Silhouette Designs

I learned in school and from professionals how important a clear readible silhouette is when designing a character. It's a very simple concept but they illustrate the type of clothes a character is wearing and emotion a character is feeling that is determined by a specific pose.

The first silhouette images show all of the major characters in the story accompanied with the important color theory highlighted by each character's personality and element they bring to the story.

The second series of silhouettes focuses on the single character of Steve and illustrates his complexities. I was looking at two particular artists when I came up with these drawings. One of the lead character designers of ,"How to Train Your Dragon" and Kung Fu Panda", Nico Marlet. When he designs a character, he creates small thumbnails of poses and narrative elements to bring his character to life. Animal Character Designer Dave Coleman also creates thumbnails in this way as well.