Shape and form are important in how a character is portrayed to an audience. For instance, characters that use sharp, pointed shapes are often the antagonists or meant to be uptight and unfriendly as opposed to a character that uses softer shapes like circles and ovals that would come across as warm and pleasant and likely be the hero or protagonist.
I created a mood board of different character shapes to explore how to utilize simple shapes as a starting point for how I want to represent my character.
I also made my own character shape drawings.
Night in the Woods is a game that largely inspired my final design as I like the clean and simple art style and the way in which it is still able to capture the personalities of the characters which is a very important part of the narrative. I wanted to be able to convey the nature of my character in the clear way that this game does.
To develop my characters further, I made a mood board of examples of gesture drawings. I referred to it when making gesture drawing for my characters to explore their actions, reactions, and personalities through body language and movement.
Jasmine Cooper 