Well, firstly I'm aiming to make a character that's a 'Persona' of mine. So, a Persona is a character that is basically yourself. Something I've always wanted to do.
My Persona is a mysterious vampire woman called Vampria. She's a character I use a lot in my notes to visualize certain points and she's.. Basically everywhere for me. I'm quite attached, so this opportunity to finally bring her to life was all I wanted~
The Style
Creating a stylized character seemed to be my focus point, so I spent a good 3 days doing nothing but drawing out poses and limbs of a stylized female character. Referencing Disney movies, tutorials, Dreamworks, and even the fantastic Underworld movie series, turning the lead actor into something less realistic.
I used the likes of the Tinkerbell movies, to get a feel for the 3D aspect of the stylized female. Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy gave a good cross between my own style and realistic proportions. Disney's Atlantis and Hercules gave good examples of the female shape for that style. Violet from The Incredibles gave good hair style reference. And of course Hotel Transylvania's Mavis! Along side some fan art found of an artist turning the disney princesses into Vampires.. Weirdly there is a lack of them..
Moving on
After getting a good feel for the style, I started to design Vampria. Strangely, I found this hard to do on paper.. Onward to Photoshop!
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