Friday, 25 February 2011

Initial Drawings - More Ideas

After the first set of drawings, I was very disappointed with the ideas that I had come up with. I wanted to make sure I had a solid idea before I started creating a storyboard because I wanted to feel confident about the character I was creating and the personality I wanted to portray. I was also not very happy with the quality of the drawings because they seemed to make the character look less appealing as children's characters.

This character started as a gecko and turned into a frog as I drew it. I would much prefer it being a gecko as it is more of an original idea. I like that his hands and feet look awkward against the rest of his body as if they would stick like suckers to everything. Sticky hands might be a good idea for a funny animation.





















The character below is a lovable panda I thought of bringing to life. As a child myself, I had a giant panda teddy that used to sit in the corner of my room. It looks as though it has to characteristics of a mother as it looks cuddly and warm.





















After running out of ideas for types of animals, I thought back at the design of the giraffe I made and wondered if there was any way I would be able to improve on that character to make it spark an idea in my head of a good animation I could create. After drawing the giraffe, I fell in love with it myself! I thought about how to character could be portrayed by looking at cartoons such as Winnie the Pooh. As the giraffe gives off a slightly tired and ditsy look, I thought about how similar it is to Eeyore, as he is a very much loved character, not just by children. I think this giraffe would make a very good character in the animation as "the best friend".





















The character below was drawn very late at night originally as just a slug. The more characters I drew the more I doodled all over the paper and gave the slug a monocle lens which suddenly gave it so much character. It looked like a professor or a wise old man. Maybe the narrator of the story?

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