Over the Rainbow - Character Design for Animation
As part of my graduation project, I adapted the 1900's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, into an animated series.
The full project can be seen here (in Portuguese): https://tinyurl.com/OTRTCC.
I utilized techniques for idea generation and strategic analysis as part of the methodology and developed characters, narrative, art and a pitch bible to make up the project.
In the interest of being succint, I only included here a snippet of the character development process.
I reeeeally recommend checking out the full project!
Matheus
All of the characters went through several iterations in development. When you see this yellow line, it should read as the leftmost drawing being the earliest and the rightmost as being the latest.
In this case, we have character exploration for Dorothy.
Dorothy's Character Sheet.
Scarecrow Exploration.
Scarecrow Character Sheet.
Tin Woodsman Exploration.
Further refining the design by abandoning a knightly influence and going more mechanical.
Tin Woodsman Character Sheet.
Cowardly Lion Exploration.
Cowardly Lion Character Sheet.
Wicked Witch of the West Exploration. The leftmost design is inspiration from the original book illustrations.
Wicked Witch Character Sheet.
OZ Exploration.
OZ Character Sheet.
Some of the props refined or created for this animation project.
Development of the Pitch Bible Cover.
Pitch Bible Cover, Style Frames, Logline and Outline.
Pitch Bible Character Descriptions and Setting.
Pitch Bible Springboards and Back Cover.