Saturday 8 October 2011

Character Design: Forming Noodle's Body Part 1

So my Sidekick is Noodle, the Chinese Dragon Ada will be riding on. I am going to be more humorous in his case so it should be fun designing him. I am firstly going to try and form a distinctive silhouette for him then move on to the facial details. I want him to be flexible, playful but also strong looking. Since I am basing him on Chinese Dragons I am going to try and avoid wings (Chinese Dragons don't have wings, they glide in the air).
Clearly in most of these silhouettes he looks like a specific animal (camel, cat, seahorse etc). I guess like he could look like one. Maybe he could be as playful as a dog or as slender as a cat? 






5 comments:

  1. hi andriana, grat sillhouettes you have here to explore, 4 to me looks like a strong character, 6 a bit more humorous, 8 is a great balance between playfulness and predator instinct. once again 13 looks like a strong character.

    check the horse in tangled maximus, playful funny yet strong and fast

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxFGIm2GNQ&feature=fvwrel

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  2. just saw you had that on your influence map for your sidekick character.

    great stuff!

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  3. Hey Ruben! Yes I know Maximus. He was on my Influence Map. He really behaves like a dog which is what I like about him. ^^

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  4. These look great Andriana. Its great to see you exploring such varied shapes. Noodle suggests something very flexible so 7 and 8 are my favourites. Very nice exploration

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