Character-22/07

Haven't been able to get much done lately due to a chest infection but I got quite a bit more done today.

I started off the day by drawing some faces to try get a feel for what he would look like. The first page I was trying to get a really strong manly look with a few alterations here and there.

The second page I tried to expand on this and got one I like in the bottom right drawing.

I then tried to draw hats that he would wear, even trying to see if a headband would work.

I tried some more hats and I felt the one I liked best was the small one on the second page due to its simplicity and the style of it.

The pants were always going to be extremely simple and straightforward. Men back in those times only seemed to where pants and the only difference being the color which often only had a few variations.

Next I came to the jacket. I felt that huge coat was to much for him and all the loose clothing it would make might cause complications in the rigging and animation of the character. So i went away from that on the get go and came up with the suit jacket above. It is extremely simple, however i imagined that the body of the jacket and the sleeves would be different material. Resulting in a different color.

Here I tried to draw the jacket above with a poncho half covering it. i like it but again with the complications of animation it.

Next I did the boots. these were simple as well. Most boots I noticed had lavish designs of fire and eagles on then but that is a bit too complicated for me. So I went with a normal boot with a metal shin guard.

I drew the head in more detail with the hat on and I do like it, except that it is a bit detailed. So I will do the hair and beard as one solid shape with lines representing the direction of the hair. I feel like that will be sufficient enough.

I tried to draw the character as full figure but unfortunately i'm not very good at drawing and so it came out with poor proportions. But I feel I have captured some sort of essence of what the character will look like. Tomorrow i will take a step back look at this and ask what can I do to make it simpler but more recognizable as a western character and try to apply it.