DRAWN- character design

Case Study “DRAWN”
Character Design
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Design Brief

- Create a simple character that has personality and can be remembered.

Synopsis

For the Character Design class we were asked to design a character, I decided to create one for my Term's final project. I needed the character to be really simple to animate but yet appealing.

Findings

The project succeeded and it came out better than what I thought, it even gave me new ideas to improve my final, and inspired me to work harder on the animation.

Research and Brainstorming Material

- Cartoon Network Bumpers
-Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
-Space Jam

Discussion

First I thought it was going to be really hard to make the character have a painty/cartoon in Photoshop and that I was going to have to make it all vector-based in Illustrator, but after experimenting with several brushes and making thumbnail tests I grasped the technique and managed to give it a 3D look just with color.

Conclusion

The character was the base for my project and no changes in it's design were made at all. I will soon post the full video online.