December 12th:: P5 Final PNGs

Project 5 will be printed and bound as well as PNGs posted here.

Project 5 Synopsis::
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December 5th:: Project 5 WIPs

Worked on layout and content for the final portfolio.

November 26th:: P5 Beginnings

Project 5: Portfolio

Design a 'presentation' portfolio for the world/characters. Portfolio must be printed and bound in some fashion, in format of the designer's choice. Decide in terms of 'pitching' a story/set of characters/world to game executives. Must include all project content (concepts/sketches).

Idea 1:

The initial idea for the portfolio was to print and make a booklet to display the designs and information, but thinking in terms of 'pitching' an idea, it would be better to print all the created content (images, information/storyline, sketches, concepts) and arrange them in a way that makes sense on one or two large poster-board pieces to 'display' the components of the course.

In some of my research into looking into formats, game designs are often pitched with using lots of visual elements with text minimal. To make my piece make sense, I want to both include all the imagery as well as the character biographical information and the storyline so all the characters are seen as cohesive and connected to each other.

For the sake of the portfolio, I'll probably work out more sketches/poses/outfits for the characters that'll stay 'sketchy' and hand-drawn, as well as possible color exploration with markers or pencils. These images may be included on the final piece either on the material they were drawn on, or scanned in and printed like the other pieces. I'm leaning towards scanning and printing just to keep everything consistent.

The posterboard/book board would be large sheets of black that I can mount on most likely, to keep it simple and straightforward.

Idea 2:

11 x 17 (whereabouts; possibly 11 x 15) booklet 'pages' that can be flipped through. Running footer throughout the booklet for coherency that contains name, contact information, project information. Character names can be listed on the respective character names.

Think of typographical treatments;
Use Centaur contrasted with Helvetica Neue

Elements:

• Title & Table of Contents
• Overview/Explanation of Classwork
• Cover page for 'Characters' - Thinking the 'front' shaded views of each character.
• Section for Trinesta Avery (Reference Sheet)
• Information on Trinesta Avery
• Expression Sheets of Trinesta Avery
• Concepts, Sketches, Alternate outfits of Trinesta Avery
• Section for Adrian Kalos(Reference Sheet)
• Information on Adrian Kalos
• Expression Sheets of Adrian Kalos
• Concepts, Sketches, Alternate outfits of Adrian Kalos 
• Section for Leonidas Cyzarine
• Information on Leonidas Cyzarine
• Expression Sheets of Leonidas Cyzarine
• Concepts, Sketches, Alternate outfits of Leonidas Cyzarine
• Map Page for the 'World' they live in (come up with name of 'world')
• Mark on Map where each of them reside originally + where they reside as the story starts to unfold a bit more
• Digital Painting(s) of the world/environments
• Sketches of the world?

Reference Material:

• http://www.edge-online.com/features/how-pitch-your-game-publishers/

November 26:: P4 Finals

Final design/Images of 'Leonidas', for 'Character Design #3

Reference Sheet:

Flat Colored:

Shaded:

Expression Sheets:

Full Name: Leonidas Cyzarine
Pronunciation of their name(first, middle/middle names and last): Lee on eye das  See zar rinn
Title(Mr./Mrs./Lord/Lady/Sir/) Lord, Prince
Nickname(s): Leo, Leon

Sex: Male
Race/species: Human (Some Lion characteristics)
Age(and how old they look): 8, looks 8-10
Mental age: acts 14-15
Orientation/Sexual preference:Straight
Height: 3' 10"
Weight: 55 lbs

Eye color(s): blue-green (could be described as sea-green or teal)
Contacts?: n/a
Glasses?: n/a

Face shape: round
Describe their eyes: large eyes
Describe their nose: small, button-like
Describe their lips: average
Ears(pointed, cat, etc.): normal

Body build(slim, muscular, etc.): average
Body abnormalities(Cleft lip etc.): n/a
Extra extremities(Another arm, tail, horns etc.) whiskers

