Category: Year 2

A lot of my visual style and design inspiration comes from fantasy genre video games such as Skyrim and World of Warcraft. I knew from the beginning of the project that my model couldn’t be too realistic as she is a fantasy elf-like character so I wanted to go for a more exaggerated fantasy style. As I said in a previous blog post – I can imagine my character appearing in a comic or a video game, because of this … Continue reading “3D Character: Visual style and inspiration”

Poses When designing the poses that fit my character, I knew I needed to display the different aspects of her personality. I wanted to show her business side, her manic powerful side and yet her sensitive and anxious side. I imagine Estry as having a very two sided personality, she is powerful and a strong leader but she is still overcome with guilt and anxiety from her past trauma. The first pose shows her business side. I imagine her in … Continue reading “3D Character: Poses and accessories”

In terms of colour pallette I had a pretty strong vision of what colours my character would be. I didn’t want to become stuck to one colour palette though so I experimented with a few different colour ideas. I knew that I wanted the suit to be different shades of black with black and red shoes, that was an immediate character design feature that I stuck to, I will explain more of her clothes and accessories in a following blog … Continue reading “3D Character : Colour”

When I originally started to plan what my character would look like and how their body would be shaped, I experimented with different shapes to build the base anatomy. Originally, I tried to create this character with circular shapes, including more curves and a slightly fuller figure. However I immediately knew that this didn’t fit the personality of my character at all and instead gave a slightly less intimidating and softer character almost more matronly in a way. The first … Continue reading “3D Character: Body style and Shape Theory”

In this blog post I will introduce my character idea, her backstory and some of her key information. The initial idea for my character was a demon queen who ruled the underworld. I imagine my demon queen character to appear in a fantasy comic series or a fantasy open world video game. Basic character description Name: Estry – (comes from Jewish folklore – name for a female vampire) Age: 120 Gender: Female Race: Royal Demon – a higher more intelligent … Continue reading “3D Character: Description and Story”