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Character Design Draft #8

Open clu97 opened 5 years ago

clu97 commented 5 years ago

Cursed/Creepy Characters that will be appearing throughout the page

clu97 commented 5 years ago

sketches

clu97 commented 5 years ago

DOllsketch

FabiodeoSilva commented 5 years ago

I like the improved version much better, although the smile doesn't read as creepy to me, but cute. It's a pretty doll. I think it's very hard to make something pretty into creepy, because when I see beauty I feel mentally comfortable. When my mind can't see beauty or order in a predictable way, I feel like something is wrong. A creepy doll feels mentally right to me, because I've seen it in movies all the time. Button eyes in Caroline, voodoo dolls, Annabelle (the real one), all come to mind. The creepiest thing about this image is your stroke style which forms an image in a very chaotic, energetic, and if not violent way. That works in favor for this image.

Miyazaki is one of my biggest idols too because he can mix ideas together very well without relying too much on cliches. Think about the forest spirit in Princess Mononoke, a red human face in a deer body. Or the spirits in spirited away, like when No Face gets angry and he opens his mouth. It's creepy because his mouth in disproportionate to his body (visual unbalance), his teeth are uneven (lack of order), and he's violent (unpredictable).

I challenge to you, because you are very talented, you can draw very well.

Before drawing further check out this image. It's a "real" cursed painting. What makes it creepy to you?

clu97 commented 5 years ago

sketches2 What about these?

FabiodeoSilva commented 5 years ago

Thank you for challenging yourself, I like the direction you are going. The ones I like the most are two on the bottom left. I think masks could be a good indication of "cursed artifact". The one on the bottom left, let's call it the mannequin monster, looks like a great monster for anime and video games, like a boss or something. It's giving me a little bit of envy from full metal alchemist and lilth from evangelion.

The one next to it, the upside down head, is also effective because of its simplicity. Simplicity contributes to creepiness because it feels effortless.

And I feel this is the direction we should explore more: simplicity.

For the next design, draw what you can:

We should've had a background story to make your life easier, but you are almost there. Also, since this project is called Haunter after Hunter college, you also draw inspiration from that too.

This should be the second to last revision. It's okay to start the page because should get started with coding very soon.

FabiodeoSilva commented 5 years ago

Make the symbols the priority, btw.

clu97 commented 5 years ago

sketches2

FabiodeoSilva commented 5 years ago

Which one do you like the most?