Kofi's Character/Issues

I had already done some character designs and character sheets for Kofi a while back. He seemed pretty happy with the designs. However, after we reviewed the character we agreed that he appeared too old for the part and needed to be changed. The character I designed before was to much on the heavy side. Kofi wanted a character that appeared naive around the age of 4 but required a certain supple quality. After acquiring new reference material from Kofi I set about designing the new character taking into consideration all the points that kofi suggested as well as what his team members had mentioned.

It took me a few days to get into the groove and come up with the concept. I struggled to capture the essence of the character as well as his form. This frustrated me a little, however, I persisted in the task and came up with something that was quite stylized while still being proportional to Kofi's requests. I was really happy with the final design and I was glad I stuck to the challenge as I produced a character that I was actually proud of. Figurative drawing has never been my strong suit. However, I hope to improve my character techniques by constant practice. The images above should show my workflow from sketch and outline, to colour filling and final rendering.