Redesigns for the Mice.
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Was stumbling on this first design after rummaging through old stuff again, and I realised that I liked the look of them with more details, and with slight more slender bodies.
Initially I went for a stylised look, because I was planning on doing animations for maybe a game or just for fun, so I wanted to keep it relative simple because I tend to do all frame by frame.
I’m not much of an animator, so I never get anything done either way, disregarding the fakt that FBF is the hardest way to do animation nowadays.
So I had another idea.
I’ve been learning 3D since 2016, and I would like to build some mid-poly models of them.
That of course means I can afford a higher grade of details as it would all be baked into a 3D puppet instead of drawing every single frame of animation by hand.
So I went nuts and did some overthinking. With the new designs I am trying to pay attention to the silouette, shape language, personality themes, and sketching on greyscale (blue tint)
This is a collection of a few weeks of me rampaging on my own. (When I was not working mermaids that is)
btw: in case people missed it, Xera’s name got changed to Kiera, so I dont associate her name with “Xena Warrior Princess”.
Edit: Now that I’m awake, I decided to add a 3rd mouse to the group, Her name is Lea, and she’s a Monk type Sneaky stealth character. the one with the big gloves. I also decided on Shion’s and Kieras abilities some more. Shion, is, as her looks indicate, a red-mage-ish character, meaning she can learn of every type of magic, though be it not as effective as a specialisation, she can use attack spells, healing spells, and debuff spells. Kiera on the other hand get’s her magic from her armor, which buffs her and her friends closeby, shields her from ranged magic, increases her speed/strenght etc, and she can later on learn how to channel the armor into more offensive effects, like a thorn aura, or poison.
Other than those 3 the rest would either be shop NPC’s, quest givers, or escort characters/temporary allies. The main idea is, to follow the main 3 on their journey, while also their home grows from a bundle of sticks from the ground into a proper self substaining village, plus hijinks.
I think that’s all I got in my mind.