Hey, tumblr! Long time, no see. So the other day I got the news that a pilot I did character de
Hey, tumblr! Long time, no see. So the other day I got the news that a pilot I did character design & art direction for last year sadly got the ol’ red light (i.e. the company it was being pitched for passed on it), which is unfortunate - BUT it also means I can probably get away with posting some snippets of the work that I did for it without getting in too much trouble, so here’s a smattering of pages from the pitch bible as well as a bunch of assorted drawings I did during the development. I’m posting this stuff becuase all things considered I’m still pretty proud of it! I won’t go into detail about the particulars of the show premise or its name or anything, but in a nutshell it was going to be a show featuring a diverse bunch of different characters from different videogame worlds, kind of a Wreck-it Ralph meets Drawn Together or something. Design-wise I guess a lot of it falls into a sort of “I get that reference!” territory (Lorna is clearly Samus-inspired, Edge is a Final Fantasy protagonist, etc etc) but I tried really hard to give each character their own… well, character. Also we tried to go beyond the more low-hanging fruit in terms of videogame references (did Wreck-It Ralph have a Bubsy tribute?!??! I don’t think so!!). Also looking back I think the lineup bears a biiiig influence from OK KO - I hope it doesn’t come across as too derivative, haha. Anyhow, hope you enjoy. -- source link
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