A variety of character design pieces, concept renders, character turnarounds, and design explorations.
Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart (2021-present)
Character design work for upcoming dating sim game. Design work has been done in consultation with sensitivity readers for race, gender, and body diversity.
Character line up
Vanora the dragon expression sheet
AJ the Minotaur expression sheet
Calyx the Vampire expression sheet
Dragon design exploration
Minotaur design exploration
Enemy design exploration
Nel the Cyborg and Friends (2022)
Created for an advanced character design assignment. The brief was to design one main character and several support characters for animation.
Original character sketch, character description and proportion exploration
Character line up
Nel turn around
3D sculpture of Nel
3D sculpture of Nel
Colour and rendering exploration
Friend character sheet
Enemy character sheet
Pet character sheet
Toon Boom rigged puppet
Character redesign to match Kurzgesagt animation style
Character redesign to match Bluey animation style as action figue.
Costume design
Nugget the old Gourd Dog (2021)
The days of being an energetic, young pupkin are behind Nugget. As a pedigree crop, she used to travel to all the country fairs, winning many a prize for her grand size and pristine coat. Nowadays, having grown to big to fit in the trailer, Nugget prefers to bask in the sun and watch the younger gourds as they busy themselves herding crops around the farm. When called Nugget to eager to heel although it can take her some time to get up and lumber over to her owner due to her sheer size.
Created for a character and environment design assignment.
Finished 2D puppet placed in environment
Turnaround
Colour and render exploration
3D clay sculpture
3D clay sculpture
3D clay sculpture
3D clay sculpture
3D clay sculpture
Puppet breakdown
Vegetable animal exploration
Vegetable animal exploration