DEVELOPMENT (CHARACTER DESIGN)

Week 5 - Week 8
See Zi Yi (0340094)

Character Design

Development

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INSTRUCTIONS

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In the following task, we were required to come up with poses and facial expressions of our character.

Below is my first attempt at Xu Xuan's poses.

Fig. 1.0 Poses Attempt 1

The feedback I received was that the poses are a bit stiff and the line of action wasn't clear enough. Then. I went back to sketching the poses but only with simple lines to better grasp the line of action. Below are my new attempts.

Fig. 1.1 Poses Attempt 2

Fig. 1.2 Poses Attempt 3

As for the facial expression, below is my first draft. 

Fig. 1.3 Facial Expression Attempt 1

However, I was required to draw her expressions from different angles, hence I improvised them further, and below is my second attempt.

Fig. 1.4 Facial Expression Attempt 2

Fig. 1.5 Facial Expression Attempt 3 (pt.1)

Fig. 1.6 Facial Expression Attempt 4 (pt.2)

Below shows the steps I went through to draw her facial expressions.

Fig. 1.7 Facial Expression WIP 1

Fig. 1.8 Facial Expression WIP 2

Fig. 1.9 Facial Expression WIP 3

Fig. 1.10 Facial Expression WIP 4

I made amendments to my character's look, hence I sketched both the poses and expressions based on her most updated look.

Fig. 1.11 Final Poses 

Fig. 1.12 Final Facial Expressions (pt. 1)

Fig. 1.13 Final Facial Expressions (pt. 2)

Below is her prop design.

Fig. 1.14 Prop Design

I explored her costumes based on the story I created on my mood board. Since there are 4 different schools in the story, I decided to develop one costume for each school. Below is my work in progress and my attempt. 

Fig. 1.15 Developing my Costume Design

Fig. 1.16 Final Costume Design Variations

The feedback I received was that my costume designs resemble Genshin Impact's costumes a little hahaha.

Below are the turnarounds of my character in her default and alternative costumes. 

Fig. 1.17 Default Outfit Turnaround + Colour Palette + Prop Design

Fig. 1.18 Alternative Outfit Turnaround + Colour Palette 

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Final Submission for Character Design Task 2