Character Revamps

Looking back on work I can diffinately see where I have improved and where more work is needed so in a sense this project has been very useful for me. My most popular style looking back was when I created character 4 the Lonewolf character. I like the way the solid colours created a nice sense of form and lighting. I decided to go back over some characters I felt were lacking art wise.

For the main character I felt he was “off”, his arms were bent in the wrong direction and his legs were too short, I also felt his shirt was too irregular and random, not really giving the attention of the bottles on his shirt. I also wasn’t happy with how the character portrayed himself in my mind on first look, I wanted him to be a strong powerful character despite being slightly over weight and wearing clothes that could be considered inappropriate for survival in a jungle. To start I reshaped the body, the arms and the legs to make him taller and more muscular, these two traits add power to the main character so the viewer is more inclined to want to play as him. The main character I felt needed this for a sense of believability that he had the will and strength to overcome the obstacles thrown at him in the actual game.

I felt the original girl character despite already having the face repainted lacked the proper colour and form. I started with the face which I felt was the worst part, I thought more of child curves, button nose, and large eyes. I also added light to the hair to add form to it. One quite good change was changing her skin colour, I felt by making her more pale it indicates unhealthy or weak, it reasserts the player with the feeling she is vulnerable, and even more so in this environment. I painted more solid colours to also remove the “muddy” style which I had painted before, and in fact I need to learn to get over the type of muddy painting I quite often accomplish. I feel the solid colours make her also more vivid and bright and again is contrast against her skin.

With the fat character I felt his style of a quite realistic painting was too far from the other character designs. He was also a little bit muddy and dirty and I felt this style would suit a bit better. While I lost the nit gritty style I had previously achieved I felt the character developed a more feeble look which I wanted from the start. His bright pink skin also brings out that gimmicky tourist feel I was trying to achieve with the hat and shirt.