Character Feedback & Swapping Drawings

After talking with Sara, she recommended that once Hayley and I had both chosen our characters and got our visions on paper, that we swap each others and try and either add to them or improve to make our characters match and look like they would actually go together in an animation. I thought this was a great idea, so I decided to colour Hayley's character in and match it with the colours of my character.

I decided to take this idea from Hayley to add to because I really liked the idea of having a jock type of character as a brother and I liked the possibility of being able to play around with the colours and the sportswear!

Therefore I came up with this guy and tried to make him have the same colouring as his sister because since the animation is only a minute long I wanted the audience to easily establish that they are related.

And I think they look great together! I do think I have to alter the size of my characters head, just because in general it look a great deal out of proportion, therefore I will be making sure this looks natural once I get to Maya! 

Hayley's design

When I sent my ideas to Hayley, she really liked the shape I gave him and his colouring, so took these aspects and remade him herself. She made him slightly bulkier and hefty which will be a great way to think about weight when we animate him throwing the ball. The only negative I have is the hair and eye colourings as I want them to be the same so that with the one minute time frame people will be able to tell that they are siblings. Hayley says that she doesn't think it will matter so for now we are going to leave them like this.

Hayley's drawing

My alterations

Hayley also sent me some ideas to improve on my character which I thought were really good to add so I went ahead and altered my character. I added some pom poms to her hat which which will be a really great effect especially when she is throwing the ball. I also added some pockets for extra added detail to her dress as well as a backpack which I will add in Maya if I have time.

Hayley's interpretation.

This is Hayley'a interpretation of my character which I love! She has a darker colour palette to my character but this is probably more realistic to what I will achieve in Maya so I am glad she has done this. She has also added boots and made my character a little more bulky which is a great option to experiment with once I get into Maya.

I think Hayley and I are working really well and communicating quite frequently and being open with what we like and don't like, which is making our collaboration more enjoyable.