Heavy/ Tough Character - Viking
This week, we explored proportion, and explored how it can be used to convey information about a character. For example, how the "Heavy" pugnacious character has a small cranium, large chin/jaw, large chest, and narrow waist (as well as other proportion details). These proportions can be used to make a character look tough or intimidating.The "Heavy" pugnacious character, by Preston Blair:
To further explore the proportions of the tough character, we designed our own characters to these proportions. I chose to design a viking character.
Below: First sketch (left) and revised sketch (right). I made sure to make the viking have a small cranium but a large jaw. In the first sketch, the helmet made his head look not as small as I wished, so in the second sketch I decided to make a pointed helmet instead. I also made the viking have eyes that were small and close together, small ears, a large lower lip, large chests, long, heavy arms, huge hands, a small torso, thin legs, and large feet.
Below: The sketch with the proportions guide overlayed on top.
Caricature - Mr. Bean
We also created caricatures, in which we used Adobe Photoshop to exaggerate their most striking characteristics of famous people. I chose to do my caricature on Mr.Bean, using two images as source material.Below: Source material images.
Since Mr.Bean is a goofy character known for his funny facial expressions, I wanted to use proportion to show his goofiness while exaggerating the facial expression shown in the left source image. I decided to try using Preston Blair's "Screwball" proportion.
Below: The "Screwball" type, by Preston Blair.
Below: Proportions of Mr. Bean caricature. I gave Mr.Bean a low forehead, elongated head, skinny neck, and pear shaped body to look like a goofy character.. I also exaggerated his facial features by giving him more wrinkles, arcing his eyebrows more, making him smile more, and increasing the size of his eyes, nose, ears, and mouth.
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