Sunday 21 October 2012

Fuzzy hamster redesign

Well, "redesign" might be the wrong word, it's more of an upgrade! 

I've been following a lot of design blogs and such on my facebook, one of them being www.creativebloq.com (which is my bible and god right now. I have so many pages from its website bookmarked!). It recently featured an article about what makes a good cute/kawaii character design. I read it, looked at my own design and saw what could be improved upon. 

So what's changed? 
  • The shape is more "organic" as the article put it. It now matches what my original drawing looked like, rather than being a perfectly round circle.
  • I experimented with different faces but in the end, I only made the original mouth smaller. All other faces looked odd to me!
  • The mouth and nose have both been moved up a little bit
  • Fur added to the belly
  • Minor fur alterations to make it a bit more in-line with the body
I now think he looks much cuter! :) But you can judge for yourself.



Monday 15 October 2012

Mangagirl Photography

A friend of mine asked if I would do a logo and business card for her cosplay photography, so course I said yes! She wanted a logo featuring a camera with wings (although in the end, the wings didn't make it into the final design) in a cute, chibi/kawaii style. Also requested was the colour blue.

After lots of research, 5 pages of drawings, computer editing and input from Harriett: This was the final outcome. Bright, bold and full of fun, you'll most likely find her and her camera at a convention near you!

(Business card images coming when she gets them in the post!)