Independent Project - Character Design 1

Character Design 1

Character name: Mi



Meaning of the name: 

Mi in Chinese(Mandarin & Written) can be 迷 or 謎. 

Mi in Japanese that written in Kanji can also be 迷 or 謎.

What is 謎?

謎 in Chinese and Japanese had similar meaning which is Riddle, Puzzle, or something that is unknown.

Which represents that the character itself is someone without recognition. The info of the character is unknown.

Also Mi in English is the similar with Me. Me can mean Myself, and in fact, the design of this character is partly based on me, myself. But I'd rather not mention it.


Test before actual design:

Starting point:    I sketched the character on my notebook. I used to draw characters that look like this                               but with smiley face. The reason why I loved to draw like this is because it is easy, just              like stick man, and it looks dumb and cute when there is a smiley face with it.




Blender:    

Modeling:    I found that the character actually looks pretty much like Deemo. So I tried to create a                             exact 3D model of Deemo. After that, I tried to adjust its shape to the sketch. I think this                         whole process took me 8 - 10 hours including learning on the Internet, making the model                         and adjusting.

Learning:    https://www.youtube.com/@user-wz6rb4ph4n/videos

                    For this Deemo model, I was learning the techniques and the basics on this Youtube                                channel. This was the first time I use Blender.


Animating: 

The animating part is less difficult compare to modeling as I was getting more familiar with Blender. I started animating this model after a month it was created. 

There is a funny moment. When I came back to this model and try to animate it. I found that the polygons are too much to work with. So I had to redo the model, but this time it only took me like half an hour.

I created 4 animations for it including run, walk, walk backward and idle. I enjoyed making actions for the model.

Learning:    https://www.youtube.com/@Imphenzia

                   This is the Youtube channel I learned animating from. Very useful.

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