As part of an workshop with Character Designer Bianca Ansems, I developed Lom.
From this, I’ve animated Lom’s turnaround and a few character sheets.
Lom’s character responds to the following questions:
Who am I? A big hearted anxious perfectionist.
Where am I? homesick in the cold and rainy UK.
What time is it? Winter. Nostalgia feels.
What do I want? To live in the past and to make people happy.
Why do I want it? Self-esteem and affirmation.
How? By being overly kind, likeable.
What must I overcome? Fear of failing, fear of being disliked.
Character Designing has always been something I’ve been interested about.
Since little, I’ve always been intrigued by how attached we get to some characters and how that works. Bianca answered all my questions in regards to that, without a doubt. Learning the different stages of constructing a character and where character designing stands in the animation pipeline was outstanding!
This is definitely a career path I’ll be looking into.