character inspirations

Aragorn

Described as a Ranger, Aragorn is one of the main characters from The Lord Of The Rings books. One of the two main storylines in the books and films are based around him being King of the men of middle earth, and his return to the throne.

I really like the style of Aragorn, and the feelings his image creates. The use of big woolen cloaks in dark browns and greens create a mysterious body shape, whilst his sunken face and long dark hair create a sense of darkness and foreboding.

By looking at Aragorn, I’ve realised I really need to think about how my character looks and how this will affect the way in which people percieve him and the atmosphere he creates.

Link

Link is the first main character I’m going to look at to influence my design for my 

protagonist.

I started by looking back how Link started and how his image has evolved over time. I really like the way in which the image has stayed the same for decades.

Leonidas

Leonidas is the protagonist from the 300 graphic noval and film. He’s easily recognisable as the hero of the story but also has a mysterious undertone which is something I really like about his image.

Dragon Born

Dragon Born is how the protagonist in the new Skyrim is refered to.  This is another really good character design which can also be easily recognised from his silhouette. This is mainly due to the style of his armour especially his helmet.

I really like this highly detailed and historically accurate style, but for my project I dnt think its the right artstic style direction to go in. I think I want something a lot closer to that of Link or Mario.

Another big area that looking at Skyrim has done for my design is that I need to start thinking about how my character is going to look using weapons, or if he actually needs a weapon at all.