Character Design

As the term started, we were given the task of designing characters to give us a clear idea of the design process from inspiration. The task we were set was to design two characters that can work off each other. Below are my character designs and the reasons behind them. 

1. Teacher and Student

The teacher and student designs were supposed to resemble the idea of two completely different people in a disagreement. I had considered this idea heavily, hence the digital colours added, but I decided that I wanted to stray away from humans characters as there is not very much interest in the idea of human interaction in a cartoon. 

2. Angel and Demon

I decided to explore the idea of polar opposites further by drawing an angel and a demon, drawing from images I found on Google. This didn't have a very big emphasis on design as an angel is very human like, and the demon, although stylized from my vision, could be represented in the form I drew it anyway. Plus, the idea of an angel and demon is very cliche, so I quickly discarded it. 

Angel Wing - Reference to help me draw wings.

Demon of Fire - Reference of image to help me give basic idea of demon.

Taurus Zodiac Sign - Helped me think of bull legs when drawing demon legs.

3. Casual Movie Goer and Real Film Critic

Staying on the subject of human interaction, I remembered two past film critics called Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, who has very contrasting opinions on films, and hosted a television show where they argued about films they have watched. This was another possibility that I had considered, but as I explained above, the idea of human conversation animated felt to basic and didn't interest me enough to continue thinking about it, so I put it aside. 

Gene Siskel (Left) and Roger Ebert (Right)

4. Fire Ball and Ice Block

This was my final idea because I felt that there was a range of ideas I could have with these two. When I thought of these characters, I was considering the temperature of the room that time, and it made me think about two people arguing over the temperature and tampering with the thermostat. This helped me draw this idea together, and the idea of it seemed to numerous to me that I decided to keep it.