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Here's the breakdown of a character design, from initial random shadows, turn-around to full-color illustration.
Aquí está el proceso de un diseño de personaje, de la búsqueda inicial de sombras, pasando por una vista 360 a una ilustración final del mismo.
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The search began with a random drawing of shapes, adding in details to them one by one until they became an idea of a character. I chose one in particular and started sketching inside of it.
La búsqueda inició con una ilustración de formas de manera aleatoria - agregando detalles a ellas una a una hasta que se empezaron a volver una idea de un personaje. Elegí una y empecé a dibujar dentro de ella.
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I played with the shapes and details, thinking about how a female bee might look like once I saw the resemblance to the animal.
Jugué con las formas y los detalles, pensando cómo se vería una abeja femenina una vez que encontré el parecido al animal.
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I cleaned up the shapes, thought about the possible anatomy and started to create a full turn-around for the character.
Limpié las formas, pensé acerca de la posible anatomía y empecé a realizar una vista 360 del personaje.
I tried different combinations of colors. / Probé diferentes combinaciones de colores.
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I did a couple of illustrations trying to express emotion. / Hice un par de ilustraciones intentando mostrar expresiones.
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