university final year project

[rissking]

Hi everyone.
I am currently doing my final year project at university. My project is on character design. What I’m doing is creating 3 future versions of humans. These are:
Interstellar humans
Cybernetic humans
Gene enhanced humans

What I am going to do is put the designs on character sheets. Then I’m going to do is pose these characters in 3 2d scenes and render them. Each scene will have its own environment related to the character. Then the idea is to animate the painted scenes in after effects. An example of what I am going to do is the guild wars 2 promotional vids but obviously not too complex.

Things I’m looking at is when rendering the characters are colour theory, composition and the silhouette of the character.

Cybernetic character background

What is the character?
Cybernetic cleric

Where is it form?
Planet Daedalus

Background story?
Born into a civilisation which is ruled by doctrine and ritual, where the State is ruled by the church. He was originally next in line of succession to be Emperor. However, due to his liberalist views he was overthrown by his younger brother and demoted to a low level cleric


Strength and weaknesses?

Strengths
-Has powerful strength due to robotic argumentation.
-Never needs to eat as his mechanical parts can synthesize molecules that his organic parts require.
-He wants freedom for his people from the churches tyrannical reign.

Weakness
-His cybernetic parts are very old. More ceremonial then practical
-Have required extensive implants due to his failing organic body to survive.



Reference sheet for cybernetic humans


Cybernetic thumbnails


Cybernetic thumbnail development


Gene enhanced backround
What is it?
Gene enhanced freedom fighter
Where is it form?
Planeu-topost o
Background story?
She was a newbie gene enhanced peacekeeper originally assigned with keeping order in the none enhanced districts. When out on patrol she realised the injustice that was occurring to the lower classes. It had been kept a secret by her government and when she refused to keep quite she was jailed. After escaping she dedicated herself to helping the none enhanced
Strength and weaknesses?
Strengths
• Ultra quick reflexes
• Super intelligent.
• Metabolically superior.
Weakness
• Hunted by her government.
• Must steal resources she needs.
• Lives on the streets.

Reference sheet


Gene enhanced thumnails

[rissking]

Further thumbnail development for the gene enhanced character. Please Critique and tell me what you think.

[rissking]

Here is the further development for the gene enhanced character. I really like this design. I have also played with the proportions of this one. The taller version I think looks better. Iv increased the size of here legs to make here more catwalk model like. I have also took in her waist and increasing her hips. This I think helps her to flow better.

[Whyatt Thrash]

I read "gene enhanced" in your description and think that should be visible in some way. Freakishly tall would be one example, but maybe you can figure out something more?

Just giving her cool clothes won't make her "gene enhanced". If she's a government experiment, giving her some kind of barcode or serial number tattoo would be one way of branding her an "experiment". I'm sure you can think of others... Good luck!

[Whyatt Thrash]

I read "gene enhanced" in your description and think that should be visible in some way. Freakishly tall would be one example, but maybe you can figure out something more?

Just giving her cool clothes won't make her "gene enhanced". If she's a government experiment, giving her some kind of barcode or serial number tattoo would be one way of branding her an "experiment". I'm sure you can think of others... Good luck!

[rissking]

here are my character designed which are going to be put forward to assessment. I have a graduate show a few weeks after. Im going to really polish them up before then.
If you guys could tell me what you think it would be great.

cybernetic character scene

color scheme
This color scheme has been made to reflect a cool landscape in the scene.



I have just stuck with the round brush for this image. didn't use any textures. wanted to see how far i could get without.




cybernetic orthographic



Color scheme
These colors have been selected using a gamut map. I wanted a very artificial urban looking landscape. no green in site.




I have used textures quite a bit in this one. I wanted it to look a bit more abstract then the cybernetic scene.

Gene enhanced character scene


Gene enhanced character orthographic