King character concept

King character concept

With my own interpretation of the tale, I have made the 'King' a symbol of Good to contrast that of the wicked Stepmother. I have designed the clothing to best reflect the character of the King with qualities such as heroism, determination and wisdom. A dominate use of white, royal blues and golden yellows help distinguish the character from the rest being both noble in rule and a pillar of hope.

I almost lost the video (and the final design) as my computer decided to crash half-way in this piece, but thankfully I managed to recover most of it.

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Brother/Deer character concept

Brother/Deer metamorphosis concept

As characteristic of a Brothers' Grimm Tale, misfortune is ever present with the character 'Brother' being transformed in a deer by the wicked 'Stepmother'. For this interesting concept, I attempted to create a horrific mutation combining both man and deer as one, a sort of metamorphosis of the two as inspired by Kafka's novel.

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Brother charcter concept

Brother character concept

I felt that the second character 'Brother' would act as guardian to his sister when they set out on their own. Thus, I made sure clothing and colours matched that of 'Sister' to establish a visual connection between the two, along with facial features.

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Sister character concept

Sister character concept

From the original tale, I believed the character 'Sister' to be a warm-hearted individual struggling under the oppression of those above her, demonstrated by the worn style of clothing. Unfortunately, there is no video for this piece.

Time

I'm afraid I haven't been able to maintain my blog as of late having plenty to do. It's a shame but necessary for me to focus on the important tasks at hand.

With most of my character designs, I have recorded the entire process when working with each piece. As such, the videos are available to watch here on my blog.

More blogs!

More people are blogging about their final major project, its great to see. I've made a quick link menu down the left side for easy access. Be sure to check them out!

Fay - Graphics
http://faysfinalmajorproject.blogspot.com/

Jordan - 3D
http://spritefmp.blogspot.com/

Week Evaluation #3

This week has been an absolute mess. Sorting out UCAS forms and making my final decision on university courses has been very stressful, taking up a lot of time and putting me in a discouraged position when working. Thus, I am disheartened to find I am behind by my own standards once more. I still have some bits to wrap up in my research, but really I need to get drawing working out initial ideas and developing them. Perhaps it seems I have done too much research as noticed by colleagues, by this should pay its benefits keeping me well informed when developing my ideas.

Additionally, this Wednesday a group of friends and made a trip to London for an open day, afterwards going to a few shops for tools and equipment such as the London Graphics Centre. We also tried to visit The Cartoon Museum where I thought the style of drawings may provide some inspiration in envisioning a tale of Grimms’ works in a unique way. Unfortunately, the museum was closed for a private viewing so we couldn’t even step through the front door.

Overall, it has been a tough week but it should be over now. Either way, its time to take things a step up a gear and begin envisioning a Brothers’ Grimm tale in earnest.