SSP2 – THE BFG – CHARACTER AND NARRATIVE INSPIRATION

The idea for the 'roles' of my two characters were inspired by the BFG. In my narrative, Skylar, the character from the dream realm, has a role of collecting dreams from the sky, and sending them into the outside world. Nova's role, is to banish nightmares. This fantasy and abstract concept is similar to the …

SSP2 – AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE

As this is an independent project, I have to write up the learning objectives and ultimately decide the purpose and context of my outcome. I know that I want my outcome to be an artist book, similar to that of an art book of a TV show or movie. The book will display character design …

SSP2 – CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

After I had come up with a rough idea for my two main characters, their personalities and a beginning of who they are, it became easier for me to come up with their visual appearance. My first character, who's name I settled on being Skylar, was the easier of the two characters to begin visualising. …

SSP2 – CHARACTER PROFILES

Since coming up with an idea for my narrative, I began using these concepts to work on creating 2 main characters for my story. These are the character profiles for my 2 main characters, more characters will be introduced over time, however these are my main focus. The characteristics of these characters may also change …

SSP2 – NARRATIVE IDEA

For this project, I knew that ultimately I wanted to create some characters, and to produce perhaps an art book with character sheets and concept art. To begin this process I needed the idea of a narrative, whether that would be something that already exists, or something that would be an original story. Originally I …

SSP2 – CHARACTERS THAT INSPIRE ME (TIM BURTON)

Tim Burton is someone that I am constantly re visiting for inspiration throughout all of my projects. The way his characters look visually and the aesthetic of his films are something that inspire me so much. His unique approach to colour, style and the way he interprets already well known stories such as Alice In …

SSP2 – CHARACTERS THAT INSPIRE ME (ANIME AND CARTOONS)

I decided to split up my character design inspiration posts into different categories to refer back to in a more organised way, when needing references for my work. This post will show the anime and cartoon characters that I am inspired by. Anime and cartoons have been a huge part of my artistic journey. Watching …

SSP2 – CHARACTERS THAT INSPIRE ME (VIDEO GAMES)

To get myself inspired for this project, I decided the best place to start was to explore all of the character designs that I love, and why. I was curious to see if there was a particular theme or design trait that I am drawn to, and if I could use this in my own …

OUTSIDE IN WORKSHOP

For my second workshop I decided to choose the Outside In workshop. For this workshop we had to draw a self portrait and experiment with only using black materials to draw the negative spaces, playing with tone and texture and inverting imagery. The reason I chose this workshop was because I am working with character …

SSP2 – INTERROGATING INTERESTS WORKSHOP

To get ourselves brainstorming and creating at the beginning of this project we had to pick between two workshops. The workshop I decided to choose was the Interrogating Interests workshop, where I had to find photographs I had forgotten about, and interrogate similarities in the qualities between them using a visual map. This visual map …