Over the past week I have been busy constructing and designing character designs in photoshop.
I have used different images off the internet to create fabric texture etc for the character.
The body of the puppet will be in a cut out style and the head will be a photograph.
Different photographs of the head position will be captured and used as 'replacement heads' for different expressions etc.(Above) Tall/upright character design. I used an image of brown fabric to cut the coat out of. Each cut out section represents one layer on Photoshop.
Once I had cut out all the shapes from the various fabric images, I used the Blending Options' tool to create shadow, as well as highlights and further texture.
<-I am really pleased with the character design to the left. Here the character is much more squat and I feel has a much more likeable appearance. This design still needs tweaking (Feet need to be worked on and hands need a little more refining) I used a filter off 'Photoshop' called Cutout' to make the head look a little more cartoony! I am unsure whether to use this filter or keep the head 'raw' with no effects.
(Below) I composited one of my character designs onto After Effects. I wanted to see if these designs could be animated. Using the pin tool I located several joints which allowed me to move the shapes in an organic nature.
I pushed the puppet tool to the limit and made some very strange poses!
(Below) Creating the body of a 'Zoe' character.
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