Applied Animation - Week 5

This week, Tess is working on the script and creating the first draft and Jay is working on backgrounds. As for me I am finalising Keith's character design.

Here, I wanted to try and get his proportions right. He's quite a small man with a large round belly, so trying to get his head and body proportions right was quite difficult.

here, I created a sketch of what I think he would look like if he would run. I quite like the idea of his limbs becoming really floppy to add to his ridiculousness. However I feel as though that would affect the tone of the scene where he is running away from the shop keeper. We are still unsure whether we are using this shot so I feel like I should develop the run cycle more.

Here is a piece of concept art I quickly sketched. The idea is to have Keith be really detailed and staring blankly at his face in the reflection of a shop window. The "Open" sign would be replaced with the title "Gentlemen of the road".

Here I developed the action shot of the walk further. I made his legs a more solid shape, as well as changing his expression so he looked flustered and focused on running away from the angry shop keeper.

Here is another piece of concept art. I took inspiration from the famous piece "Venus" to add comedic effect to the already ridiculous character. I wanted him to appear godlike, in order to highlight how entitled he thinks he is. I feel like I captured Keiths personality really well in this sketch. I want to develop it further by painting it in acrylics.

Overall I feel like this week has been successful, and I feel as though I am reaching the end of the character design process.