8 || Working from a Production Bible

About Team Petrol Whale's Production Plan





We received this nameless guy to make a 3D model about.
The designer made a note about this guy being quite patriotic for NZ.


What makes the design unique?

    The spikiness of the hair. The defining nose. The choice of body type. Its overall similarity to a Kiwi.


What are some examples from the commercial space (TV/Film/Games etc) that are in the same general idea as the bible you are working from?

        With the vehicle, I kind of got Wizard of Oz vibes from the bible.


How cohesive are the vehicle and character in the provided bible?

    Not all too much. The character seems to lean towards a literal personification of a Kiwi bird. While the vehicle seems to focus heavily on a 'Wonderland' -esque type of vibe.


Why are you either making changes to the provided bible designs or leaving them without changes? (discuss this in terms of visual design here, not just "It's fine as it is).

    I wanted to lean into the whimsicality of the design. With how nonsensical the vehicle is opposed to the character. We could try to lean into a 'toy' angle. Though I didn't want to stray too far from the original design some changes could be made to somewhat meet in the middle


What changes (if any) need to be made to the designs in the production bible to work in 3D?

    Spikier hair, push the spikiness of the mustache to isolate it a little, from the suit and tie - vibe of the outfit.

 


Discussion of Aesthetic

    I'm kind of unsure about the direction I want to commit to for this character. I feel like it doesn't have too strong of an initial concept to latch on to, that we could take it in  a lot of directions. But with that freedom, comes at the cost of any direction we take it in feeling too disconnected from the original idea.

    The production plan we were given doesn't give us a lot, in a literal sense. No access to moodboards or Ideation means that we can't use them to understand the choices the original designers took to make decisions about the character. The difference in the anatomy of the final design and the model sheet also makes it confusing as to which to follow. We made the decision to mostly follow the model sheet, while straying away from parts we weren't happy about with the design.


Next Steps

    I'd like to redo the model sheet for the body here, just so I can have a solid base to work off of. The one provided doesn't quite line up as well as being in an A pose in one view, while the other is in a T-pose.




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