So here is a run down of the process I went through to create my protagonist, James Napier:
Firstly, I needed to work out the sort of scale I wanted for my character:
As a rough guideline, I decided that this would be the sort of scale I would work off of when properly sketching my design. Additionally, I sketched various types of eyes to see which ones would work most effectively at trying to portray a teenage boy as well as an obvious cartoon style.
After this, I began simply sketching. This is the idea for my character that I have settled on.
After completing these sketches, I attempted adding a thick dark outline to the character to get a feel of what my protagonist will look like in flash:
As far as I can tell, my character will transfer over to flash well, whilst also maintaining some realism and detail in the character.
I then went on to experiment with different facial features that James could express:
GHOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSTTTTTSSS!!!!!
These are rough sketches of the ghosts that my protagonist must vanquish over the course of the narrative. These are very rough sketches, and the scribbling at the bottom of them will be replaced with a much smoother brush in flash or photoshop to give the the impression of them being apparitions.
