fish character initial ideas cat character initial ideas
Going from my mood-boards and initial notes on my ideas for the cat and fish I made a few quick sketches exploring possible designs. In the end I decided to go with the 4th design of the fish and the 1st design of the cat as I felt the original idea of them being visually different is portrayed the best with those two, being a sharp and angled design for the cat with a soft and rounded design for the fish.
Here is the turn around of the cat character, I wanted to showcase the cat’s sharp angles in their design such as their ears standing up from all angles. This turn around features no colour as I wanted to mainly focus on the consistency of the cat going from each angle however the cat would be a dark purple colour in future pieces which are coloured.
This is the design for the fish with the main body being a circle with the tail being a flowing shape. Since they will be underwater the tail will move in multiple directions due to the current, because of this it will be difficult to get the consistency of the tail to be exact each time so instead it will follow the general shape so when the fish moves the tail will follow in the same direction with an almost silk look to it. The final colours for the fish will be white with a small pattern of pink/orange.
For the environment I realized that for the lake to be frozen over it would have to be at least winter like temperatures which would mean the trees would be bare meaning no leaves. In response I made a few ideas which show winter like snow or wet leaves on the ground instead of the original idea of it being autumn styled. I also included the cat and fish in the environments to see if they stand out and whilst the fish stands out in their area the cat is difficult to see in the timing of the environment so going forward when featuring the cat they will have a white outline so they are more easily seen against the night.
Small notes I have for the storyboard based on ‘topsy turvy’ feature: the cat chasing the fish above the ice, twisting camera angles which showcases the cats desperate attempts to get the fish such as the camera angle showing the fish being larger then the cat like underwater. Moving forward i’ll focus on creating a storyboard to work on what the general story I’d want to tell with these characters are as I have ideas and what i’d want to feature but not necessarily an end which would be satisfying.