Working on a Character Sheet

The most important part of preparing to make something for this week's challenge was to first choose a character sheet. We were given the option of getting a character sheet from the Internet or creating one for our own original character idea.

I went back and forth on this for a little while but in the end I chose to go with an original character for a few reasons - the main one being that I could kill two birds with one stone and I could use the work I do now in the film I need to make for the end of the year. This would allow me to work on the model for the film longer than if I was to create a character from the Internet, as well as fix any issues or make changes as needed without being under too much pressure.

The assignment for later in the year is to make a Pixar parody so I decided to take my inspiration from Pixar films when working on my character. One of my favourite Pixar films is Wall-E so I knew I wanted a robot, but I didn't want it to move like Wall-E. I want it to articulate more so I have more options available to me later when I'm working on how this character will interact with whatever I else I make for the film.

With that decided I got to drawing and before long, I had a concrete vision of what I wanted him to look like. I put all the pieces I had dreamed up in my head together and created the character I hope to use in my film.

Meet Cozmo-E.

Now, all I have to do is draw him from a few different angles and then I could start working on bringing him to life!