Week 2

So, for this week I chose to research concept art for characters and learn about turnaround drawings for the character sheet. Although I won’t be drawing the face for the character and instead using a reference for the face, it doesn’t mean I can’t learn how to do a turnaround for the outfit and hair design for the character.


I used this video(1) to help with the turnaround for the character. It helped me figure out positions as well as helping me figure out that I need to think about the overall design of the character and think about what I need to add to the design to fit the theme I wanted to do for the character. At the moment the character is still in the design process, so I don’t necessarily what I want to do for my character yet. Anyway, it also talks about character colour schemes and personality in the design. To be honest if worst comes to worst and I can’t draw what I want to draw then I could always look up other art work to use as a reference and then put my own twist to the design, however I will try my best to actually design my character.

So in summary for this week, I researched on how to make a good turnaround design by deeply think about what my character would act like and how I can show it in my design and colour scheme. And how I can make the outfit fit the theme and personality of the character and how I can make 4 different viewpoints of the character to make the design process easier.


A great example in character design in my opinion is Lillia from League of Legends(2) as she is a character which has the ability to put people to sleep with magic so in the concept art they add a lot of magic dream like colours to fit the theme, as she is a very shy character they made her a deer, because deer’s tend to be very jumpy and scared animals, also to fit the nature and animal part of the theme, Lillia’s outfit is made out of Leaves/plants.

Gant Chart for Week 2


Reference

1 - How to make character turnarounds and sheets! (2019) YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chTb_ic-oVI (Accessed: 08 June 2023).

2 - Lillia, the bashful Bloom - League of Legends (2020) Lillia, the Bashful Bloom - League of Legends. Available at: https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/champions/lillia/ (Accessed: 08 June 2023).


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