Portfolio Class- Character Development!

[JakeB]

Jake: thanks, I'll work at it. I agree with Zipel, your colors look much better. I would consider adding some accent colors, maybe a few beads in her hair, some accent colors on her clothing or some excuse to add a little color. Right now the colors look a little plain. Also i'm amusing that she is holding glowing magic sand? right now your character looks just like an accurate depiction of mongol which leaves the viewer seeing the glowing sand as the only "Unique thing" about the character and since there aren't very many associations with glowing sand in the real world i think it may be hard for a viewer to understand the design. Things like Thomas's fan, and Malan's fire have solid real life associations so it clues the viewer in.
Taker everything I said with a grain of salt though because i'm very inexperience at character design, i'm just trying to help.

Yeah, I've definitely been struggling with that. The idea was that she's just picked up a handful of sand, and like melted it in her hand. Then just wasn't hurt by the heat or anything. But you're right, it does just look like a glowy blob. I'll throw some ideas around for it instead. Maybe a staff or something. She's got a load of little chains and bells hanging off here, as well as pieces of material, so I'm sure I could work them into a staff design as motifs to tie it all together. Cheers for the feedback man :)