Hair color(s): blonde
Hair length: shoulder length
Hair style: curly/wavy

Skin/fur color(s): fair
Complexion: fair
Patterns/designs(on skin/fur and where they are, such as a zebra stripe pattern): n/a
Scars: n/a
Birthmarks(and what they are/were): lion emblem as a mark of royalty that is passed through the royal bloodline, located on his back along his left shoulder-blade
Tattoos(what they are and where: n/a
Piercings(what they are and where): n/a

Mental state: stable
Personality snapshot: trusting, curious, easily angered/frustrated, brave, stubborn
Most prominent personality trait: curiosity or stubbornness
Best traits of their personality: curiosity leads to uncovering information that others would miss
Worst traits of their personality: curiosity leads to finding out truths that he would probably wish he never discovered

Current faith(religion): used to have faith in his country and his father's rule; now his faith is broken


Alignment(good, evil, etc.) Good

Marital status(Single, married, dating, etc.) single

Occupation: Prince

Abilities(As in powers): none currently, but will develop some later on; runs in his bloodline
Special skills(Not meaning powers): Excellent Marksman
Hobbies: Archery

 Project Synopsis:

Creating the prince was a much easier process than creating Adrian and in some ways Trinesta. I've always had a talent for creating more 'feminine' characters which might attribute to the ease of creating a large eyed feminine-like child figure. Leonidas was the first kind of 'spur of the moment' character that I literally had no foundation to build on like I did with Adrian or Trinesta. Those two earlier ones were characters I've had in the works for about a year, but had nothing solid for them for the most part besides wanting a 'witch' like character and a partial gryphon hybrid. Also Leo's name came quite a bit easier since I enjoyed the pun on Leo meaning Lion, and the royal bloodline of this world having lion traits. It seemed only fitting.

Leo's clothing took the most thought and work of the three, and I had to really brainstorm and re-do it a few times before I came up with something practical. I would have liked to make his scarf red, but in terms of game characters, red usually signifies the main character which would be Trinesta, not Leonidas. Thinking about it though, if this whole scenario ever was a game, it might be a neat idea to 'switch perspectives' with the characters, so that the 'main focus' could switch between Trinesta and Leonidas. Leonidas' royal attire was the first outfit I had sketched up, so he already has 'two outfits' unlike the others.

I found the most difficult/challenging thing to work with for Leonidas was getting his color scheme cohesive and making sense with the storyline of him being 'in hiding' and hanging around with Trinesta and Adrian. Having bright red clothing in a forest for example would really stand out. The other challenging thing with Leonidas was his hair. His hairstyle is significantly more detailed than Trinesta or Adrians, so it took a lot more time to render, in addition to the fact that I don't normally draw curly hair so that in itself was a challenge to make it not look like a wig of some kind. Overall I'm very happy with Leonidas' character design.

November 21st:: P4 WIPs

Full Name: x
Pronunciation of their name(first, middle/middle names and last): x
Title(Mr./Mrs./Lord/Lady/Sir/) Lord, Prince
Nickname(s): x

Sex: Male
Race/species: Human (Some Lion characteristics)
Age(and how old they look): 8, looks 8-10
Mental age: acts 14-15
Orientation/Sexual preference:Straight
Height: 3' 10"
Weight: 55 lbs

Eye color(s): blue
Contacts?: n/a
Glasses?: n/a

Face shape: circular, large eyes
Describe their eyes: x
Describe their nose: small, button-like
Describe their lips: average
Ears(pointed, cat, etc.): normal (lion??)

