Week 2.5 - Critical feedback on the inspirational model

Within the second lesson the tutor instructed us to get used to giving critical feedback and receiving it. To do this he asked us to turn to the person next to use and provide this feedback and then also to get feedback on our choice of model.

This post are the notes that were taken during the feedback session:

Critical feedback

Jonathan Horner:

His view on my design: 

Thinks my design is ‘awesome’, he likes the colours and the concept of the design.

He thinks that I will struggle with the mouth section, and that I need to be careful to get the correct shape and design; as this area really shows the emotion of the character.

To possibly improve this Jonathan thinks that I could change the stance to make it more personal and tailored to me. If I were to change the stance I will experiment with change by drawing out sketches and see how they affect the overall image of the character.

My view on his design: 

Jonathan’s inspiration has come from one of his sketches. He has sketched a jester holding a cane.
The design is really nice and clean and I think it’s a clever idea.

However, the positioning of his character was in a ‘happy jump’, almost reaching to the sky with one hand. The emotion of the character is quite sinister and I told him that I believe the emotion on the face doesn’t match the current positioning and stance of the character.

Also he originally had the character’s hat off; I expressed my opinion that the hair might be difficult to cleanly and professionally model and texture to a professional level. My improvement to this issue was to keep the hat on the character and have it slanted downwards creating a drop shadow on the character’s face; this would help to support the sinister emotion.


Blogged by Adam Place on the 09th October 2013