Character Design - Steampunk Ninja's!

In the first lesson Justin went over simple facts about the defining attributes to the anatomy of certain characters, be they evil or good. After watching a long montage of animated characters we analysed different well known hero's and villains to see what makes them so visually appealing.

Notice with heroic character's the rounder features, the brighter colours and the bold chest (unless a sidekick). Also observe how the eyes are rounded and affectionate in nature and that there is always a sense of innocence about them. The Villains however are full of harsh spiked, triangular formations which either hunch over (typically the sidekicks) or are slim and snakelike in build. Their eyes tend to be dark as if wearing eyeliner, or somewhat animorphic in nature. Sometimes Villains can be found to have a large, bold chests similar to the heros, but usually more elaborated and in a way to make them less humanlike and therefore less approachable due to familiarity. Sidekicks are usually small in nature, less prominent and most often extremely silly, however take on some of the attributes of which their partner's characteristics embrace.
 
Hero's:

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles

Villains:

Jafar (from Aladdin)

Sidekick's:

Good sidekick! Musha (from Mulan)

Evil sidekick's! Pain and Panic (Hercules)

For my Character project I have been given the subject of "Steampunk Ninja's", which obviously should be a more than fun challenge! First job is to create a synopsis explaining a breif backstory about the characters in hand as if they are to be part of an on going Cartoon TV series.

Here is the character mash up I got to try in class today.

The futuristic nerd

Chris