Body build(slim, muscular, etc.): average
Body abnormalities(Cleft lip etc.): n/a
Extra extremities(Another arm, tail, horns etc.) whiskers

Hair color(s): blonde
Hair length: shoulder length
Hair style: curly/wavy

Skin/fur color(s): fair
Complexion: fair
Patterns/designs(on skin/fur and where they are, such as a zebra stripe pattern): n/a
Scars: n/a
Birthmarks(and what they are/were): n/a
Tattoos(what they are and where: n/a
Piercings(what they are and where): n/a

Mental state: stable
Personality snapshot: x
Most prominent personality trait: x
Best traits of their personality: x
Worst traits of their personality: x

Current faith(religion): x
Current superstitions/quirks: x

Alignment(good, evil, etc.) Good

Marital status(Single, married, dating, etc.) x

Occupation: Prince

Good habits: x
Bad habits: x

Abilities(As in powers): x
Special skills(Not meaning powers): Excellent Marksman
Hobbies: Archery






Expression sheets are based (with some minor spillage that needs to be fixed) and the reference sheet is based, except for the side view. The shading needs to be done on my alternate program on my home machine, so today I'm going to finalize the color scheme and the information for the character, so that all will be left for Tuesday's due date is shading the reference sheet over the weekend.

Reference Material:

• http://loreal-dam-front-resources-corp-en-cdn.brainsonic.com/ressources/afile/1341-95ee3-picture_photo-color-chart-displaying-66-skin-tones.html
• http://www.latest-hairstyles.com/images/chart/nutrisse-color-chart.jpg

November 19:: P4 WIPs

All images are outlined now, besides the side view of the character for the reference sheet. Today I'll be working on getting that view drawn and scanned, possibly also lined for thursday. I'll also be base coloring all the images today, so I can play with palettes for his full outfit.

This project is set to be due next week, 11/26 before break. Therefore the shading will be tackled over the coming weekend.

November 14th:: P4 WIPs

I have the front and the back of the prince's 'casual' outfit completely fleshed out. I sketched out the front of his 'royal' attire as well, though I don't think I'll do the back/side view for that one. I will probably at least line and base it though, as an added bonus for the prince's two outfits.

Today I'm going to try and sketch out the side view of the prince, as well as sketch out 12 expressions for his two expression sheets. For tuesday, I'm hoping to have at least these two sketches lined as well as at least 1/2 if not all of the expression sheets lined. The goal for this project/character is to be done by Tuesday 11/26 so I can spend that class period working on how to format the projects in a proper manner for the final display.

Reference Material:

• http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/met.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_weight

November 12:: P4 WIPs

For the last character, I decided to go with the 'prince' of the world. He's supposed to be a boy of about 7 or 8, short in stature, less muscular, and 'adorable'. I first started to get a child's body type sketched and then altered it for this particular character. I started with his 'royal' clothing (far right) though I need to finish designing something for more 'casual' clothing, to go with his story (was kidnapped etc etc to hide identity, different clothing etc.)

Full Name: x
Pronunciation of their name(first, middle/middle names and last): x
Title(Mr./Mrs./Lord/Lady/Sir/) Lord, Prince
Nickname(s): x

Sex: Male
Race/species: Human (Some Lion characteristics)
Age(and how old they look): 8, looks 8-10
Mental age: acts 14-15
Orientation/Sexual preference:Straight
Height: 3' 10"
Weight: 55 lbs

Eye color(s): blue
Contacts?: n/a
Glasses?: n/a

Face shape: circular, large eyes
Describe their eyes: x
Describe their nose: small, button-like
Describe their lips: average
Ears(pointed, cat, etc.): normal (lion??)

Body build(slim, muscular, etc.): average
Body abnormalities(Cleft lip etc.): x
Extra extremities(Another arm, tail, horns etc.) whiskers (ears?? tail??)

Hair color(s): blonde
Hair length: shoulder
Hair style: curly/wavy

Skin/fur color(s): fair
Complexion: fair
Patterns/designs(on skin/fur and where they are, such as a zebra stripe pattern): x
Scars: x
Birthmarks(and what they are/were): x
Tattoos(what they are and where: n/a
Piercings(what they are and where): n/a

Mental state: x
Personality snapshot: x
Most prominent personality trait: x
Best traits of their personality: x
Worst traits of their personality: x

Current faith(religion): x
Current superstitions/quirks: x

Alignment(good, evil, etc.) Good

Marital status(Single, married, dating, etc.) x

Occupation: Prince

Good habits: x
Bad habits: x

Abilities(As in powers): x
Special skills(Not meaning powers): Excellent Marksman
Hobbies: Archery

