Visual Language- Study Task 2 - Captain Character- added stuff after assessment

Emotions and Poses

After having the peer assessment i came away with a list of things i wanted to complete so i could make my character as thought out and completed as possible. Here i have completed a few, which were to have more poses and an emotions page so i could show my character in different dynamic positions as well as showing what her face looks like for different expressions.

This is the first page i have completed showing what Andromeda looks like readying to fight as well as casually carrying a sword after training. This shows her in a more casual way in normal clothing compared to armour, this made me think to have another page of front, back and sides so i can show her casual dress. I have also shown what she looks like in battle so you can see her weapons as well as poses of defence so use when doing an animation to show how she fights and how her body moves.

Here i have done another page of poses as i wanted them to be more dynamic which i feel these are. I have left them in a basic form because i feel this was all that was needed as i only needed the poses not the colours or features as i have already shown these on other character sheets. I think after doing this page i have shown a lot more of what my character looks like when fighting and when using the weaponry. This means if i were to animate this character, i would be able to show her doing a lot more than if i were not to have done any extra poses after the peer assessment.

After doing this page of emotions, it became very clear i found it harder to show emotion on such a realistic human face. Only a few of the faces look like my character so i really need to practice working on drawing people with emotions so i can learn how to draw the lines on peoples faces, contortions and how their whole face moves accordingly. I really liked the war face used when trying to intimidate the enemies as it looks like my character but also looks like a good expression.

I was aware i wasn't the best at showing emotions or expressions as i hadn't really tried it all that much, especially when trying to keep the face the same on all of them so this has really shown me a section that i need to improve upon when i come to design other characters, i really need to be able to do this stage as character show many expressions when in animations so if i were to animate, i would need to be able to show reactions from my characters. This overall will defiantly be something i will improve upon and learn from.