Brief

Type of Project: A character and an Environment design pipeline that meets the brief set Area of study: Children Education, World Culture and Myth Creative Task: You have been approached as a character designer by Nick Jr to create a character for a new series of Leap pad games that will teach myths across the world, the first game that character has to be designed for is Africa for a young audience 3 7. The character has to guide the audience round and set them tasks through various puzzles An environment will also have to be designed to showcase one of the puzzles that will feature in the game to show an idea of a space the character will move around in.

Synopsis
Kojo is trapped in the form of a tiny bird due to a miss-transformation ritual and his master is nowhere to be seen, trapped in the great temple. Kojo has lost the ability to break the magical seal to free his master in his present state and lost the gem stones that unlock the doors. It is up to you to complete the puzzles in the mythical realms of Africa and seek the gem stones by learning and interacting with the myths within those realms to save the master shaman to be able to reverse Kojos accident

Character Bio
Name: Kojo
Age: 11 Height: 27cm (10.63 inches)

Gender: Male
Bio: Kojo is a shaman in training, trying hard to please his mentor but he occasionally gets careless with his concoctions and healing spells. The elder shaman has come to realise that age has caught up with him and has to train his hopeful apprentice until he is ready to replace him. However Kojo experimented with a ritual that Kojo hoped he mastered and would impress his mentor but it backfires and causes Kojo to transform into an African Hoopoe that renders him helpless and in need of aid to change him back that only his master can provide.

Research Influence Maps

Silhouettes

Grey tone layer

Colour Palette

Colour Experiments

Environment Silhouettes and Composition

Environment Colour Experiment

Character Block Modelling

Future Developments
Resolve design of character and environment Character Turnabouts and Expression sheet Create Full character and Environment Models including texture and lighting Turnaround video for character Final Render/s of character in Environment Small Animation trails e.g. lip synch and movement of character in scene?