so trying to avoid just sticking parts on randomly.

Here is my attempt at trying to make an Octopus, Bull and Rabbit marry up in harmony.

Next up, we got given the task of creating a unique creature that would dwell in a random environment, I got given Caverns. There are some strange animals that strive in caves, the deeper and darker it gets, the stranger the animals get. So I started off by sketching some existing animals and using parts of them that I liked, then I decided I wanted to create a smaller creature, that would use sound to defend itself.

Character - Session #5

In today's character session we played around with poses, it was fun to play out some of the poses and quickly sketch them down. We were also asked to take an existing character, put them in a pose and give them some facial expressions.

Maya - Posing a Character #3

I finished off my characters poses today and adjusted some of the previous ones so the pose between worked better. The third and last pose I found pretty difficult to figure out, i'm not sure if the last one really works (yoga poses are pretty difficult).

Character - Session #2

In our second character class Justin gave us a couple of fun little exercises to do. To start with he gave us an existing character and told us to add one of our cards to it to change it's design. I got given Pip boy from Fallout and I experimented with all of my cards to see what I could come up with.

Next Justin explained the importance of silhouette in character design. He then gave us a character each and asked us to draw silhouettes for them. I got caveman as my character and here are the results.

The session was a lot of fun and I got a chance to speak to Justin about my project some more, I will be creating some initial character designs over the weekend. It is exciting to get the ball rolling.