Design // Character - Sketches

I selected the pokemon I liked from the sprites collection. It's a shame I don't know their names...accept for Dragonite and Snorlax. Snorlax is so fat xD

Here are some sketches of dinosaurs!

Research // Character - Inspiration

Urgh this week has been a killer >.>
I think the annual report killed me. It wasn't too hard just SO time consuming... Four days straight of being a hermit. Can't believe I left it til the last minute...again T_T

Can't relax though, time for multimedia!

Character Profile:
For our group, we decided to each design a dinosaur from the different sections of the world. I got the sweet dinosaur who will be a stegosaurus :D

Hrm, the only famous stegosaurus I know is Spike from the Land before time. From what I imagine stegosaurus's must've been pretty dopey and slow...must be the walnut size brain lol

Character/Style Inspiration:
Really hard to find cool dinosaur character designs online! (I'm not sure why O.O) I can find cute dinosaurs but they are all so ordinary looking. Although I do like these ones hehe^SO CUTE
Probably the closest thing I can find to unique looking monster stuff is pokemon and digimon :)

Probably not the best pic, but I do love looking at sprite characters :) So mini and pixelated. I forgot how many pokemon they have O_O ... and they are all weird looking! I found a few which I would like my character to look like. I'm thinking it should be more anthro then a traditional stegosaurus since it lives in sugarpot houses hehe. So it's intelligence must be pretty advanced :P

Agumon on the computer and ds :) so hightech!
More to come...

Research // Character - Mojizu

Character design website mojizu :)

Really good website for character profiles. I'd post some pics but its all saved in flash >< Maybe I'll screenshot some later...

To be continued!

Research // Character - Style

I always find deviantart a good source for inspiration :) Although these days the most popular artworks is anime fan art -_-

Anyway one of the artists I watch is enkana (deviantart / blog)
Her work is gorgeous :) The style is so simple, yet the saturated colours and expressions on her characters convey a sweet and innocent appeal...if that makes sense haha ^^"

how cute is uranus....
haha...

it is cute though! :) crooked head hehe

Research // World - Game art

These screenshots are from the game Castle Crashers on xbox 360! Characterisation wise, this is probably one of the coolest games i've ever seen :D I've only played it once, but the 2d scrolling effect, mulitplayer game play and cute characters are really enjoyable to play! I love how expressive the characters are, looks more like a animated cartoon compared to other games out there!


Swords and Soldiers: I've mentioned this game before in previous posts...but I think i'll mention it again! Basically the game is about picking a tribe and fighting each other. The characters are really cute and the gameplay looks insane O.O You can pick from vikings, chinese dynasty or aztec people.

Research // World - I Love Pixar

Pixar artist Lou Romano is amazing *.*
Some of the scenes could be potential inspiration dino food land territory :) The lighting, gradients and textures in the background are really beautiful. Really sets the mood and feeling of the overall world. Sigh so awesome...
from lou romano's blog

Research // World - Technique

My Neighbours the Yamadas
I have yet to watch this studio ghibli film! The washed out style and funny looking characters looks awesome :D

Happy Tree Friends
Ah, you can't go wrong with cute animals killing each other. Could work our for our bitter/sweet/salty dinosaur battle?