Nothing Flashy. I just want a walk Cycle so I have used a simple rig set up to do that. In My Body language book it says that these types of Rigs are good for background characters or characters that are not doing anything dramatic. 
I have put a few blendshapes into the face. They were not as hard as I thought they would be. The Deadline is looming and could spend another month putting in more and more facial expressions but i've got to push on to the rigging.
I'm very happy with the legs and feet. I have also textured the soles of her shoes.
I didn't like these textures at all. They made my character look like Lisa Simpson which isn't what I wanted. I also used a Blin shaders which gave the skin too much specular glow so I have discarded that for a Lambert.
I have taken a look at this old Time Table and noticed that I have been sticking closely to it with out realising. Well, I'll be following the new time that I made instead.
The highlights give the more depth. I'm glad i have taken out the black shadows in the hair. It's time to variate the sizes of clumps of hair and to create a complete hair style.
This is it! Finaly Cracked it! This is the design that I wanted. This version of Pocohantas is just a slight variation on the Pocohantas without pony tail. I've taken away the bob hair cut because it looked to old and replaced it with the pony tail. I have also replaced the gorrila costume with young and simple clothing that my target audience can relate to. The gorilla costume made her look to bulky. Her body has also been made smaller as well so that the attention is drawn towards her face.
From previous character designs I have done, I noticed that Props and clothing can help to convey a characters personality. My idea is to have Pocohantas dressed in a gorilla outfit to convey her passion for ... gorilla's?
This is another design for Pocohantas. As you can see the body is a lot smaller and the eye's are very subtle. This character design has more appeal than my previous ones and relates to my target audience which are children. The hair style has also changed. I may try the pony tail on this character to see if it will improve it.
This facial expression is extreme. It doesn't suite the personality that I want to get across with my character. The eye's need to be more subtle and softer because they stand out too much, making her look SCARY! I will exaggerate the size of the body so that it is about the same size as the head. I won't be using this idea as it is out of character.
I've always been a fan of dotted eye's because they come across as quirky and fun. They can also been be very expressive because of their simplicity.
This is how I've started. I was not not sure what I wanted this character to look like so I played around and started drawing until I spotted something that I liked. Amongst these basic drawings I realised that I wanted my Character to have a pony tail because it made them look more youthful. I always wanted my character to have a large head so that the size of the facial expressions can be emphasized. The hardest part was creating the eyes. The eyes can make or break a character in my opinion.
