Warrior Body Thumbnails

After deciding the head shape, I explored how the body would look. I wanted the warrior to be almost comically huge, and have small legs in comparison to the wide body. After picking the shape I liked the most, I drew what the warrior covered in curly wool.

Warrior Sheep Stylised

Using the sketches I did, I wanted to translate the sheep anatomy in more of a stylised, front view for concepting purposes. I ended up liking the Moorland sheep better, as I feel like it could produce a better body shape, so I just tweaked the mouth a little bit and decided which one of those I liked as well.

Warrior Sheep Drawings

I have produced some anatomy sketches of male sheep. Whilst I want my characters to remain gender-neutral, so the players can choose what to play as, I believe the male sheep has more interesting horns that look intimidating and cool. I found a mixture of sheep/ram that have two and four horns. The moorland sheep has the moor classic curved horns, whereas the Jabob's sheep has four horns.

Priest Expressions Sheet

Using the same format as the Rogue sheet, I explored how the Priest would emote and tried to show their character.

Priest Material Planning

Here is the material key for the Priest's robes.

Rogue Colour Palette

This is the colour palette I have chosen for my rogue character. It uses the dark teal and bright red from my moodboard, but I also included some gold in there because of the Rogue's love of it.

Trello Boards

I have made a Trello Board highlighting the different steps I need to take to achieve each step of my project. This will help me keep organised, and is also an industry standard process to keep on track with projects.

Priest Colour Palettes

Using the colour palette from my moodboard, this is the design of the clothes for the Priest. The gold highlights will shine in the light, whereas the rest of the cloth will be more matte. Also, the Priest will be furrier than they look on these drawings.

Priest Outfit Design Continued

In this post, I have the robe thumbnails and the exploration of values in the Priest's design.

For the robe, I wanted it to look stylish and fancy, but also a little bit humble so my character still looked approachable. Also, it needs Priest-like elements to it. I decided on the sun robe because the light beams have holy connotations, and it appears positive and warm.

For the values, I wanted to explore what fur patterns my Priest could have, as well as play with the gradients in the cloth.

Priest Outfit Finalised

The Priest's final outfit design incorporates a little bit of each thumbnail I did. I wanted the Priest to look holy and intelligent, but still friendly and cosy.

Priest Body Drawing

A drawing of what the Priest's body type is.

Priest Stylisation

A quick exploration of how I could translate the Priest in a more stylised way.

Priest Thumbnails

Beginning the Priest, I started with thumbnails. Using the Rogue's proportions, I'll be keeping my style consistent. At first I kept the Priest very similar in proportion to the Rogue, but I realised they stopped looking like a rat, and they needed to be fatter, so I made the thumbnails larger.

In my sketches I wanted to make the Priest look vaguely "religious" and holy. Therefore I looked at common motifs in religious clothing and put them in my designs.

Rat Studies

Some rat studies to get a quick grasp of the facial anatomy from different angles. Also thinking about how a rat can portray different emotions.

Rogue Expressions Continued

I did some more rogue expressions, but based on actual photos of cats to try and see ho realistic anatomy would look in this style. I think I still want to stay stylised, but it's important to still understand real-life anatomy for that.

Rogue Range of Emotions

I also did a range of emotions to give an insight into the personality of the rogue.

From top left to top right: Neutral, happy, furious, sad, in front of something they like
From bottom left to bottom right: Weeping, bashful, irritated, surprised, in front of something they don't like.

Rogue Outfit Finalised

Here is the final outfit design for the rogue, along with variations of hood and cloaks, as well as what it would look like from the back. I've also included a diagram to show what materials the outfit will be made out of, which will assist me when painting promotional art of the character.

Rogue Outfit Skecthes

Here are some outfit designs I've started based off of the anatomy I drew in the previous post. I wanted to make my rogue look a little bit tattered and rustic, but not weak looking. Also, I added sheaths on the belt to place some dual-knives. Additionally, to give it more of a "pick-pocket" vibe, I added thick gloves.

Rogue Thumbnails

Started thumbnailing the rogue character. I started by exploring what proportions I wanted the characters to roughly be, starting from very compact and cutesy to very tall and human-like. I went with the human-like thumbnail because I believe it will give me more freedom when designing outfits for the characters.

Drawing the face and body, the personality of the rogue started to form. I though tI would give them a cheeky smile, but the crooked whisker and notched ear also make them look a bit rough around the edges, and the earring represents their love for the shiny stuff.

Warrior Moodboard

The warrior moodboard is very much influenced by the warriors from World of Warcraft, and the rams from Zootopia. Rather than the heavy metal armour on some warriors, I think the more tribal look would suit my character better, including furs and leathers and bone rather than metal.

The rams from Zootopia are a big influence, because it was interesting to see a herbivore have such an aggressive role. Also, their huge horns are very intimidating and beautiful. I thought their weapon could be made out of natural materials as well, such as bone or stone. Lastly, I also looked at Zootopia for reference on how their hands would look, and how they would grip objects.