Eyeshapes

                               Introduction

I've been getting into character design and paper drawing lately and I have always had a fascination with eyes and eye shapes. Eye shapes are easy ways to distinguish one character from another. You can also tell who is a protagonist and the antagonist from simple eye shapes, Such as if an eye is more slanted and upwards most likely they would be a villain character. So, when I was making my model I wanted to make sure my character has the eye shape I wanted to capture for their personality and character traits. 

Inspiration

My inspiration for this whole idea is mostly anime. I especially like the show "Lucky Star" display their eyes. Kagami Yoshimizu, the creator of the anime, You can tell the character's personality traits and mood easily just by their eye shape in his art. I can also understand that the breakdown of the character's eyes is just simple circles or triangular-like shapes to make a character look or distant or friendly. 

Brainstorming

As  I was working on my character and thinking of her design. I asked a few fellow friends how I should make her and what kind of personality does the fairy tale I base her off would fit. At first, I wanted more of a slender eye, mature, and feminine kind of look. anime eyes. Then the majority of my friends told me that due to my personality and the story a more rounded eye and bigger eyes would help, but having a heavier eyeliner could help the structure I wanted. 

Experimental

So as I worked to make the eye, I realized I was going for a bigger eye shape it made my process so much easier. Vertexes were easier to see and placements than if it was smaller. I am very much satisfied with me using Hu Tao's face and eyes as a template since her personality radiates fun and friendly which is just what I wanted for my character.

Process

Reflection

Overall this reflection for the week really help me understand what goes into character design and how characters are made. I learned a bit from this week's investigation of how eye shapes work.

Work Log:

Monday: 11/15/21 I made the neck of the character today

Tuesday: 11/16/21 Fixing lines to make it look better.

Wednesday: 11/17/21 Started the inside of the mouth and finished fixing the vertexes.

Thursday: 11/18/21 Finished mouth and started eye iris.

Friday: 11/19/21 Polished the character's face and started the eyeliner and eyelashes.