Character design bible
Here is my character design bible for “Atomic”
Other character posts
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2018/10/character-design-work-so-far.html
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2018/11/digital-character-design-work.html
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2018/12/character-design-updates.html
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2018/12/character-design-pages-sneak-peek.html
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2019/01/character-design-progress.html
Other character posts
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2018/10/character-design-work-so-far.html
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2018/11/digital-character-design-work.html
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2018/12/character-design-updates.html
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2018/12/character-design-pages-sneak-peek.html
https://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.com/2019/01/character-design-progress.html
Eleanor Luckett
ReplyDeleteI think you have created an intriguing and atmospheric design bible that feels very suitable for your story and themes. The result is charming but does lack a little sophistication in terms of the presentation of images, resembling a children’s book rather than a professional portfolio. I think that this can be improved by reducing the text size and illustrations, giving all elements a little room to breathe.
Regarding the character designs, I think Fred the kitten has benefitted from some kitten research. However since he lacks a turnaround, the designs feel a little inconsistent. Some images appear more conventional, others more stylised. Exploring a character’s design is part of the process, but a potential client will need to see this evolution in a finalised turnaround. Charlie suffers from the same lack of a complete turnaround and it would have useful to have more expressions and gestures - his personality feels undeveloped and one-dimensional, with the dolls head providing more expression rather than the creature itself.
Your environmental assets are good and work well with your theme but I think they would benefit from being interacted into scene rather than as floating images. The storyboards also feel undeveloped and somewhat unclear- it is not certain what is happening narratively so I think this is worth reworking. With a little more development and tweaking, I think you could have a string design bible. - Justin