I decided to develop the hair for my character in order to create a well-rounded character design. I went form one extreme to the next by switching between styles and lengths in an attempt to capture my characters personality. He is a lazy character, that doesn't shower or care about his appearance in any way.
This one is where I attempted to draw him with barely any hair apart from a few strands that are combed over the the side. I felt as though this aged my character far too much. My character is meant to be middle aged and I feel as though too much or too less of hair can age or add youth to my character.
This one made my character too stylish. My aim was to create an outdated quiff, that captured my characters weirdness. However I feel like at first glance, he was made to look like an Elvis impersonator. Which is something I definitely don't want for my character.
Here, I decided to give him a Tu-pay. Even though my character is meant to be strange and weird, I still want an element of amusement and cuteness about him. I want him to be quite stupid and funny, so I felt as though a Tu-pay would give this laughable, silly pay off. However, I still felt as though he wasn't greasy enough, or has any sense of weirdness about him on his face.
I'm not too sure why I did this one. I feel as though I wanted to re-create a Superman style curl. However, this experimentation makes my character look like a big, aged baby. Which is obviously the opposite of what I wanted.
Because I want my character to have a sense of silliness about him, I decided to draw him with an extreme mo-hawk. These gives my character a punk sort of attitude which doesn't fit in with my characters back story or with his personality. So I decided not to go with this look either.
I feel as though this look could work for my character, as it's a practical hair style. It sort of demonstrates the content and simple side to my character through the short, shaven head.
After drawing him with short/shaven hair, I decided to go for a long hair style as I hadn't drawn one yet. I feel as though this perfectly demonstrates and portrays my characters attitude. It shows how he's even too lazy to get a hair cut, so he just grows it out to save the hassle and his mums money. However, I feel as though he could be mistaken for a female character if not executed right. This hair style seems too feminine.
Here I felt as though I found the perfect hair style for my character. I feel as though it's the perfect length for my character. The thin, separated lines give a sense of fine hair, and the bald top also demonstrates a sense of balding.
I feel as though my characters face has come together nicely, and represents my character back story and history in a true way. My character comes across as neglectful towards his appearance through the way his hair looks greasy and flat, and also through the fact he has a few spots on his face.
My next step is to experiment with extremes on the face by shifting the placement of the features dramatically.
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