Character Proportioning Sketches

These are just some quick sketches I did for Jeff's referencing pleasure. He tells me he's already got a model he's made, he just needs some proportion sketches to edit.
I really ought to be writing scripts, but this didn't take too long.

So, I know there's not much, but hopefully that should give Jeff an idea for the basic shapes of all the characters in the film! I've only done 2 characters for the time being so Jeff can get a basic idea of the shapes of all the characters. They'll all be proportioned similarly. These sketches are based on Lily and Ash (I'm aware Lily isn't pregnant here, we'll get to that!).

I want a sort of charm to the characters that I don't feel I've ever really achieved with my character designs before. In the past, my designs have always been a bit dark and grungy. So, I thought I'd have a look in to some character sketches for one of my favorite films; Tangled!

I love the proportions of the characters in this film. There's a certain level of realism to them, but at the same time they're quite exaggerated! Particularly in Rapunzel's eyes...well, her entire face really. I was going to go for a style that had the characters head quite large and out of proportion with the body, but I've opted to go with this more natural (and quite frankly less creepy) look.
Images courtesy of http://characterdesignnotes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/disneys-tangled-character-design.html
And of course, all this belongs to Disney! 

And I've just noticed that's my first bit of research that I've actually published... Not to say I haven't done any.

I'll get back to you on that!