Reference Material:

• http://what-is-fashion.com/843-6257-thickbox/womens-rock-chic-circle-buckle-loose-fit-ankle-boots-brown.jpg
•  http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/height-weight-teens.shtml
• http://vindictusdb.com/screens/items/kobold_winter_pants/kobold_winter_pants_1272456358.jpg
• http://blog.armorvenue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/soldiers-leather-armour-300x300.jpg

November 7:: P4 WIPs

 
 
 

Reference Material

• http://www.rgbarts.com/figimage/fheight.jpg 
• http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/24831809/2/stock-photo-24831809-cute-little-boy-with-curly-hair-outdoors.jpg

November 5th:: P4 Beginnings

Project 4: 

Character Design 3; Full Body and Full Color reference sheet of character, with front (or 3/4) back and side views, a sheet (or multiple) of different expressions/poses of the character, character biography, sketches (or more if time) of different outfits for the character. Possibly sketches of the character's home. May choose to add additional sketches/art of the character if time permits. Research tutorials and information as necessary during the project.

Necessary Components: 

Full body and full color reference sheet with front (or 3/4), back and side views, expression sheet, character biography. Blog postings for each class period are necessary to show progress and research.

Initial Brainstorm Ideas:

Protagonist: Spirit of the Forest (female, stylized figure), summoned by Trinesta; takes on the form of a fox (wispy hair/fur)

Antagonist: "King" figure- Rounded body shape, old and bearded. Unknown age, looks 70 ish, but is much older. 'Appears' as a good king initially, but isn't. Real king was killed and replaced by current king; no one noticed the transition.

Protagonist: Son of the king; young, cute little boy (7-8 yrs old). Blonde Hair, large, blue expressive eyes, baggy clothing. Wears long scarf. Looks very feminine.

**Story addition: Conspiracy involving the royal family:
Son also accidentally finds out that 'his father' isn't really /his father/ but was replaced. Prince gets kidnapped --> Father arranged it to rid himself of an 'heir' he can continue his rule, and also to preserve his secret. Father also arranges a search party (not to find his son but to make sure he's dead).

Prince winds up on Trinesta's island, where she finds him. She takes care of him with her guardian whom she also found and took in. They plan to take him back to the castle, but he tries to frantically explain what happened.

OC 3:

Full Name: x
Pronunciation of their name(first, middle/middle names and last): x
Title(Mr./Mrs./Lord/Lady/Sir/) x
Nickname(s): x

Sex: x
Race/species: x
Age(and how old they look): x
Mental age: x
Orientation/Sexual preference: x
Height: x
Weight: x

Eye color(s): x
Contacts?: x
Glasses?: x

Face shape: x
Describe their eyes: x
Describe their nose: x
Describe their lips: x
Ears(pointed, cat, etc.): x

Body build(slim, muscular, etc.): x
Body abnormalities(Cleft lip etc.): x
Extra extremities(Another arm, tail, horns etc.) x

Hair color(s): x
Hair length: x
Hair style: x

Skin/fur color(s): x
Complexion: x
Patterns/designs(on skin/fur and where they are, such as a zebra stripe pattern): x
Scars: x
Birthmarks(and what they are/were): x
Tattoos(what they are and where: x
Piercings(what they are and where): x

Mental state: x
Personality snapshot: x
Most prominent personality trait: x
Best traits of their personality: x
Worst traits of their personality: x

Current faith(religion): x
Current superstitions/quirks: x

Alignment(good, evil, etc.) x

Marital status(Single, married, dating, etc.) x

Occupation: x

Good habits: x
Bad habits: x

Abilities(As in powers): x
Special skills(Not meaning powers): x
Hobbies: x

Reference Material:

November 5th:: P3 Finals

Final design/Images of 'Adrian', for 'Character Design #2

Reference Sheet:

Flat Colored:

Shaded:

Expression Sheets:

