I designed a character inspired by Clement, keeping in mind the 2.5D look I wanted to create as well as the conventions of a children's cartoon character.
I designed a head and hair design that I was happy with but could not pinpoint exactly what kind of eyes I wanted him to have. This was an important part of the design as the eyes are so full of expression and speak to younger viewers who can't understand dialogue. I used a slightly oil pastel/crayon style brush to draw the character to give a styalised and hand-drawn looking design. I was inspired by Jeff Turley's style of lighting in which he places harsh sunlight shown through white lines on to the character.
I experimented with the sizes of the iris and pupil until I found one that jumped out to me. Out of the choices above I felt as though the bottom right was the most appealing and the closest to how I saw my brother, It also suited the cartoon conventions I looked at earlier; large boldly-lined eyes.
I then drew a standard neutral pose and played with emotion. I created an intrigued/shocked look, a tired/unimpressed look and a happy look. I tweaked these emotions to create ones that were the most similar to Clement's natural expressions. For example, instead of drawing a closed mouth smile to show happiness I drew an wide open mouth smile showing the few teeth he has as he would do in reality.
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