Four Body Types of Character Design - The Whale.
Whale, as the most intelligent mammal on earth, their brain is 10 times bigger and more complicated than human. I want to encounter one of them on my scuba diving trip, to dance with this the most mysterious wonder in ocean. As one of our capstone project characters, it seems its body type is easier than human characters to make; but to catch it's epic personality and its beauty, it's the hardest among of all.
Rough Sketches:
1) Body Type 1_ The Giant Blue Whale.
A- Base body shape.
B - More body detail design. Add more bubbles on his rough skin, also his baleen.
C - This is my favorite one so far among all my whale designs. Since we are planning to make this whale flying in the sky as part of the surreal theme, I reduced his skin bubble, change the eye shape into a tighter form, and add the rough design of the island growing on his back. This whale is a flowing island itself. :)
D - Scars. Added a few scars. Strong whales fight.
2) Body Type 2_ The Medium long Right Whale.
A - Base body shape. The hardest part to make this type of whale is his big opened mouth by his super giant long teeth!!
B - Add some rough horny skin texture. I image his skin is harder than rocks and it's a big tank!
C - Again, strong whales fight. Scars are a must.
D - A flying whale with a island on the back is always my first choice when a surreal image comes to mind.
3) Body Type 3_ The Medium Fin Whale.
A - Base body shape.
B - Rough skin texture.
C - Skin bubbles with scars.
D - Of course, we have to have an island on his powerful back to make it flow and move both in ocean and sky.
4) Body Type 4_ The Short Fat Humpbacked Whale.
A - Base body shape.
B - With his baleen.
C - With curl skin texture. Short fat Humpbacked whale usually gives me an impression of being very friendly.
D - Finally, his also gonna carry an island.
I really enjoy the work, but you really need to start thinking about presentation and making sure everything you show is presented professionally as possible. I love the pencil drawings, but we need to have these cleaned up a bit, think about the layout of the page, and there is no reason why we shouldn't be using Photoshop to add more to these pieces.
ReplyDeleteThe 3D designs should have been rendered and altered in Photoshop to fix any problems with the levels and values. You also have opportunity to paint over these designs in Photoshop to make them exactly how you envision in your mind. Your doing good work but you need to find out how to use both of your 2D and 3D skills together.