ANATOMY & CHARACTER SCULPTURE EXERCISE 1: CHARACTER DESIGN CONCEPT (DIGITAL DRAWING)

Week 1-Week 3

Christopher Jayson Tan/ 0378500

Anatomy & Character Sculpture/ Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

Anatomy & Character Sculpture

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INSTRUCTIONS

2. TASK

3. REFLECTION

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INSTRUCTIONS

This exercise is designed to prepare students for character sculpting by first developing a character design concept in digital drawing. Students are required to demonstrate understanding of anatomy, proportion, and creativity through sketches and a polished final design. Consultation is compulsory to monitor progress, and attendance will be taken digitally and manually as precaution. 

 

Assessment Brief 

• Before starting on sculpting, students are required to produce a Character Design Concept that demonstrates their understanding of anatomy, proportion, silhouette, and visual storytelling. 
• The task is to design an original humanoid or stylized character that could be developed into a 3D sculpture. 
  
• Student can choose their character design which are, humanoid, stylized character, heroes, & creatures. 

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TASK

For the very first task I needed to create a concept that will later on be sculpted in 3D (Zbrush) and so I needed to find references for a moodboard. My goal was to create a bulky and muscular creature that is mindless and just an empty husk of violence. The lore of it is that the creature is a failed experiment and the creature went berserk.

Figure 2.1 References

Next, I started the exploration for the silhoutte and body type to see which one will be best. From a skinny looking monster to a bulky beast as well as combining several different aspects.

Figure 2.2 Silhoutte exploration

After choosing the optimal shape, I started the actual sketching process. I created 3 different looks for the creature, and for the designs, I didn't go that crazy with it because i wanted it to be grounded. The first design is the beast after transformation with the tattered clothes, second one is the creature during the prison/bunker escape and the final one is when the creature went into hiding where it has shredded cloth.

Figure 2.3 Outfit exploration

I went with the prison escape design because I feel like it looks really cool and so I went with that and started the coloring process for the default pose and dynamic pose. I tried to incorporate some brutality to the concept and so I added in wounds and blood splashes.

Figure 2.4 Default colored pose

For the dynamic pose I struggled quite a bit because I need to maintain the stature and the distinct look. In the end I just made a simple pose where he is covering himself from bullet shots because he is trying to escape the facility.

Figure 2.5 Dynamic Pose

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REFLECTION

This was a very exciting start for me actually because I really like creature design in 3D. At first I thought that we needed to create a human character for this module but the lecturer gave us creative freedom and said that we can go with our idea as long as it involves anatomy. I am really excited for the upcoming task because it is gonna be fully 3D and so I am eagerly waiting