Showing posts with label Character Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Character Design. Show all posts

Friday, October 15, 2010

Go Pippi!

Whoa, it's been a long, long time since I've posted anything.  Well, here's something I've been working on to help fill that void...Pippi Longstocking (my take on her at least).  I've been having a  lot of fun with this project and hope you readers out there enjoy it, too!  

Below are some character designs for a variation of the Pippi Longstocking story.  It takes place in the Andean Mountains, a bright and colorful culture, and includes big brother Adelmo, which means noble protector, his little sister Evita, a.k.a. Evie,  Pippi, and Rhenna - Pippi's pet.  Being orphans, Adelmo carries the weight of looking out for Evie and is always with his special walking stick left behind by his parents.  He's responsible, wary of his surroundings, but still youthful and loves his little sister.

Evie, on the other hand, is a curious little girl.  She is playful, eager to explore, sometimes stubborn, but surely looks up to Adelmo, whom she calls Addie for short.


As the story takes place in the Andes, Pippi's adventurous, confident, and ever-so-powerful character is explored as a gaucho who comes into the ordinary lives of Adelmo and Evie.





Pippi is accompanied by her pet, Rhenna, whom she encountered in Rhenna's native Andean wilderness and immediately befriended.  Rhenna is a bit clueless, fearful, yet loyal enough to endure Pippi's wild adventures.
  

That's all folks...thanks for visiting!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Show and Tell...

I've never gotten around to showing the stuff that I do at work, so here goes! The postings below show some of the art/concepts I developed (left side) for internal and external product lines and how they look (right side) once they're all sculpted, painted, and ready to be marketed and sold at gift stores like Hallmark. I worked on these products earlier this year. I've got more to post, so stay tuned!




Product Line: Tusk


Product Line: Mwah! (Magnetic Salt & Pepper Shakers)


Product Line: Mwah! (Magnetic Salt & Pepper Shakers)





Product Line: The Wizard of Oz, Copyright of Warner Bros.
Project: 70th Anniversary Character Shoe Collection. Each shoe was inspired by the Wizard of Oz characters...can you tell which is which?
(You can see how the rest of the shoes turned out here.)


As always, thanks for stopping by!
(All images in this post are copyright of Westland Giftware, Inc. unless otherwise noted.)

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Little lovebirds...

Nothing too fancy here...just a sweet little card. Enjoy! :)




Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Creepy crawly..

Wouldn't want this crawling around in my backyard..


Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Happy Belated Vday!

Happy belated Valentine's Day! In honor of Vday and my favorite guy, I made a quick a little card. Hope you like!











Friday, July 11, 2008

Just for fun...





Friday, December 15, 2006

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

More color...


Wednesday, November 01, 2006

A little bit of color...

Hope you like! =)


Friday, March 31, 2006

Keeper of Myth

Some work I did for the Keeper of Myth Project for class...I really enjoyed this project. We were to design a trainer with a significant prop, and a mythological creature, trying to make the trainer's design or attire specific to the creature that he/she is training. I ended up using the two character designs at the top for the trainer and the mythological creature, the Menehune (from Polynesian mythology). The trainer's attire is reminiscent of Paupeuo the owl god, who is feared by the Menehune...attached around her ankles are bunches of bananas, the Menehune's favorite food - she uses them to award and tempt the nocturnal, hill dwelling creatures. She uses her prop, an ancient instrument, to call for them in hopes that she can train the creatures to protect her village. Lastly, some ideations. Currently working out a piece to show the two characters' relationship to each other. That's all for now. Enjoy!

































































Monday, March 27, 2006

Gibbon King

















Some more work...these character pose ideations and photos are from a maquette project last semester. In brief, my character is this lazy but jolly and content Sumatran Gibbon King seen here munching on some scared little bugs. I do plan on revisiting the project to do more detailing.