Darktiste Sketchbook

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I made 3 iteration for the character i called zeim.Here the short idea a animation movie style made in the style of princess monoke style .Basicly he a young man around the age of 15 he from austria and he an adventurer one day is little sister(not created yet) was sent to deliever some medicinal herb to there grand mother zeim was coming back from school when he learn the news as soon as he hear the bad news he carelessly choose to go on a rescue mission toward the mountain top where her sister was heading.

What outfit fit the brief the most?

A few things here. Cause the story makes no sense.  So... who is in danger here? The sister went to drop some medicine to grandma.. and.. so what? who is in danger, who is the He rescuing then?

and regarding the designs. None of those designs feel like he is an adventurer tbh. Looks like a rich kid that got dressed by his mother and she wants him to look the part. Like.. 15 yr olds dont.. look like that... anywhere. Maybe little kids? like under 8 yrs old still get dressed by their parents like that, in some places.. but.. yeah I dont know. Maybe they'd dress like that for special events? like festivals.... etc..  but yeah.

I mean unless you are talking about a specific time period?  You left that part out, but if so, then I guess the clothing applies but, still I dont see adventurer, in this design.  Maybe is worth playing with more elements, that scream adventurer... or something, like a bandana tied to the neck.... or.. a less lame hat? like an actual indiana jones type hat.. or something.

Ops i got lost in editing he going to rescue is little sister who got missing in the mountain.Well the design are base on actual austrian costume but i think they make it to stereotypical.The character doesn't necessary need an hat i was thinking of maybe adding a satchel where he could have a few item to assist him in is adventure.Part of the idea is that he was coming back from school in a time period where dress code were more strict and he doesn't take the time to change to something more convient because he is in a hurry.Yes there hole in the story i am not trying to actually make it into a full animation project it more to give people an idea of the art direction.Maybe you prefer something out of context like the character sheet i made.



Who are we targeting to be the audience.Teenager
For what type of production is this for(animation,video game,book)  Animation
What style should be used when creating this character?princess mononoke



Name Zeim
Age:15
Height:5 feet 7 inch
Weight: 112 pond
Body type:Ectomorph(very thin, narrow, delicate, fragile, linear, and poorly muscled.)
Sex:Male
Skin color//Race:Austrian White
optional:
Eye color:Blue
Hair color:Fairly light Brown

Nationality:Austria

Cloth:Schoolike
Personality:Adventurous
Hobbie:Hiking
Where is he from?Austria
Job:School boy
Talent/skill:Affinity for animal
Motivation:To explore the world
Biggest fear:Being alone

What is posing the most problem is that i am not really familiar with the time period i am setting the project in and most of the reference you can find of specific nationality are festival costume so it why they don't fit to well either.Since i am not austrian it hard to determine what is austrian fashion since it totally foreign to me expect maybe the more stereotypical costume that date back in time.Don't get me wrong i spend a good amount of time trying to dig the costume aspect for this one and as you can see the choose were limited due to the constraint.Would be easier to just reset the setting to be in the present time but i like the idea of trying to have the story set in a different time period something between the 1800 and 1900 so that the world is in a more virign state more savage and dangerous since it a period of great exploration in the human history i think it would be the ideal time period for the story.What i like about the idea of having him wear clean cloth that doesn't necessarly scream adventure right away is that it make room for the costume to deterioration as the adventure progress.Maybe i could do some additional sketch that would support this kind of direction.