Common Art Assignment 1: Use of Basic Shapes

In this assignment we were task with creating a design for a character in the style of another IP. In this case, our characters were Hercules and Meg's hands and the chosen IP was that of Illumination Entertainment's Minions.

The first step was analyzing the art style of Minions and the other Illumination films and understanding how they design their characters. One of the things I found was that they tend to use soft features and exaggerated proportions. 

 

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I employed these style rules to create a rough sketch of what I wanted my version of Hercules to look like.

Sketch 

 

Once I had completed the analysis and sketch, I moved into blender with my reference, and began blocking it out. After much work I came to the following design.

 

Final Render of Hercules Blockout

After Hercules I moved on to Meg's hands and came to the following design, focusing on slender and thin fingers.

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Final Render of Meg's Hands Blockout

Finally I took all my work and submitted it to the perforce server.

 

Proof of Perforce Submission