Character Design: Task 3 Character Creation, Execution

[Ng Jia Xuan / 0375273 ]

[Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media]

[Character Design ]

[ Task 3: Character Creation, Execution ]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Instructions
2. Lectures
3. Progress
4. Final Outcome
5. Feedback
6. Reflection

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1. INSTRUCTIONS

2. LECTURES

WEEK 11:

Character Splash Art: Impactful Character Illustration

Purpose: 

1. Present a character in their best light

2. Presenting a story and mood

3. A marketing tool to sell the IP

KEY: 

1. High polished

2. Focus on the character

3. Dynamic posing, lighting & compo

4. Clear narrative

CORE:

1. Readability

2. Appealing

3. Mood & Atmosphere

COMPOSITION:

1. Hierarchy: Prioritize the important features

2. The usage of leading lines, framing, light and saturation

3. Camera angle

4. Visual Flow: Rhythms, shapes, contrast

5. Big, Medium, Small shape

6. Readable pose from a distance

7. Avoid tangents

8. Add depth

3. PROGRESS

ENVIRONMENT: 

Fig 3.1: Environment/Elements Exploration

Fig 3.2: Environment/Elements Sketches

For the environment, I have three direction:

1st: Ping An pop out from the Chinese scroll as Ping An is a character that's from a fairy tales.

2nd: Ping An in her hometown, which is a place that is surrounded with Chinese style building 

3rd: Ping An in a war/training place, a sandy place where weapons and flags appear, as she have a brave warrior image just like her mom Mulan. 

In the end, the 1st environment was chosen!

HERO POSE: 

Fig 3.3: Hero Poses Sketches

Fig 3.4: Hero Poses Clean Up Ver

For the hero pose, I have decided to use my orginal pose that I use in TASK 2 which is the center pose.

SPLASH ART: 

Fig 3.5: Splash Art Exploration

Fig 3.6: Splash Art Sketches

 Moving on to the splash art making. For the sketches, I have three attempt:

1st: Ping An standing on a Chinese magic portal surrounded with scrolls that represent she came out of the fairy tales

2nd: Ping An standing on a rock that represent a cliff that represent Ping An is fighting.

3rd: Similar to the 1st attempt but without the magic portal.

At the end, I choose to execute with the 1st attempt

4. FINAL OUTCOMES

Task 3: Character Creation, Execution by NG JIA XUAN

5. FEEDBACK

SPLASH ART:

1. Try not to put the scroll behind the character, it doesn't make the character pop out and causing the audience loss their attention & focus on the character itself, unless it is a background.

2. Adding a fire effect arounf the knife will be nice.

6. REFLECTION

This task might be the most challeging task as I am not a gamer and I didn't have enough exposure to character splash art. When designing the splash art, I struggle a bit with the background as my character keep blending it, but luckily it is fixable! Besides that, I have never draw a effect such as fire or water flow effect for a character, so it is challeging for me as well. I struggle with flow and it look stiff at first. Overall, I struggle, but it is still enjoyable!! I have tried and learned a lot of new technique through this task^^