Illustration & Visual Narrative - Task 1: Character Design
24/09/2025 - 20/10/2025 (Week 1 - Week 3)
Cherilynn Farrencia Faustine/0384745
ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE/ Creative Media/ Taylor's University
Task 1: Character Design
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Lectures
2. Instructions
3. Task 1: Exercise — Character Design
4. Feedback
5. Reflection
WEEK 2:
2. Lecture 1
Our second lecture is talking about the tutorial of adobe illustrator basics. We are introduced to pen tools, and also the games called "bezier" for us to master the pen tool. Beside that, we are given a task to make 3 character. Must have colors, clear using of shapes, storyline, and character. The important thing is the character needs to be in the same style, texture, and proportional, so that the result will come out good.
WEEK 4:
4. Lecture 2
We are briefed to prepare for the submission tomorrow, including the e-portofolio, the reference board, the silhouette, sketches, and also the final result of the three characters. The characters should be colored. In this lecture, Mr. Hafiz also said that we have to keep update our progress so that our work could be graded. In practical, we were given a tutorial offline class by Mr. Hafiz about coloring, pen tool, shapes, warp tool, poses, how to scale, color gradient, and how to sample color.
Beside lectures, we are given a lot of material and tutorial videos by mr. Hafiz.
INSTRUCTIONS
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Task 1: Exercise — Character Design
1. PROCESS
We are given the task to make 3 character. First, we are required to make the moodboard so that the character has a clear personality, then we are told too make the silhouette of those character to see if the pose is good or not (must be in adobe illustrator).
My characters are all penguins but they are using animals costume. This idea appeared because I'm a fan of blind boxes, and I am inspired by Mofusand blind box (which is a cat wearing costumes). I researched through the internet to find some species of penguins. I finally applied those species to my character:
1. Pibby the crab
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| Figure 1.1, Pibby's Reference Board |
The first thing I do after making the sketch is trace it into Adobe Illustrator with pen tool to create the base of the character. The dominant shape here is a square-ish shape. Also when I trace it on AI, I changed the pose because the sketch version one looks awkward.
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| Figure 1.2, Pibby's Silhouette |
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| Figure 1.3, Pibby's flat color |
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| Figure 1.4, Pibby's gradient color |
After doing the basic gradient, mr. Hafiz said that the color is too vibrant (I feel so too), so I finally changed the color into a softer one. Beside that, I also added the lighting effect, so that the highlight and shadow is clear. Lastly, I added texture->grain to make it more interesting.
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| Figure 1.5, Pibby's Final Result |
2. Paxy the Axoltl
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Figure 1.6, Paxy's Reference Board |
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| Figure 1.7, Paxy's Silhouette |
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| Figure 1.8, Paxy's flat color |
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| Figure 1.9, Paxy's gradient color |
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| Figure 1.10, Paxy's Final Result |
3. Ploopi the turtle
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| Figure 1.11, Ploopi's Reference Board |
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| Figure 1.12, Ploopi's Silhouette |
For Ploopi, I want green to dominate this character. At first, I thought that the costume is cute if it covers the arms, turns out it looks weird. So, I changed it not to cover both arms and legs. I worked a lot with gradient tools, especially the body part.
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| Figure 1.13 , Ploopi's flat color |
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| Figure 1.14 , Ploopi's gradient color |
I use blue and green to dominate this character, because those are the main color. I created the shadow and highlight based on the color's tone. I experimented a lot with the color to make it vibrant and alive. Also, I added texture for my last step.
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| Figure 1.15, Ploopi's Final Result |
2. FINAL RESULT (PNG & PDF)
1. Pibby the Crab
FEEDBACK
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