It's been a long time since my last post about this project and with term starting again I'm going to be throwing myself right back into it so I wanted to catch you up on what I have done.
At the time of my last post I was still in the very early stages. I had just pitched my idea and received fairly good feedback and from there I was given the green light to go ahead with my production bible.
CHARACTERS: I was confident in my ability when it came to the writing side of this, the summary, character bios, script etc so I quickly made a start designing characters. I felt like this is my weakness when it come to this module so I wanted to get it out of the way.
I started by writing some very brief bios and I always had a basic script in my head so I knew a bit about who these characters were before I put pencil to paper. I knew exactly what types of animals my hosts were and I came up with a selection of animals for the contestants. A lion, a zebra, an elephant, a giraffe, a monkey and a crocodile. I had already done a bit of research into these animals so I started drawing them to try and get a feel for them and their bodies shapes etc.
I started turning the figures into cartoon version and picking out features that could be exaggerated. Then like the 'Babar' style that I was following adding clothing to them. Once I felt like a style that I was happy with was forming I went straight into digital drawing using Sketchbook and a tablet.
Here is a concept piece of all 8 characters:
I gave the two host characters bios and turnarounds. In keeping with 'Babar' I dressed them too. Like most panel game show hosts I felt the rhino needed to look nice and smart.
I had decided that the contestants were going to be children. I felt that this would help the young audience relate to them and give a contrast between them and the adult host characters with all the knowledge.
The shape of the characters were designed specifically to look like children. I did this by making their heads larger and also with characters like the elephant bring their eyes down making their forehead seem bigger. As well as body shape I used their clothing to show their age giving them shorts and t-shirts and adding quirky images that relate to that specific character.
As character design is not my strong point and am fairly happy with how these little guys turned out. As a line up I think they look great together and I'm happy that will work for the show. And though I haven't done any specific research I am hoping that they will be appealing to kids!
At the time of my last post I was still in the very early stages. I had just pitched my idea and received fairly good feedback and from there I was given the green light to go ahead with my production bible.
CHARACTERS: I was confident in my ability when it came to the writing side of this, the summary, character bios, script etc so I quickly made a start designing characters. I felt like this is my weakness when it come to this module so I wanted to get it out of the way.
I started by writing some very brief bios and I always had a basic script in my head so I knew a bit about who these characters were before I put pencil to paper. I knew exactly what types of animals my hosts were and I came up with a selection of animals for the contestants. A lion, a zebra, an elephant, a giraffe, a monkey and a crocodile. I had already done a bit of research into these animals so I started drawing them to try and get a feel for them and their bodies shapes etc.
I started turning the figures into cartoon version and picking out features that could be exaggerated. Then like the 'Babar' style that I was following adding clothing to them. Once I felt like a style that I was happy with was forming I went straight into digital drawing using Sketchbook and a tablet.
Here is a concept piece of all 8 characters:
I gave the two host characters bios and turnarounds. In keeping with 'Babar' I dressed them too. Like most panel game show hosts I felt the rhino needed to look nice and smart.
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