April 30th Update

Ok, first of the building concepts, the first of three Stores:

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I decided for the first few buildings I was going to keep it simple until I have a bit more practice, but just getting to this point was actually quite tough, I started off making silhouettes, but the lack of detail from it made it difficult to progress designs, then I tried doing quick thumbnail sketches, but that only really worked for larger buildings:

 Some of these I do really like, so you might be seeing more detailed versions of some of these.
Finally I was given the suggestion to try working with an emotion of the scene these buildings where in, which I had a really clear idea of, and just worked by applying colour to the basic shapes and I was happy with the result.

Over all while I am going to miss character concepting  I am looking forward to practising this type of design and getting better at it.

Anyway, for this week the list is as follows:

• Character Concepts
  • Background extras:42/42
  • Main Characters: 13/13
  • Main character re-designs: 5/5
  • Secondary Character: 14/14
  • Secondary Character re-designs: 5/5
• Weapon Concepts
  • Main Characters: 12/12
  • Secondary Characters: 7/7
  • Weapon Redesigns: 4/4
• Scene Concepts
  • Interiors: 0/24
  • Landmarks:0/15
  • Exteriors: 1/39

That’s all for this week,
Until next time

Marc Out~~

January 23rd Update

Last of the Shopkeepers this week, I’m probably going to explore the poorer casts of the city next week:

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I wanted to base this template off of cows, since I wanted more characters with horns, so I took colours from real cows for the hair and experimented a bit with colours that compliment them, they turned out a little neutral looking, but I think that’s a good thing with background characters, I may go back an revised a few of the background character templates that I’ve made to make them stand out a little less once I’ve completed them all.
Also the “Heat Tap” on the apron is a reference to a drink of the same name that appears in Dragonball every now and then that I wanted to add as an Easter egg.

In other news I’m in talks with a composer, its still early days at the moment, but I’m coming out of talks with him feeling very positive and from what he’s shown me he has a lot of potential. That being said, I’m still on the look out for more composers if I can find them due to the fact that through these talks I’ve realised the mountain of musical work that’s required for the show as a whole, which is a bit unfair to lump all onto one person. I’ll keep you guys posted as we progress with the talks.

That’s all for this week

Marc Out~~