Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Character Re-designing

So on the previous post I made, I displayed the first protagonist designs I have come up with for this video game idea.
I have since then, gone back and revisited these first character sketches and have expanded on them with a more detailed style.
I am currently make many changes stylistically so that they all sync up and look like they would belong in the same game world.
By going back and fleshing them out more, I noticed that, maybe this style is a bit too complex for the simplistic vision we had in mind from the start.
My boyfriend prefers the more pixel style of sprite art and would love to see that in our game.
I agree completely with him on this as I feel that to try and make a game with just the two of us, it would be very time efficient.  Also, I'm not entirely sure we have what it take to make a 3D modeled type game.
Overall, I think these new complex character sheets will serve as a great addition to my portfolio, but in terms of in-game art, we will most likely go back to the more simplistic renditions of these characters.  I really enjoy this kind of exploration and find myself completely engulfed by the thought of character development lately.