My three rules.
- Must have clothing so that it seems more civilised.
- Must use a melee weapon linking to the sci-fi theme so that it links to traditional trolls in at least one aspect.
- Must be shown having a specific job/role on the space ship so that he has a reason to be there.
A moodboard showing the reoccurring themes and colour pallets in some famous spaceships. These show common colours used (oranges, browns, greys, blacks), show the common use of hallways to stretch the different lengths of the ships and the uses of objects that add more detail, such as pipes, panels and lights.
The moodboard above shows my research into different interpretations of trolls throughout different kinds of media. Above shows us trolls in different shapes and sizes such as the furry Wampa from Star Wars (top right) to the gargantuan, disproportionately humanoid troll from the movie 'Troll Hunter' (2010).
These show us many different versions of trolls that will also give me more leniency when drawing my own Troll.
For my final drawing I will be incorporating the common used designs from the space ships in my moodboard such as the visible jobs need doing around the ship that the troll can do. I will also be showing inspiration from the trolls in my moodboard to create my own troll that has a place on my ship.
This image shows some of my initial concepts for different parts of my character. I contemplated a few designs for the arms as I wanted my character to have a cyborg style limb or two to emphasize the space-ship theme. My final design is explicitly robot with no cover up or cyborg like relation as it shows his use in the work industry better.
This shows a final version of my character which incorporates some of the rules I implemented such as the melee weapon linking to the theme and the clear indicator of my character having a role or job on the ship. I also followed the rule of having my character have clothing, this time in the form of a thin tank top and torn jumpsuit tied at the waist.
Here are some silhouettes I drew on Photoshop of some rough ideas for my character. This shows some rough concepts that I pondered before coming to a final, more humanoid design.
Your work is very clean and professional, the use of silhouettes I feel has strengthened your development of the character. I feel the only way that you could improve is to look into different perspectives of your genre and character, for example what if your Troll was a professional captain of a star ship? How would his appearance change? How would you notify people of his status as a captain visually? Overall a really good design it would just be great to see a lot more different designs in the near future. :)
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