CHARACTER DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION
(+an animation test!)
Freetime projects are an important part of a designer’s life. Sometimes it can be as simple as messing around with a pencil or brush, or a digital one in Photoshop. Like in this case.
One of the things that originally inspired me to explore my visual eye during my teen years was definitely manga and anime. During the spring of 2023 I went for a nostalgia trip and re-visited some of my favourite series. It resulted to me completely falling back in love with its drama and fun filled world!
As a homage to a series called “Skip and loafer”, I wanted to imagine what I myself would look like if I were to be in the series. Here is the result! I love it, haha.
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I went as far as shooting a video of me skipping in a (sort of) school uniform to get the perfect reference image to work with. It goes without saying, I had f u n !
< Work in progress. Sketching exploring the visual style of Skip and loafer and using my own picture as a reference.
The flowers are from the opening of the series Skip and loafer by Misaki Takamatsu.