Portfolio Class- Character Development!

[malan]

So, my idea for Morgane will be inspired by Belly Dancers. I found about this video and really inspired me for some stuff, it's about something called Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, and it's a modern version of the traditional Belly dance, but, the thing that got my attention, was the different kind of costumes they wear, something darker maybe, compared to the colorful classic costumes you can find. So, if you wish, take a look at this video :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2C242gl1w

And, here are some refs I have gathered today, just for visual ideas and key elements.


And, after watching a lot of videos of this, I had to do some gesture drawings from screenshots. The amount of movement on the body is something really important for this type of characters, so, I wanted to understand better about this. So, here they are. Some of them are very crappy, but the idea was to understand the motion :)



And, I got another idea for the final approach for this character, and I was thinking about taking some photos for reference to a friend that does this belly dance thing, but, Im not very sure yet.

And finally, Im still thinking how to make a character unique based on all of this ideas, how to make her magical, and not showing her just as a simple evil belly dancer.

So, what's your thoughts on all of this? :D

Cheers friends!