The workshop this week focused on using basic shapes to block out characters. It had started with a video instruction demonstrating how to block out a monster. I began making the monster after watching the video. When the moment at which I made a mistake that I was unable to correct. I made the decision to watch the entire video before moving forward to work on my character’s development. Based on the three drawings I made last week, I’ve drawn another one with additional concepts and features.
I got a few suggestions from Rachel, one of our lecturers, according to the design I had created. Rachel’s feedback, which I received after looking at more sketches Genndy Tartakovsky had done for Ashi, was that I could be more dramatic with the body shapes. Specifically, I could make the shoulder wider, the waist thinner in the middle and then wider, reaching out to the chest and lower body, the neck thinner in the middle and wider, reaching out to the top and bottom, the legs and arms longer and skinnier, etc. As part of my homework, I finished the character design and gave it a side view and turnaround. Furthermore, I began blocking my character.
