Character Design & Concept Work

Starting at

$

50

/hr

About this service

Summary

Ready to infuse your budding project with visually stunning characters, or bring your stories a bit more to life with professional character designs?
With a passion for storytelling and a knack for visually striking character design, I specialize in crafting unique characters for comics, graphic novels and picture book which resonate with your audience and enhance the overall narrative experience.
What to expect...
Collaborative Conceptualization: I greatly enjoy working closely with writers, authors, and/or fellow artists, to ensure that the character designs align seamlessly with the overarching vision of the project.
Adaptability: Whether it's comics, graphic novels, or picture books, I showcase adaptability in my style and approach to meet the diverse requirements of your project.
Feedback and Revisions: Your input matters! I welcome feedback in between every step to ensure the envisioned characters are coming to life as you expect!
The Basic Process
Gesture & Structural Sketches: I will first translate the overarching vision or idea behind the character into several gesture and design sketches to explore shape language, silhouette tests and several structure-based body designs. This step provides vital information about the design philosophy behind the character.
Concept Design Work: After the gesture and structural sketches of the character(s) is complete, its time to hon them into visually appealing and detailed designs. At this stage, we consider nuances such as personality, setting, and target audience.
Final Rendering: During final rendering, I focus primarily on color/mood and consistency. You can expect each drawing to maintain the character's proportions, color palette, facial expressions and thematic elements.

What's included

  • Character Concept Work

    Shape Language Designs, Silhouette Tests, Character Gestures in Static/Action Poses (5 each) & Character Head with 5+ emotions & a fully rendered Character "Turn Around" drawing for proportions and scale.


Skills and tools

Artist
Illustrator
Digital illustrator
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Procreate

Industries

Art
Comics
Publishing

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