Step 1: Picking the Subject

Firstly, I wanted to pick the character that I was going to be designing. When looking at my prompt options, I decided to go a different approach and let the wheel of fate make the decisions for me.

Step 2: Research

I wanted to make sure I could accurately build qualities around the preexisting broad term of ignorance. By researching what makes someone ignorant, I was able to get a better understanding of what my character would be like. I also wanted to look for easy access references that I could fall back on when it came to giving the character a visual representation.

Step 3: Designing

After having the basic information collected for my character, it was time to give him a face. Typically, you’d make multiple versions of a concept before settling on a single version, but after creating my first sketch of my character I was quite pleased with how he turned out. This is why there is no iteration work present.

It was at this point that I gave him a name. His first name was also randomized, and I was given input by some of my friends in terms of what he looked like.

His middle name Lee (NOT a Scott Pilgrim reference to Lucas Lee 👀), and last name Burns were both from my head… and Octavio Lee Burns sounded pretty cool to me, thus that was how he was born.

Step 4: Sketching and Drawing

It was now time to sketch and throw everything into Photoshop. I started all my work off on paper before switching it over to digital.

Step 5: Finalize and Complete

After many long hours of full body work, it was time to put all of my pieces into the final piece!

For the turnaround effect, I put the full body shots into a quick GIF format.