As with my earlier post I thought it would be interesting to show how I work thorough the character and the scene it self.
I knew for Xeopus I wanted to have a character that expressed a sinister quality and corrupted by her dark magic, but I also wanted a bit of allure to her as well.
I go through initial sketches just to see what I come up with and where it takes me. Usually I know what I'm going for but actually translating that to paper can be a challenge. I also know that in the scene she appears she will be conjuring up a demon so I wanted to express that madness of dark power.
Seeing some things I like in the initial sketches, I begin to refine these. Feeling I had a general idea on the character I begin to refine the face a bit.
I was liking where I was going with the face but had a problem with the hair. It looked too proper. I wanted her to be more mystical so I worked in what I thought was Kirbyesque headgear
I also knew that in the scene she would be studying her spellbook so I began a few sketches bringing her into the scene. You can see I actually begin working out some of the props and action details with notes written within the sketches themselves.
A bit more revision on the clothing and I ended up here.
Great!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see this...
Oh, and I love that crazy grin in the first scan.
Wow! Loving it - the sketch of her reading and the bottom one where's doing the metal hand salute are my favourites. Getting very excited about this project of yours ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to have a clip ready late next week or at the very least a couple of stills.
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