November 26:: P4 Finals

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

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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.