Developed Final Characters: Sea Captain and Ethnologist

I was unsatisfied with my development for the characters which I produced for this comic last semester. Although I was happy with the designs I made for the comic, they felt more like throwaway characters since they only appeared in one page.

Sea Captain and Professor Mood Board

To begin with I researched university professors from america including sea captains from the 1910s to get an understanding of their attire. This mood board also features images which inspired the final German sailor uniforms.

Ethnologist and Sea Captain Sketch

Ethnologist and Sea Captain Line work

Ethnologist and Sea Captain Line work Coloured

Ethnologist and Sea Captain with Grayscale 

For the characters, I wanted to have an appropriate contrast as the sea captain will have blue colours to reflect his affiliation with the sea.I used an orange hue for his turtleneck to show his warm and comfort ans he was kind to rescue the protagonist from the ocean.I applied some traits of a sea caption such as the use of a jacket and a cap. I also included a pipe that he would puff on. The final character was depicted without his hat but he wore his jacket when he visits the protagonist in the hospital. I altered some of the values to allow stronger focus on the pints of interest on the character. I also used a gradient to help with this.

Early Designs

I showed the designs to my supervisor, Brian. He suggested that I altered the ethnologist figure to look like his suit is more fitting for the 1910s era. In addition, his right should was lower than his right shoulder. In the following image, I made the changes to the character.

Altered version of characters

 References

Referenced on 26/11

http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/saint-simons-island-sea-captain-2-yoo-choong-yeul.jpg

http://www.pallant.org.uk/images/the_blind_sea_captain_0.jpg

http://plimmerton.org.nz/assets/History/CaptainHooper1914.jpg

http://www.thepirateslair.com/images/german-kriegsmarine/1917-inspection-ditty-box.jpg

http://s400910952.websitehome.co.uk/germancolonialuniforms/militaria/photos/marine3.jpg

http://www.thehistorybunker.co.uk/acatalog/German_Uniforms_for_hire.html

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~innwigs/ImageArchive/VU/Faculty/VU-John_H_Cloud-PhysicsProfessor-1914-SS.jpg

http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7sf7664q86_3243_1

http://static-content.springer.com/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs12210-015-0444-z/MediaObjects/12210_2015_444_Fig1_HTML.jpg