14/ Character Designs Progress

-I have roughly completely chapter 3, so once I've edited it slightly I can get some tutor feedback. Once I've made more progress on my practical I can consider writing the chapter synthesising my practical from my essay research.

 Experiments with face proportions and designs, taking some inspiration from other historical designs and seeing if I can push the proportions whilst still making him seem: Brave, Courageous, Selfless, Kind, Youthful.

The colours in this set of experiments are taken from other Momotaro depictions, I added them to my design to see which colours and patterns I favoured in order to know which ones to bring forward to the final designs. I've been researching into the historical meaning and changes in the fashions, patterns and colours of Edo Period Japan to ensure that it is culturally correct. Fortunately for me, this is when the bright patterned fabrics were in fashion for both men and women so I can brighten up the designs. 

At the weekly feedback it was suggested to me that I dissect the patterns of the parents and give some motifs to the sons designs. I think this would be a nice symbolic design choice, especially because when designing Momotaro I tried to incorporate some facial features from both the Mother and Father. He has the general face and body structure of the Father, but more youthful. For example they have similar body types except he stands taller and is more filled out in the legs and torso so that his clothes don't hang off of him. This also means that the son has a different silhouette too, especially with the different hairstyle.