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Variance
The next page shows some designs that I created for a made-up assignment. First, let
me state my goals:
I am trying to design an extremely cute girl character, around 6-8 years old, who
has a “devilish” side to her. Style-wise, I'm going for a pretty cartoony style too.
It's for TV, so it needs to be a fairly simplifi ed
design also.
As you can see by the designs (and they are numbered in the order I produced them),
that I didn't decide I “had it” after the fi rst design. I kept refi ning and trying different
shapes and sizes of things. One will have longer legs and a short torso. The next will
have a big head, medium torso, and short legs. One has small eyes that are close
together; another, large eyes that are farther apart. In short, I am adding “variance” to
the designs. That's variance—using shape and size in various ways to create different
designs. Which one would I pick as my favorite? I'll let you decide which one met the
above goals the best. Enjoy the challenges of creating characters with personality!
