Character Design
Avalon
Concept
The concept behind Avalon is the King Arthur myth told through the lens of a game dev team working on a fantasy game called Avalon. There would be a contest to find a coder or programmer for the team. The contest would be to find something hidden within the game files (something relating to Excalibur).
A college freshman named Arthur wins the contest. He becomes a fish out of water with all these college seniors and recent grads who are working on this game.
Luckily Morgan, a member of the team acts as his mentor to show him around. This would harken back to the original story where she starts off benevolent but eventually betrays him.
Gwen is the Project Lead and assists with the art of the game. Arthur falls in love with her and they begin dating.
But just as the original story, she would cheat on Arthur with the jock-type Lance, the QA/Tester of the group (as a reference for him being the more doer action adventure guy that Lancelot is). The table they would come together for team meetings would be the Round Table.
The Holy Grail is a gaming award that the team is fighting to win with the game they're making, Avalon.
Lineart of Selected Designs
Final Designs
Beyond The Vale
When the door to the afterlife opens for the first time in 200 years, an opportunity is born. With the help of her friends, a remorseful mage must conquer her fears and embark on a forgotten path that will reunite her with the family she lost long ago.
Splash page as part of a semester-long pitch bible project for the Academy of Art University Studio X production class.
Background drawn by teammate Kyla Charles. Font is Iron Furnaces by Skyhaven Fonts.
Character Concepts
In Persephone's design, simplicity of outfit was important, she is never too loud in any sense. A warm color palette also was a priority, as her story relates to fire. Her scars on her face also create a visual connection to her inner, more figurative 'scars'.
In Niamh's design, it was important to communicate warmth even within her cool color palette. I also wanted her to feel 'alien' to the environment with her horns and bright hair, since she comes from the other side of their world essentially. I wanted that to read very quickly, even in a fantasy world.
In Nadia's design, I wanted her to look young, rebellious, but not too mean as not to read as a villain. I wanted her to have a neutral looking palette as she is not necessarily loyal or disloyal to the group.
In Cal's design, I wanted to use a similar color palette as Persephone, calling to their common pasts. This parallel's with Niamh's stark difference in color palette, representing something new. It was also important to make him look approachable and sincere.
In Oberon's design, I wanted to make him big and strong but not intimidating. I gave him large ears and a nose resembling an animal to call to his ability to shift into different animals. I wanted to keep his design unique enough from the others to reasonably call attention from the surrounding world, as there are not many, if any, shifters left besides him.
Final Character Art
Action Poses
Expressions
Imaginary Friends
Concept
Six character thumbnails based on basic geometric shapes. I ended up going with the left three characters: the wolf, the cow, and the mothman.
Refined lineart of the three chosen characters. I adjusted the girl's pose, gave the mothman big wings and extra limbs to make a more exciting silhouette, and made the wolf more memorable and frightening by adding a skull and a larger flame tail. I also wanted to make the girl look more like a child and not a tween.
Color
For the color stage of the cow friend, I was inspired by the nursery rhyme of the cow who jumped over the moon. Because of this, I wanted to use colors and patterns commonly enjoyed by kids, as well as incorporate small stars into the cow's fur.
For the color stage of the moth monster, I wanted to tap into the real world and pick a couple of real life color palettes and throw in one more reminiscent of the night. My initial pick for the color scheme was based on the vampire moth.
For the color stage of the wolf, I pushed the forms of its muscles, claws, and chose to go with a blue color palette to remain consistent with the idea of darkness.
Render
No Glory
Hero: Jules was going to be a mechanic or glassblower. I tried giving her a strong stance but rounder shapes in her hair and clothes (as well as a more relaxed posture) to read as the 'good guy'. I liked the idea of her having a cybernetic arm that changes as the years go on to set the tone of the technology changes over the years.
Villain: Morrigan would have used her unlimited time to get wealth and power. I tried to be intentional with her design, making her rigid with more angled shapes, while still playing with femininity.
When the third member of their golden trio is killed, two immortals are driven to hate each other over the centuries. While Jules just wants to heal and move forward with her remaining friend, Morrigan is trying to bring back the bond she had held onto with white knuckles- through forbidden magic.
‘Heroes & Villains’ Designs
Concept art of the hero bunny character for 'Hero & Villain' storyboard
Concept art of the villain ocelot character for 'Hero & Villain' storyboard
General Designs
Figure Drawings to Character Designs
