I made character silhouettes to concept my character and to get an idea of how he will look and the type of cloths he will have. I started off by turning a generic photo into a black silhouette, then i created an grey outline that went around the silhouette and drew in more lines to give the silhouette finer details like clothes. After I did the outline I added block colouring and then added highlights and shadows to add more depth to the silhouettes. The silhouettes are my second attempted at making concept art for this character, i decided to do a new one with a new style, without using lines and just use colours to determinant shapes and edges. I Didn't think my old concept art work wasn't up to standards and looked at other ways and styles of producing concept artwork. I also decided not to give the character a face as i wanted it not to have a personality and use the concept artwork just for the body shape and clothes. These below are my original concept art, which i used to get the style of clothes i wanted and tried out different colour styles. Afterr that i added the final colour image to my concept drawings. Conclusion
This is the final concept drawing with the turnaround drawings. I think i have a lot to prove in this area as my drawings are not up to standard but it helped me get my idea of the character down on to paper and produce concept art off that image. From this concept art i am able to move forward and produce a 3D model off it. Update 12/5/17 After reviewing my work I decided that the final colour renders were not up to scratch, so I took the slides and gave it another go, this time I decided to go for more of a cell shaded look keeping to two - three colours in the pallet per area. I also added a roof line to give the clothes more definition. After I got the block colours onto the character I then used the smudge tool to add a blend line between the colour. Also, I decided to add facial details this time by adding nose and mouth by using darker colours to add more depth and shadow, and also placed some eyes as well. Conclusion From this I know if I put my mind to it, I can create decent concept art using an arts program, I can take away from doing this task is that I need to improve on my art skills both drawing and on the computer. This would help me in the future when applying for jobs.
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After my mind map I created a couple of thumbnail sketches of my character to get a rought idea of how i wanted him to look, i did a front, back and side on drawings
After researching photos for my character on Pintrest, I took my silhouette and placed images from Pintrest next to it. The photos resemble, the type of cloths he will wear, items he will carry, his facial/hair style and body modifications. Here are my references for the used images:
In this unit I have to make a character from scratch. I started off with a mind map of the type of character and npc I wanted to make for this unit. In this mind map I thought about what facial feature and body type I wanted it to have, the type of appearance/style of clothes, accessories the character would have.
In the photo below you can see the draft mind map I created
below is the digital version of the mindmap
Conclusion
I decided to base my character on an urban explorer/ free runner, he would be early 20's around 5'9" in height, medium build, toned muscle build, a few tattoos, short styled beard, top knot hair style. His clothes would be baggy urban style, shorts, fingerless gloves, trainers and a hoodie jacket. He would also be carrying a back pack that will have a few items in, such as; Gopro or camera, lighter, Swiss Army knife. The scene I am going to be setting him in is an abandoned hospital/asylum. After I did the mind map and figured out what my character is going to be, I started doing research on Pinterest and made a board with photos I found relevant to the description which be viewed here: Name: Kobi Paxton
Age: 23, D.O.B: 14/6/1993 Sex: Male Born: Manchester, United kingdom Education: Collage educated. A-levels in Sport, multimedia, photography Orientation & relationship status: Straight and single Height and build: 5,9" medium build, quite toned, 75kg in weight Characteristics: Dark drown hair, quite long, has sides shaved. brown beard, short. hazel eyes, Few tattoos, scars, piercing holes/scars Social Characterisitcs: Can be stubborn when wants to be, but most of the time quite chilled and relaxed, can handle pressure the only thing to get to him is his parents' opinions. Has a good sense of humour, sarcastic and very witty with come backs. likes banter. Quite popular, known more for his Parkour moves and has a following on social media. Job status: unemployed - volunteer at local gymnastic club Hobbies and interests: Photography, shooting and editing videos for YouTube, gymnastics, Parkour, urban exploring Abilities: Run, Jump, crouch, slide, flip, somersault, climb, bunny hop, wall spin, vault. Kobi is looking for his path in life, he is trying to become a YouTube star by releasing videos of his parkour moves, he is trying to be different from the rest by combining this with urban exploration by going into abandoned places. He sees himself as a free spirit that hates common society rules. e.g. full time job, mortgage etc. Kobi was brought up in an upper middle class family. When Kobi was growing up, his parents were quite strict with him and by the time he got to his mid teens, he rebelled and by his 20th birthday he left home and is currently coach surfing between friends houses. His parents were quite pushy when he was a young child making him try various activities and sports to get him out the house, they did this till he found a sport that he enjoyed which was gymnastics which developed into Parkour. He would sneak out of the house at night to practice in the streets and parks, but repeatedly got caught by his dad waiting in his room and was always grounded. Kobi is still intouch with his parents freqently seeing his mother for coffee at least once a week but is always overcasted by his fathers views about kobi sorting his life out. Kobi mother Michelle, always makes sure she brings money for Kobi out of her bank account so Michelle husband wont find out she is still surporting him. Kobi is into his urban hip hop style wearing hoodies and jacket, hoodies, baggy pants and shorts with a bold coloured belt, styled trainers, T-shirts that are simple, with one colour and a big design on the front. He always has a backpack with him that has a go pro at it, Zippo lighter and a swiss army knife. Kobi is into his trendy hair and beard styles, currently has a top knot and a stubble beard that is sculpted. Kobi also has a few tattoos, small in design, in solid black ink and of a geometric style. Kobi use to have piercings, but long removed them only now has the scars where they use to be, in his ears and eyebrow. Kobi also has some scars on his legs, hand, arms from where he has hurt himself from doing Parkour. |
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