Character and concept designs

You should be in a position now to start working towards you final designs for your 3 different ideas for an animation, to complete unit 1 you must have produced art work for each of your ideas. Ive included some designs from a graphic novel im illustrating to give you a idea of what i mean and also some great examples of character design work done for animations and computer games,

I hope you notice how different each of the character designs look to each other. the theme and mood of the animation you plan to make will influence how you present your work, so keep your designs inventive, creative and exciting!

have a look at the examples below and if you need to go look for other examples either on line or in some of the 'making of' or 'the art of' books that get brought out when films are released.

Design sketches from 'the forgotten'

Character designs from Wolfenstein 3D




Characters from the Number 9 film by tim burton



Designs for a web games characters

Designs for a Red riding hood animation.

Designs for a Goldilocks themed cartoon.

So there are just a few examples, its up to you to make sure that yours look just as good and fit the mood of your animation.