17/03/16 - Concepts and Final Design

I had been working on the concepts of the wife from the photos of Holly, our model to base the character from and was working towards creating a more stylized look for her to make it easier for animation.

The first two sketches are just based off pictures of the model, the second image has more sketches of a stylized look I was trying to achieve.

I had written some notes to keep in mind while stylizing the character to make sure it still shows some resemblance to the model. The notes didn't show up in the scan so I will retype them here for later reference.
Distinct features:
-big/wide exposed forehead
-big round cheeks
-round, medium sized nose
-eyelash flicks at end of eyes
-round chin
-curly hair
-eyebrows point up towards ends
-round face
Points to consider for design
-sh
ow tiredness/fatigue
-simplify hair
-make less complex for animation
-still recognisable

The third sketch is the final concept sketch I drew to give to Phoenix, Raven and Gabby so they could do some work on the turn arounds, expression sheet and the clay modelling.

I will be doing some digital concepts to test out the digital style for her today and tomorrow once I can get my tablet working.