Character Design (SUMMER PROJECT) Research

Three Character Designs

Over summer we were given the brief to design three characters with the theme of "misanthrope". A misanthropist is someone who doesn't fit in with society due to regarding other people with distrust or hatred.

IDEA ONE:

My first idea was for a large and intimidating warrior who views other people as punching bags. I had an idea of what I wanted him to look like so I did a little research into warrior clothing, particularly the viking style.

Watching the Thor films was also essential to this research.

I then sketched my character based on what I had found in my research:

IDEA TWO:

My second idea was to have a character that serves as a comment on teenagers who know little about the real world and are overly attached to the internet/attention seeking over Facebook and tumblr.

This character is needlessly aggressive and anti-social; rejecting society in the belief that "no-one understands them". These are some of the things I looked into before designing the character.

These are some sketches I did for this character:

IDEA THREE:

My final idea was for a very stuck-up and spoilt cat who sees her owners as servants and other cats as dirty and undeserving of her attention. I looked at a lot of breeds and coat colours when researching for this character.

I decided on Ragdoll for the breed and sketched her: