Research // Walk Cycle - part1

Hi-ho!
Yes it's been a while! So busy lately with studio and essay = ="...so many sleepless nights. Sigh*...guess I'll never learn not to do things last minute.

I remember finding this picture many years ago....how cool is it! Very good for referencing. I imagine Wilbur to have a double bounce walk. Jolly, kind of clumsy looking and his tummy will wobble ^^ I found more research on walk cycles but I will update them later...

Research // Walk Cycle - Stegosaurus

Walk cycle I found of a stegosaurus. Mine doesn't walk on four legs, but this one has the same personality as how I want Wilbur to walk :)

Out and About

Ha, this post will look very similar to Liz's...oh well. Must document regardless!

Last Thursday, Me, Liz and Steph went to two exhibitions! I felt very cultured indeed :P

First exhibition we went to was Len Lye at ACMI. It was actually homework for our theory essay, but it was really interesting to visit! The exhibition featured lots of his work, ranging from the different mediums and practices he did. I particularly liked his films using painted film strips and Cuban music. Was really trippy to watch...so mesmerizing with the patterns and jazzy music.

He also designed some kinetic sculptures during his later years. The grass one was soooooo soothing. It swayed from side to side, I think we were in a trance for ages haha...

After leaving Len Lye, we decided to take photos! It's a shame we couldn't take any inside, but we did take some of the sign...yes we are cool.

After taking photos, our next stop during our designer kids outing was...Rock Paper Laser! I must say, I am a fan of anything which features character design and lasers. Good work Troy!
Some photos of the sculptures and me. I have no eyebrows =.=...

The end :)

Design // Chraracter - Meet Wilbur

Meet Wilbur the stegosaurus.
He is sweet, happy, kind and shy.
His skin is a gummy texture and is made out of waffles, lollypops, sprinkles and candy canes.
Kind of dopey but has a good heart (And a good appetite)
Likes salsa dancing and his favourite musical instrument is the tambourine.
Loves marshmallows but hates snails (I don't blame him.)
When he is angry his lollypop cheeks changes colour.
He will also hit you with a pocky stick if you call him fat.

Phew finished. Was fun though :)
Wish I wrote more for the description heh...oh well
Hectic week over. RELIEF!

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!