Here is the link to my pinterest board on facial animation which i used for my thought process when searching images.
When I heard that a superhero was the character design of this animation project, it was a great opportunity for me to explore an area that greatly influenced my decision to choose animation as a subject. Superheroes, comic books and superhero films have always been of great interest to me and so i was able to study the many possibilities for the animation. I started off by looking at various clips from Marvel and DC films as well as pinterest. I quickly ruled out the idea of using the film versions of various characters due to the need for the model to have an actor likeness rather than the original reference material. Looking next at action figures in order to see characters in a three dimensional space, i was able to look better into the various designs of the characters from their molds.
From here, i managed to narrow down the possibilities of the characters to a much smaller list, looking at smaller details such as "The Falcon's" tinted goggles and how that could be replicated in maya using material x texturing. I looked at the shape and form of various characters as well as through comics to see designs and movement of the heroes. The powerful thing about superheroes is the many incarnations of a hero based on the comic artist, the film versions, costume changes and the animated series versions. These were all taken into account as I looked through the designs.
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Looking at characters and how they were able to react to the quote was also a major situation. How would the quote affect the characterisation. After much debate, i eventually settled on the character of Nightcrawler from the X-Men. This teleporting superhero has been around in comics, films and animated shows for quite some time and is one of the most popular X-men characters.
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Here we see some of the many versions of Nightcrawler. I have decided to go with the 1970s "Second Genesis" version of the character which can be seen here in a drawing:
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I plan to adjust this though to incorporate the xmen evolution animated series nightcrawler eye design, (above, bottom, middle) in order to create effective eye designs that can be used to show emotion in the character. This drawing is effective as it is colourful, conveys depth and form and highlights and shadows are clearly visible. Here is a side reference of the character.
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This provides a nice reference of the side of the head and the notably pointed ears of the character. This will be a challenge to create but with the right timing and work it is doable to create this character.
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