Moving Scene - James Character Designs

With Dave's character designs completed I already had a pritty good idea how James's designs would look due to research on Dave's character and how he would act towards James.

So to start with I explored the idea of

the lazy boss typed character whilst

obviously playing around with

proportions and appearances.

After the initial design sheets it was time to concentrate on head design, afterall this is the most attractive zone for the observer. By this point I was trying to find a hagged look as though to say this guy has been through a rough life and his skin complexity/facial appearance should reflect this.

More designs follow....

Coming up with the look of the face,

exploration of emotions was the

next stage.

By this point in the project James

identity had been narrowed down

and with final designs flowing in my

mind the use of character action

sheets like to the left was a

necessary approach in showing

how my character could be portrait

on screen etc.

Lastly came the turnaround.

With the turnaround complete

the character reflects an

appearance of a working middle

aged man with a scruffy edge to

him...precisely achieving the kind

of ideas I set out for.