Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Granger development
Some character development for Granger, a few full body black and white variations. Think the character definitely looks better with the torn trousers, and the pose where hes holding his ribs, it adds some story to the character. Next i then painted up some colour studies of different faces, again i much prefer number one, it just suits the character more in my mind as he doesn't look that beefy but he looks tough. Ill now go onto develop the character until i have the final character design.
Monday, 17 December 2012
Granger initial sketches
Here are a few quick sketches, just throwing some initial ideas and possibly body shapes out for the character. Although i quite like number 3, looks pretty tough and ugly, i just think it he looks a little big for the character and the pose needs changing too. At the moment I'm more happy with sketch 2 because i think he fits the build for the character better but also the pose is much nicer, the characters been pretty beaten so this pose represents this, cut and bruised holding his stomach like he's hurt. I might develop 2 and 3 more a little further before choosing one i like, then develop that design further.
Mood boards
just a little progress update on what Ive been doing, just got all the mood boards, references that ill need out the way.
Granger referances
Moving back onto character designs now, here i have gathered some images to get the ball rolling for a character called Granger, he is one of the main characters in the book, although he is in most of the book he isn't described that much, i think the book really leaves it up to the reader to give an image of what he looks like. The only descriptions i found were that hes fairly tall, and lean in appearance, not the most well built of men but has over sized joints, "ugly" looking face and looks generally quite battered. So i researched into a few actors and also grabbed some concept art for a character from Dishonoured mainly because i imagined Granger to have the same kind of broad chin, quite ugly and beat up face with the short cap of hair. I'm designing this character for a scene in the book where he has just been held in prison, beaten up and now heading into a arena or execution so hes not going to be in the best of shape, i don't think hes even wearing too much clothing as he pretends to hang himself with his own clothing earlier so he would not have been given any clothes back, so maybe hes wearing a rag around his waist or just trousers that have been given to him for the execution.
Saturday, 8 December 2012
Final scene wip 6
This is pretty much the final image i think now, might just tweak a few things but apart from that i need to be moving ahead with the project. Ive done two slight variations one with a gem lantern by the characters feet, the gem lanterns in the book are a light source that cannot be turned off, the lantern has a shutter mechanism to simply block the light. Not sure which one i like the most, need to get some feedback if it looks better without the lantern or not, im thinking adding it in might be overdoing it, ill have to come back with a fresh view and see what i think...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Final scene wip 5
Fire?? i think it adds to the scene a little and gives it a bit more depth and action going on... makes it a little more interesting i think, plus i can do some nice lighting around everywhere now!
Monday, 3 December 2012
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