Character Design Sketches

 The image to the right is the initial sketch of the character Dandy. He has a large upper body but a smaller lower body. The hands are almost touching the floor and has a small head. The hands are gigantic, being able to cover the head with one hand.

The upper body is far too large for the lower body, making the legs very small. This is not I wanted because this will cause Dandy to have walking problems. The head is also far too small, making him look like an idiot. The overall look tells me that he is unintelligent but has a lot of strength. This is not what I wanted becaue Dandy is both smart and strong.

The picture to the right shows the side view of the character. From this view, one can see that he has a slightly protruding stomach. The size of the head is now bigger but the arms are shorter. The length of the feet is long enough that Dandy is able to see his feet without sucking in his belly.

With a protruding belly, Dandy does not seem as scary as before. I feel that the arms should be longer because the elbow joint is too high and should be lowered.

In this picture, this is the final front view of the character. The size of the head has been adjusted, the size of his upper body has been decreased. His arms are longer and his finger touches the ground. The character's legs are still short but looks better with the adjusted body. A slightly curve has been added to the waist area to show the protruding stomach.

Dandy does not look as scary as before and looks more like a comedic character. Even though his fingers touch the ground, it is not a problem. The most important thing about the character's appearance is the big hands, small lower body and a comedic look.

 The first pose of the character is sitting on a chair, reading a newspaper and drinking coffee. The important aspect of the pose is how he holds the items. Due to his large hands, Dandy only needs to use his index finger and thumb in order to hold the cup.

The chair has shorter legs because the character's legs are short. If he sat on a normal chair, his legs will be dangling in the air.

 The second pose of the character is running away in panic. The angle of the picture is looking down like the sun at 4pm in the afternoon. Dandy is swinging his arms quickly while running. His back is arced such that his chest is pointing upwards.

Since the chest is pointing upwards, his head is thrown backwards while his legs are running near the front. The transfer of energy is a curve which goes from the character's foot to the spine which moves to the head.

 This is a stationary pose of the character posing. This is one of the gags that the team does. The gag is a flashy introduction of the team, with each member doing a pose like a super hero and this is Dandy's pose. The weight of the character is on the right foot.

 This is another stationary pose of the character posing like a gorilla. Due to the body of Dandy, his body resembles more of a gorilla than a human. He was told to bend over and have his hands touch the floor like a gorilla. Dandy only bends over slightly and his hands already touches the floor. The weight of the character is distributed between and hands and feet.

 This pose is of the character trying to jump into the window of a car. The pose shows that he intends to enter the window legs-first. The position of the right hand shows that he was running or moving quickly before jumping. It is also noted that the character used his left leg to jump because the right leg is straight and is used to aim for the window.
 






This pose is a stationary pose of the character doing a gag. The character has slightly bent knees and the elbows are at 90 degrees. The upper body, lower body and legs are facing to the right while the arms and head are facing to the left. The character could have twisted his upper body, lower body and legs to do this pose.

The gag consists of the character twisting his body in order to get the pose.




The pose is of the character inspecting something small. The character only uses his index finger and thumb because the object is too small to be held in the entire hand. Holding with only using the index finger and thumb greatly implies that he is inspecting something.

The right leg is also forward because the entire body is leaning forward. Instead of bring the object closer to the eyes, the character chose to move his head closer to the object.

 This pose is of the character shrugging his shoulders. With raised shoulders and arms out, this shows that the character does not know the anwser. The direction of the character's face is probably where the person asking him the question is at. He wants to make sure that the person asking the question is seeing the gesture as it is the character's answer.

This pose is of the character walking with his head high in the air. His left hand is adjusting his tie and is walking with his right foot out. The weight of the character rests on the left foot.

A character walking with a head held up high shows that he is happy and is looking at the sky. Unlike prideful characters who walk with their heads up, Dandy is walking normally. Pridefull characters tend to take smaller steps with their heads up high.



The final pose is a stationary pose of the character having a depressed-like feeling. This feeling is like doing something with a lot of effort to get a result while another hardly does anything and gets the same result.

The character stands in a straight pose with no life in his body. The raised head can be seen as looking into the sky. This shows what the character is thinking. He is thinking that he doesn't care about anything anymore and simply stands there stunned.




I learn from the work that body expressions can be used to convey messages across. That are a lot of body movements that is used to express the character's thoughs and actions that I did not notice. Even the smallest of gestures like raising the head can tell the audience something. However, body movement can have different meanings when combined with other body movements, creating a totally different body expression. One must be careful to take note of the simplest of details in order to accurately convey the message across as it can greatly affect the expression.