Unit03_ Character Design and sketches

There are the five characters in the script sample story, which means I should design the character's appearance and have some sketches of them.

Val ( Main Character )

First of all, the main character is 30 year old women with a thin leather jacket.

As soon as I have read the script sample, I came up with the woman who has short hair. And, not only did she have a physically excellent fighting ability, but she also maintained her calmness in crisis situations and did not lose her humor. Also, she is clever in that she leads the fight to her advantage with strategic judgment.

Three Pursuers

Then, in case of the pursuers with mask, they have mysterious and a bit of a freakishness atmosphere and they seem like related to the "Small metallic device" in that the pursuer leader required it to Val to return. Overall, they have large physique and superior combat capability.

In addition to this, as they had appeared with masks at first time, I should imagine the shape and atmosphere of the mask as well as their appearance. For showing that they’re a team, they need to have similar or same shape of masks. I thought about “Plague Doctor Mask” because it is mysterious, bizarre, and uncanny, so, I decided to have a reference as it. Unlike the original mask, which completely covers the lower jaw and mouth, the mask I drew only extends down to the cheekbones, leaving the mouth and chin slightly visible, excluding the beak. Thus, it could be broken by a strong attack and also, I actually made this production to the storyboard before the animatic work.

Tactical Agent

Lastly, in the middle of the story, the main character walks out of the alley after beating her pursuers, and soon after, the tactical agent appeared.

As shown in the script sample, he has a large physique and a commanding atmosphere. He seems Val's other enemy who is chasing her to protest or get the "Small metallic machine" like the three pursuers. Also, He appears to be very strong, as he pushed Val hard with his body while she was confronting her pursuer and knocked her down.

Because he had appeared after the siren sound in story, I decided him as a member of police special forces.

Sketches

I had some life drawings with perspective and the sketches for the storyboards. Because I had a habit of drawing only the front of the human body, so it was difficult to draw a human body with perspective. However, I was able to practice with basic shapes such as rectangular solids or cylinders. Since there were many running and fighting scenes due to the nature of the story in the script, I looked for the pictures of running and fighting poses and practiced drawing them.