Character Design Development 1

Because Animating hair is always an issue, I thought about a way to overcome this, as in particular, the main character's hair is going to be long, so I thought what could I do to make it easier when it came to animating.

The thought that came to mind was to design a headdress or head piece. This would allow for more stable animating, and make it easier to keep size.

So I went about an origin for the head piece and what style would best suit the character. As the main character is going to be working with an almost magical aspect, I thought about ancient cultures that worked with magic. One of them was Egypt.

Plus Greek:

Then I thought about the hair underneath, and what styles they might have. This lead me to African hairstyles, and in particular, Afro hair, which has a rounded style and provided little movement.

As well as this, I looked at Middle-Eastern head-gear, and especially women's head wear. The style in which they wear the Hijab in Iran is particularly interesting.

From these, I hope to create a design that will enable an easier way to animate, as well as allowing it to express the character.

Links

http://thumb7.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/61973/61973,1328456984,1/stock-photo-gold-pharaoh-tutankhamen-mask-94393021.jpg

http://www.admiralcostumes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/5301E.jpg

http://www.native-languages.org/images/egyptian2.jpg
http://www.fashion-era.com/images/all_greeks_romans/greekhairstyles.1.jpg

http://magazine.foxnews.com/sites/magazine.foxnews.com/files/styles/1600_image/public/AfricanAmericanHair.jpg?itok=LvUylI75

https://mysacredbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/10249629-afro-hair-style.jpg

http://buiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/natural-afro-hair-small-300x300.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9e/9f/a4/9e9fa4e8385edda4cb6948a21839fdf2.jpg

https://lstcccme.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/how-to-wear-hijab-modern-gallery101.jpg

http://scanfree.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/large-2.jpg