Narrative: Character TurnAround

Narrative: It's finished!

Narrative: It's coming along nicely.

Quick playblast of what the final outcome will be like.

Narrative: Character Progress

Right I've rigged and skinned my rocker dude. Now to actually animate / lip synch him to the audio :)

Narrative: Character Progress

 

Getting there, - this render is 60% of the final look. Props and character will be the blue you see above, the floor will be tiled leather blocks, and we will have full shadows and lighting. More to come shortly..

Narrative: Character Progress

This time i've added feet and hands, and made slight adjustments to the torso, arms and legs.

Next up, the Head.

Narrative: Charcter Modelling Progress

( I Inverted the screenshot in PhotoShop because it gave better presentation. )

More to come.

Narrative: But what happens if I 'don some make-up?

Long story short, KISS are brilliant for their music, their talent and their awesome appearances!
Why not recreate one of those? I'll have a look into this. More to come.

I'm thinking the guy who has the abnormally large tongue, Gene Simmons. (more info on him -HERE-)
(I do realise I have two genre's / types of character, Punk & Rock, but it's all being sorted out ☺)
Yeah so, more to come on this matter.

Narrative: Oh I wish I was a punk rocker.

(without flowers in my hair)

More research on Johnny Napalm;

 

 

Right, now we've cleared up what Johnny Napalm looks like, we can move on to what I plan on achieving. My audio is below;

From this we can proudly say that the character speaking is a 'rocker' (you probably guessed from the research I've been doing.) I plan on having a skinny-ish character, quite like Johnny, but he will be much more cartoonised instead of the realist approch.

More coming shortly

Narrative: Defining My Punk Rocker

Well, I've got a week and a bit left to finish up my Narrative project, and so far I've got this.

But only recently, (end of last week) I've decided to take a full spin around and look back at what I really know about 'punk' / 'rock'.. Guitar Hero, a game of which rockers are united. 

The image above, is of four main characters in Guitar Hero. As you can see, the approach I had before is extremely similar to the guy in the top left.

The main way to get started with character design is to try and figure out how they might look, for this I have some research on body types;

In the end I shall have a fully refined character with turnarounds like below;

Character: Backgrounds

Here is a quick background on the three main characters of my narrative story.

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Jade - Hero
During the beginning of the series, we learn that Jade, a cute young girl who was accepted, lost her parents due to them being denied, they were helplessly killed infront of her. The horrible image sticks in her mind. Jade vows for revenge.

Each night Jade stays up and practises the art of 'Ninja'.

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Sniffer Dog - SideKick

Sniffer Dog is the pet of Jades' family, after Jades' parents get killed, Jade inherits the dog, who becomes a faithful companion. His talents are tracking the bad guys, and chasing them down.

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Town Sherrif - Villain
The Town Sherrif killed Jades' parents in cold blood, he is a bitter, twisted old man, his main aspects in life are to rule all of Spinner City, take over the world, and go to Hawaii for his yearly holiday.