Character Expressions

Haah, this was fun to do.  All my expressions for Character Design class.  Someone pointed out that he looks like the guy from MythBusters a la this:

Royal Winter Fair Portfolio

Drawings from the Royal Winter Fair.  The title page is based off a conversation I overheard between two farmers that I found hilarious.  I had A LOT of fun at the fair and wanna go back again so bad.  Good times, man, good times.  Wanna draw moar animals!

Character Design Poses

This is my character for the poses assignment in Character Design class and I'm SUPER proud of it.  It's basically one big extended historical metaphor.  Essentially, it's the history of the German Confederation summed up in 6 poses starting with the fall of Napoleonic France and the end of the Austro-Prussian War (Where Austria lost) with the German Double-Headed Eagle telling that tale.  I'm just a super nerd, really.

The Austria bird/head has the long 'head' feather that is a reference to the long feathers that were put in the caps of Austrian army officers of that time period.  The Prussia bird/head has the 'spike' feather that is a reference to the spike found atop classic German soldier helmets.  The rooster is of course the Gallic Rooster, a symbol of France's national spirit since Roman times.  The German translates "The German Confederation presents...The German Coat of Arms" and the second one is graffiti'd over with 'Prussia presents...' instead, hahahahaha, I'm so witty.

The urge to animate the Austria bird with the Inglorious Bastard voice clip of 'Nein, nein, nein!' is overwhelming, guys.