Characters
'Don't mess with me'
Concept by Paula Hsu
Created as part of my AnimSchool Zbrush Course with Charles Ellison. Throughout this course we learnt industry standard workflow that takes full pipeline into consideration, to ensure models’ are ready for production. Beautiful concept art by Paula Hsu - I was originally drawn to the dynamic pose and strong line of action and tried to create this in my own modelThis character was sculpted in Zbrush, and retopologized and textured in Maya.
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Gretel
Created as part of my thesis project 'Gretel and Hansel'
I wanted to make Gretel a strong, determined young girl. She presents herself as having no fear and is always up for an adventure. She loves the outdoors and is often in trouble with her parents for making a mess! The only fear she possesses is the fear of being unloved. She will therefore do anything to prove her worth. She can often be naive to the dangers of the world as her excitement takes over.
Hansel
Created as part of my thesis project 'Gretel and Hansel'
Hansel is the opposite of Gretel. Growing up in a difficult household he often carries with him the trauma of his childhood. Hansel suffers with OCD and is often shy and apprehensive and very self-aware. He fears his step mum. However, he uses music to escape his fears. He loves to express himself visually and often dreams of all the places he would love to travel to.
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Developing a character with OCD was really important to me. Following a close experience with a friend, I realised how little OCD is explored within children's media. It was important to me that it was represented in a way that would encourage children to know how to support each other.
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Gretel and Hansel - Character Designs
Created as part of my thesis project 'Gretel and Hansel'
I decided to take this Grimm Brothers tale and give it a modern twist. I experimented with the silhouette and proportions of the characters in 2D before translating this into 3D. In the original tale, Gretel is quiet and timid, I wanted to flip this character profile and make her more determined and strong. In contrast, Hansel often takes on a lot of family responsibility and as a result is more reserved.
Ziggy from 'Resiliant'
Created as part of a freelance project with Life Skills Education
Ziggy was created to help deliver Life Skills Education's Drugs, Alcohol and Resilience training. Ziggy was made with the Year 1&2 target audience in mind following LifeSkills Character designs. Ziggy is made from clean topology with animation in mind.
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Animation in video below by Mariana Patricio
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Hogarth
Created as part of a character creation module at uni
Hogarth features in my short film 'Channel 2 Space'. He is inspired by my Grandad, sharing their frustration for technology. He loves gardening and spending time with his pet turtle
