Chris Fennell (whom we're gonna call 2DChris) started working on the characters with the guidance of Jen. Lots of research and discussion was done around what each characters attitude was going to be like. I always like to think that deep down we all keep our animal-like instincts and can each have some similar characteristics to them at times (In the most innocent fun way possible!). So our main character, Giuseppe, was developed while looking at birds, specifically the borrower bird. And here are some of the sketches on his process.
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| © Chris Fennell |
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© Chris Fennell |
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| © Chris Fennell |
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| © Chris Fennell |
Next was our 'Sexy Lady' who is the 2nd character we'll see in the animation, and is sort of the starting point for the uprising arch of the story. What we tried to consider was again how in nature the more shiny and colorful birds are the male ones, and the females are more plain and simple. So if our hero thinks a sexy elegant lady is the right type for him, he might just be wrong! Binaca's character process can be seen below.
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| © Jen Cram |
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| © Chris Fennell |
And last, but surely not the least, is our main lady, Teresa. Simple and round, but perfect! We tried to make her have a heart shaped figure, and pushed the design as far as it could go!
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| © Jen Cram |
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| © Jen Cram |
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| © Chris Fennell |
And finally, after all the correctiong to them all were made, and we were all sufficiently happy with them (in the short span of time we had dedicated to the design), here are the three characters, with their first colors!
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| © Chris Fennell & Jen Cram |
Final color reference for the character:
Some of the Texture maps that have been intentionally made very painterly and consist of MANY layers...
And some initial renders to drool over:
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