Skills Showcase Project.

This project demonstrates my current skills in digital media design. The target audience for this character was teens and young adults who enjoy art/are very creative, and younger aspiring artists who may see their future selves in a wacky, colorful artist character. This project was completed over one week (approximately 30 hours). I used asymmetrical balance and colors that went well together in order to show my ability to use design principles in my works. I identified my target audience and created the design and personality with it in mind. 

One challenge I faced was figuring out how to make the 3/4th perspectives for the gif and the dynamic poses for the main drawings. I overcame that by using a good amount of references, while refining 3/4 view perspectives. In the end, the results were successful, and the dynamic poses looked great, in my opinion.

Maintaining objectivity during extended work sessions was a challenge. I had been staring at it for too long, and thought it looked bad, despite the reassurance that most others liked the design when shown to them. Taking breaks helped me reassess the work with a fresh perspective, and I started to like it more when I came back from these breaks. This served as a reminder that my own work isn’t always gonna look good to me, and I will probably notice all the tiny details and mistakes that the majority of others wouldn’t notice, and that I just have to push through and complete the piece. Overall, in the end, I was proud of the finished work and it gave me new ideas to add to my art style.