I was put in charge of drawing up the final model sheet because the group felt that the previous bunny concept I'd drawn up was more or less what we wanted. So I began the long process of refining Katie's design.
Rough Construction
Here I re-evaluated her proportions from the previous bunny concept making her head more dominant than before. Her arms and legs shortened and slightly more chubby. Legs aren't as extremely bent and more slicked down to fit an anime-ish style.
Rough Sketch
I gave her a slightly more rounded face. Hair has been smoothed out more and not as detailed as the concept. Her arm sleeves have been rolled up as per previous suggestions.
Clean Up
Nice clean lines for a more tidy look, ready for colouring.
Grayscale
Grayscale helps with colouring by adding the foundation of tonal values. This way I don't have to shade and colour at the same time. All the shading and basic lighting is taken care of here.
Colour
Here are a few colour variations. The one good thing about anime is that characters can be very colourful. I personally like the dark colours on #4.
Final Turn Around
This is Katie's final look. No extreme change from the initial purple bunny pajamas concept but I guess its because everyone had already become attached to that design. It definitely works with our story and certainly feels like it fits Katie's personality. I reckon this design is 'not too generic' and 'not too unrecognizable' for the audience.
Hopefully it dodges all the modelling and rigging problems we're hoping to avoid.
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