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For this character design, I have been looking at what I would think was a bad costume and what  shapes work nicely.  The eyes seemed to have a big impact on the overall look which you can see by how they vary from sketch to sketch. Some seemed too creepy, like the lower right. This isn't what I want so i'm looking for designs to look more cute but silly.

This is the design I'd like to go ahead with. Including Chewbacca accessories, like his sash with ammo, It lets the audience know it is supposed to be a rubbish attempt at an outfit. I've replaced the cross-bow gun with a child's crossbow with sucky arrows that children get given. This paired with stains, rips and patches furthers the terrible costume and the attempt to pass as Chewbacca.

Further skethes have been done to show his face close up as well as a side view and back view. This gives the character more depth and size as you can see how big and flat his head is. In the storyboards, only the front view is being shown but this gives a further look into the costume from different angles.

These were my attempts at drawing Harrison Ford. One more cartoon and one more realistic. The cartoon one really didn't work, I was looking at when Harrison Ford was younger but then it didn't look enough like him. The cartoon look also doesn't work with the costume as it would look to primitive next to the costume done in more detail.

I like how the Harrison Ford design looks at it does hold some resemblance, yet would take way too long to animate when having to move the facial features when taking which would also be very difficult as I have still never tried syncing mouths with sound.

This page is looking at more parts of the costume as well as accessories in more detail. The top two are design of the clearly visible zip and large patches, furthering the rubbish outfit design. The next two were designs of bows with different sticky arrows.

The bows are different subtle designs but I like more of the curves on the edges of the tips. This would just be personal preference and just to show the cheapness of the character. The arrows are more different, the first plain, and the second and third are more like robin hood style arrows. The end design would be the one to go for as it also suits the bow nicely.

Finally the satchel in more detail. It has different badges, showing the unprofessional aesthetic. Showing the different angles also lets me see the shape and how it looks from different view points.

This is another, more clear storyboard. The meeting is full of intended awkwardness as this is the feeling I am wanting to create with such a strange character. Sadly this is as far this animation went. Time caught up to me and I didn't have enough time as Character and Narrative was coming to a close and needed more attention. This is something I will be improving on to next animations can go further and hopefully be completed.