Final Major Project: The Escapist (Part 2)

So far I have managed to complete the colour scheme for each of the characters but before I reveal them. I did the final character that is Great Great Grandmother Augustina. Since her story is set in the 1930’s I have chosen a hairstyle from that era. Here is the pencil and colour drawing of her:

Here are coloured images of each character. Some characters are left out but I am hoping to add them later. I will also move on to explain about the concept of each character:

Petra: I chose to name the protagonist Petra, because it is a name that is unknown, but also it the name of a friend of mine who was part of my degree course in the second year. As for th

e model, I have chosen to use Katie Melua because one of the tracks that she featured on Ali Campbell ‘s Album Running Free. I was amazed of 

her voice so I decided to do some research on her and purchase some of her albums. It was then I decided to use her as the model for the protagonist Petra.

Aly - Petra’s Mother: She is a real person that I chose to use after a result of an interesting conversation with her at her first exhibition for illustration. Her interesting love for tea became a heavy influence in developing the character.

Matthew – Petra’s Father: After watching the English version of Studio Ghibli’s movie Howl’s Moving Castle I decided to learn more about the voice actor Christian Bale who played Howl. I researched some information on him and chose to use him as the model for my story.

Ryan: Ryan was created after the description that is explained in the story. Surprisingly after I drew him, he looked a lot more different than what I imagined him to be so I kept him as he is.

 

Kylan: This character was conceived in the summer of 2008 after watching a children’s programme. When the episode was finished I decided to draw a pin-up character that would be just as horrible as the boy in the cartoon and a lot more similar. This proved to be a success and I even nicknamed him. When time approached to find character concepts for ‘The Escapist’ I felt that it is necessary to use him.  I yearned for him to still keep the same characteristics and have him depicted realistic. This is because his original form is viewed to be for a Manga.

Obsession Project book arrived!!! (^_^)

The third book arrived on Tuesday and so far I am impressed of how it turned out. 

Here are the pictures:

Final Major Project: The Escapist (Part 1)

Here is the information provided for the Final Major Project. The plan, introduction and story is completed which took me three days to finish and check to spelling mistakes and grammar. But all in all it will be an interesting semester for me to achieve what I can do: (^_^)

It is about a girl in her late teens who uses diary writing to her advantage, after she is currently being bullied.

Here are most of the characters in sketches, these will be inked and shown again in the blog very soon:

*Names in order of posting*

* Petra

* Anita

* Aly (Petra's Mum)

* Matthew (Petra's Father)

* Ria (Bully One)

* Ryan (Bully Two)

* Kylan (Bully Three

Some of these characters look very similar as famous people, I decided to use them because these are very people who are very appealing to me and also have known for a short or long period of time.

*The book for the obsession project has been ordered and will be sent as soon as possible. I’m counting the days literally. (^_^)