Today we had a class with Bianca Ansems on character design, wherein she talked us through a selection of character designs she’d done and the process of creating them. We looked at turn arounds and expression sheets, and then we had about an hour and a half to design our own character and create a turn around for them.
I didn’t have much time to come up with a lot of details about him, other than their name is Alfie, they’re a frost fairy, and he really hates the cold, which is unfortunate for him as they live in Antarctica! Bianaca’s feedback was very positive and she noted that she’d be interested to see what the other characters in this story might look like, and whether they’d be as wrapped up in clothes as Alfie.
This exercise was really fun for me, as in the past whenever I’ve created an original character I always put weeks and weeks of thought into their appearance, their style, how they hold themselves, so this was a nice opportunity to show myself that I can create things quickly, and that I’m just as motivated to delve more into Alfie’s character despite spending much less time creating them.