Full Name: Adrian Kalos
Pronunciation of their name(first, middle/middle names and last): Ay - Dree - Ann  Cal - ohs
Title(Mr./Mrs./Lord/Lady/Sir/): n/a, but 'Mr' would be appropriate
Nickname(s): n/a

Sex: Male
Race/species: Currently Human/Gryphon hybrid, previously Gryphon
Age(and how old they look): 28 (looks 25ish)
Mental age: adult (28)
Orientation/Sexual preference: Straight
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 172

Eye color(s): red and gold
Contacts?: n/a
Glasses?: n/a

Face shape: elongated
Describe their eyes: Slim, Intense, Serious
Describe their nose: larger than average, a bit beak-like
Describe their lips: Thin
Ears(pointed, cat, etc.): normal

Body build(slim, muscular, etc.): Slim, tall
Body abnormalities(Cleft lip etc.): n/a
Extra extremities(Another arm, tail, horns etc.): feather wings (sometimes)

Hair color(s): raven (shade of dark blue)
Hair length: Short
Hair style: reminiscent of feathers; has a sheen to it

Skin/fur color(s): grey-brown
Complexion: olive/brown
Patterns/designs(on skin/fur and where they are, such as a zebra stripe pattern): n/a
Scars: n/a
Birthmarks(and what they are/were): n/a
Tattoos(what they are and where: n/a
Piercings(what they are and where): n/a

Mental state: stable;
Personality snapshot: cautious, suspicious, serious, lack of humor, doesn't show emotions besides seriousness in most cases
Most prominent personality trait: cautious
Best traits of their personality: approaches everything cautiously and carefully
Worst traits of their personality: often comes off as cold and uncaring

Current faith(religion): n/a
Current superstitions/quirks: believes something isn't quite right about their ruling government

Alignment(good, evil, etc.) good

Marital status(Single, married, dating, etc.): single

Occupation: was previously a part of the royal guard

Abilities(As in powers): has the ability to fly
Special skills(Not meaning powers): skilled swordsman
Hobbies: Reading

Project Synopsis:

This character was significantly harder for me, mainly due to the fact that I don't often draw male characters as much as I should. I struggled with his body structure, his facial structure, his clothing and his hair. About all of what I went off of was the textual descriptions that I started with, which helped me immensely. Unlike the first character, I had an idea of what kind of palette I wanted to use for this guy, so at least that helped when it came to what colors to go with. Overall I'm fairly happy with how he turned out, and I very much like how he has a larger than normal nose, though the 'beakyness' of it could definitely be pushed. Ran into a bit of a time crunch with this project due to colliding due dates of other classes, but I worked through it and now he's done, fortunately.

I'm fairly certain that all the characters I create in this class will become permanent additions to my ever growing OC roster.

October 31st:: P3 WIPs

Final workday for P3;

Going to base colors in the expression sheets, the reference sheet. Also going to finish up the text portion of the character background.

If nothing to work on for P3 after the above (mostly shading at this point most likely), start brainstorming for P4, a third and final OC that would fit into the 'world'.

October 29th:: P3 WIPs

Mostly at this point I just scanned everything and started lining. Both expression sheets are lined, and the reference sheet is in the process of being lined. Today I'm going to work out the proper hairstyle for the (currently) nameless male OC, as well as try and work out his overall color scheme. I will also be working on filling in the gaps in his basic information.

The colors I have in mind for this particular character are shades of blue with some gold and brown. The brown/yellows are influenced by typical mythological gryphon colorations, but I also wanted to have 'raven' influences, hence the blues and purples.

Blue and yellow are also complimentary contrasts, so that's another factor in my color choices.

