Character Design Research

These are some research I have done for the designs which are similar to the style we wanna create our characters.

Oops!

Since it turned out I have more and more work to do for the Group project (AG1165A Computer Game Deveopment Project), I might not be able to create a entire new character for my animation module. Hence I might use the character I am going to design for the Group project, which is a badger.

Here is a pic of badger, my group wanna me to design something like that:

Draft Character Design

Here is some draft fireman design of mine. (Click for large images) :]

- Face and emotion design:

 - Sihouette Design

 - Detail deisgn

Fire Engine Research

Knowing Fire Engine would benefit creating fireman, I think. :]

Fire Engine Research:

Deciding what to Do

Recently I am very interested in Fire track and fireman design(U.S. style), I have done a lot of research and learnt how they evolved through ages. Hence I decided to design a Fireman character for my 3D animation module. Here are some research I have done about Fireman:

3D Modeling Tutorials

Here are some online tutorial I watched to learn creating models efficiently.

- Human Hands: since the sharing option of this video needs request, here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1mExXURsWk

- Human Torso:


- Human Head, edge extrusion method


- Iron Babe!

Amazing work! Very realistic!