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ASSIGNMENTS![]()
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Your Assignment
Now that you've done your thumbnails, it's time to take them to the next stage of development.
- Choose your favorite thumbnails from the set you created.
- Develop at least three of these favorites into more detailed sketches.
- Add new details to evolve the character. Consider making changes to their hair, outfit, or adding objects they might be wearing or carrying.
Keep it Creative
As you work on these sketches, remember to keep your process flexible.
Try to keep your drawings loose, almost as loose as your initial thumbnails. This is still a great phase to be super creative. Don't be afraid to change and refine your ideas as you go. You are not stuck with your first concept, so don't feel locked down on any single design.
Hi everyone! Here’s my progress for ( Mikkles )Assignment 2. I’m currently torn between the Mage (#2) and the Rogue (#3), though I’m also tempted to explore a Warrior variant before committing to a final design. Which direction do you think has the most potential? Once I’ve settled on the character, I’ll follow up with some gesture and movement studies. I’d appreciate any feedback you have!
I might have gone a bit too detailed, but honestly I really enjoy exploring characters this way. Nothing really feels bolted down and I'm enjoying trying different iterations a LOT more than I thought I would haha.
Kept going with my fav kinda saumrai-esque warrior thumbnail. Felt like I maybe could have been more loose and pushe the variations further.
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7d
Nice, I like the third variation a lot. The shape language works with the character's proportions the best of the three with that sleeve too.
Fell behind for no shortage of reasons but anyway, I initially went with another design but after feedback from Dave I switched it up. Wanted to keep the snake design but I kept struggled to make it look appealing so I think I'm going to change it to some sort of crow. I'm going to go with C and see what I can do to pop out the figure a bit more as the designs feel a bit flat to me.
continuing to catch up - here's a few variations on one of my maren thumbnails. tried to vary the designs whilst still keeping that overall triangular shape made by the tube. made use of a visual library, but still feel the designs lack some life
"Hello everyone! Unfortunately, I learned about this wonderful course quite late, but I decided to take the opportunity to create my own character. This character originated from a technical assignment I received at work. The task was not included in the final project, and I was granted permission to use it independently for my personal portfolio.
About the character:
This is Haa’Ss’Naa’Ket, a race of ancient druids. They are not particularly friendly and possess the gift of longevity. Their magic is deeply rooted in nature itself—tree roots, plants, branches, and other natural elements."
Continuing work on the character
I'm a bit late but finally got around to refining & exploring a couple variations for Maren.
some Feedback is more than welcome! :)
As the boss choose this character. i've redo the assigment to match with the following.
Shapes and gesture all the way !
i take all feedback of course !
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2mo
Nice work, brojang! These are strong silhouettes :)
Late to the party, what should I do? I watched the videos, should I make my characters and pick one myself or post here and let the community pick and go forward? Either way I am drawing! :P
Inkpot Sam. These were fun to do, just wish I had worked more on the pose more before detailing. I was going for hunched over but he looks like he's leaning. Also wanted to make him taller to match the description. I'm going to keep doing variations, try to learn from my mistakes and push the designs more.
After the thumbnailing critique I tried to redo the assignment with the character that Dave suggested to explore further !
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2mo
Beautiful! I especially like the sphinx cat in the last one
Went with thumbnail G and tried to change things up a bit more. Happy with the result but in the end felt like I could have explored some things a bit better...but it was a super fun assignment though!!!
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2mo
Very nice! That one was so strong. I am still a fan of A with the quill feather being massive and flowy.
I also continued with thumbnail E.
I initially discarded this thumbnail cause Maren Asando isn't specified as a fox, unlike Mikkles, who is specified as furry.
Honestly, though, I don't mind it at all, especially the C! It reminds me a lot of Saint Seiya with the golden armor on his shoulders lol
I re-approached the assignment after Dave's feedback. I'm much happier with this attempt!
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2mo
Nice, yeah these are great! You're really hitting a nice varriety of designs with this character.
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2mo
Great work, Angie!
So after some awesome feedback from Dave on my Mikkles, I did a revamp of thumbnail 3 and added 4. For 3 I added the full figure on the far right and went for a different style on that. For 4 I added the figure I call the Tinker. He builds all this cool stuff and is completely crazy. I figure he’d be good for item drops. This is a blast!
Hi! yeah i'm still late, but slowly I'll catch up :)
Here my assignment for Maren Asando. I chose from my previous thumbnail the letter G.
Now I'm a little insecure, maybe I'll go for the C, but I liked the B too :/
