Character Design - Summer Project: Update 2

I have decided that all five pairs of characters will be animals. They will all be linked, as they will all be on the same farm.

Yup... a farm! The story for each character needs to be wrote up. I also need to draw up the other designs, as I only have a few final versions. 

Here are the animals I have decided to do so far:

• Cow
• Pig
• Cat
• Dog
• Ram

Also, I am in two minds about doing these animals:

• Donkey/Mule
• Horse
• Sheep
• Chicken/Cockerill
• Goat
• Owl
• Mole
• Rabbit/Hare
• Duck
• Goose
• Turkey

I know I need to choose another five, but none of these animals are screaming "create me!" at the moment.

Here is a preview of my pig (who is nameless at the moment).

I prefer the shape of number threes face, but with the ears of number five. The smaller eyes and slightly chubbier cheeks give it a "cutesy" appeal.

What do you think? I would love to hear your opinions.

Until next time,

Suzanne

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Character Design - Summer Project: Update 1. Roberta The Cow - Prototype Model

Here is my first character design for my university summer project. I'm quite pleased with the design, simple yet effective. I decided not to give the cow udders because of how I wanted the model to be. I am aware that some people would say this is a design flaw, but with udders the model couldn't have been made how I wanted.

As this is just a prototype I didn't ass wire to the arms, although I did add wire to the tail. The arms also need to be a little longer. I would also use plastic eyes, as making them out of plasticine is quite fiddly. It also doesn't leave the cow with a polished, professional look.

A Quick Insight

This post is a quick insight into my sketchbook. For years I wished that my style could be more "realistic" (silly, huh? Considering I'm an animation student), but I longed to draw detailed portraits. My style left any life drawings looking cartoon-like.

I have learnt to accept my style and I will begin to embrace it. 

These were drawn using references:

I used myself as a reference for the next two drawings, I had never done this until recently but I was pleased with the results. Also, I have stubby thumbs.

I haven't been drawing much, but I think it's about time I got back into it. I have stages when I can't stop and others when I don't even want to go near a pencil. I've been experiencing the latter of late.

I will post more drawings when I have some!

Suzanne

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Creation & Casting Of A Puppet Part Two

Part two is finally online!