Showreel Research

Looking back on all the work I did, I realized that there was one key aspect of the project that I'd completely forgotten to include during the research part of my project; looking at showreels and picking out the ones that I felt worked the best. This might be a tad out of place, but for the sake of showing that I have done the research, here are a few of the showreels that I was looking at for inspiration:

David Ridges 2d Showreel 2013

Valentina Ventimiglia 2d Showreel 2010

The main problem I had with showreel research is while there were tonnes of good animation reels to pick from, there were almost no character design reels that I liked the look of, bar one. As such I was working off of a pretty loose idea of how to tackle it. I did pick up some ideas on how to tackle it from the reel I did look at, however:

Jo Painter Concept Art/ Design Reel 2013

Hopefully there isn't a problem with this being included here so last minute.

Loadsa Work

This will be the final update before I submit my showreel.
I'm leaving animation out of this because I wanted it to showcase the last few bits of character work I did.

Character Paints

I finally managed to put together a colour scheme that I was happy with, even though I'm not 100% behind it.
I feel like I could still rework Lionel's face heaps more, but as it's closing in on hand-in date, I'm running out of time, so I feel like it would be for the best if I just stuck with it. Besides, this character already has bucketloads of development behind him, so he'll be great as far as showing off how he's changed goes.

The second paint I did was to do with a character idea I recently had about a trickster god with an onyx pyramid for a head. He grants wishes that are based on signing contracts, and always looks for ways to exploit loopholes in those contracts to cause as much chaos as possible.
He's sort of a Neutral Evil character, so I designed him primarily using triangles and hard edges while keeping his design nice and simple, with a bit of softness to it to reflect his neutrality. The reason why I left the sketch next to the paint is because I don't actually like the current colour scheme I have for him, or the way I painted him. Then again that might because the paint is unfinished, but oh well. I'm rarely happy with everything I produce that isn't a rough sketch.

Progress Update

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted here. I took a break and then completely forgot that I had to upload all the work that I'd done before that break.

All of it's animation related, though. The character paints aren't finished yet because I'm struggling to get the colours to look right.
They should be done soon, but for now have some walk cycles.

Brisk Walk

Sneak

Character Redesigns: Reworking the detailing and Shape Language

As the title of the post says, there are a few designs I'm not actually that pleased with.
I've made a decision to work into them and polish them up before going any further into their model packets or worrying about character paints and story shots.

Here's the first of the three that I feel need a rework before I can take them any further.

I made his design sharper and more muscular to reflect his violent character, which just wasn't coming across in the previous design. I also added more definition to his facial structure to make it easier for modelers to work with as well as changed his chin shaped to better reflect the sort of character he is.

expression sheet for first character

Expression sheet, go!

As it currently stands I think I only have one or two sheets left to do for this character; body construction and hands. After that the model packet will be pretty much completed and I'll be able to add in the reworks I've been doing.

The rest of the week will probably be spent on walk cycles and thinking about what to do for the other 7 characters (not including the robot. I already know I want to do a pose sheet and possibly a 3d model/ sculpt for that to demonstrate that I actually understand how to use 3d software.)

Pose sheet and Turnaround

Here's a Sheet of Poses and a Turnaround I did for the main model packet I've been working on.
Some of them could be a lo better, but I'm pleased with what I managed to accomplish, so there's that.

I think the only thing I have left to do for him is an expression chart, a body construction sheet and a hand posing sheet, all of which can be done pretty quickly and easily.
If I have time, I'd actually like to go back and do more poses, but I'll wait until after I've done all my character paints before I dive into that swimming pool.