Palettes

Project 3:

OC 2:

Full Name: x
Pronunciation of their name(first, middle/middle names and last): x
Title(Mr./Mrs./Lord/Lady/Sir/): n/a, but 'Mr' would be appropriate
Nickname(s): x

Sex: Male
Race/species: Currently Human/Gryphon hybrid, previously Gryphon
Age(and how old they look): 28 (looks 25ish)
Mental age: adult (28)
Orientation/Sexual preference: Straight
Height: 6'1"
Weight: x

Eye color(s): red-orange
Contacts?: n/a
Glasses?: n/a

Face shape: Elongated
Describe their eyes: Slim, Intense, Serious
Describe their nose: longer than average, somewhat resembles a beak
Describe their lips: Thin
Ears(pointed, cat, etc.) n/a, normal

Body build(slim, muscular, etc.): Slim, tall
Body abnormalities(Cleft lip etc.): x
Extra extremities(Another arm, tail, horns etc.): feather wings (occasional)

Hair color(s): raven
Hair length: short, reminiscent of feathers
Hair style: feathery-looking

Skin/fur color(s): grey-brown
Complexion: x
Patterns/designs(on skin/fur and where they are, such as a zebra stripe pattern): n/a
Scars: x
Birthmarks(and what they are/were): n/a
Tattoos(what they are and where: n/a
Piercings(what they are and where): n/a

Mental state: stable;
Personality snapshot: cautious, suspicious, serious, lack of humor, doesn't show emotions besides seriousness in most cases
Most prominent personality trait: cautious
Best traits of their personality: approaches everything cautiously and carefully
Worst traits of their personality: often comes off as cold and uncaring

Current faith(religion): x
Current superstitions/quirks: believes something isn't quite right about their ruling government

Alignment(good, evil, etc.) good

Marital status(Single, married, dating, etc.): single

Occupation: x (previously involved with royal guard?)

Good habits: vigilant and suspicious; his sense of caution serves him well
Bad habits: gives the impression that he doesn't trust anyone, even people he may consider 'friends'; seriousness constitutes a lack of humor. Cannot 'relax'.

Abilities(As in powers): n/a
Special skills(Not meaning powers): can fly due to still being able to use/call forth use of his wing
Hobbies: x

Reference Material

http://jimstigall.blogspot.com/2012/02/photoshop-ink-brush-tutorial.html

October 24:: P3 WIPs

I spent some time reworking the anatomy of my character a bit to represent him as being not as muscular as the original body sketch. I also re-worked his face to be more how I intended.

I had to sit down and do some sketches and thought process on what type of background the character has, what he would have worn before and what he would be wearing in the time of meeting the protagonist. I wasn't happy with how his face looked, so I was exploring the size of the nose and experimenting with elongating the face to give emphasis to the character's serious demeanor and referencing his animal DNA (that is, gryphon).

I still need to play with hairstyles, but I was attempting to do something reminiscent of feathers. I may fix the hair digitally so I can move forward with the other angles of the character sheet and start working on the expression sheet (which will be interesting since the character himself is 'serious').

October 22:: P3 WIPs

So far:

    

Trying to get the male anatomy correct. I think it works fairly well, although I need to make more changes to the body outline for my character in specific since he isn't meant to be super beefy or muscly. I'm also not particularly happy with his face/hair right now so I'll probably redo that as well. I envisioned him as a taller lankier guy, so I suppose the basic body outline can be altered to my needs. I'm just trying to keep things in proper proportion, although body types vary so I just need to keep in mind that not one single body 'frame' will match all the characters. I also want him to have a slightly 'beak' like nose to allude to his gryphon gene influence, and smaller angled eyes to make him look serious all the time.

I may use today to try and get the body shape right, and then work on some possible outfits on a seperate page in my sketchbook as to not alter the sketch of the body outline on the tracing paper. On the previous project, I drew the clothes outline on top of the female figure outline, but since I'm not as familiar with drawing males, and I have no idea what I want him to be wearing, I'll draw the outfit on a separate tracing paper sheet than the body shape one, to keep things organized.

Also to note: need to decide on outfit /before/ the back/side views are drawn, at least clothing wise, so everything will line up properly.

Notes to self:

Used to work in the palace as a guard
Kicked out/had to escape??
Only residual part of his guard outfit left is his boots? (full iron boots or just on leather boots??)

Facial structure:

Elongated face to account for larger beak-like nose
Thin lips
Thick eyebrows
Small angled eyes (to keep up serious-look??)
Still unsure of hairstyle??