I was tasked to design a character and then animate them performing an action.
I started out brainstorming how I wanted my character to look by using the Blot Method, where you find characters inside of blotted shapes. I liked quite a few of them but I was drawn to the little angry pea and the flies with an attitude in the corners.
So, I developed on them a little more and ended up leaning more towards the pea design but gave his body more shape and potential to move more flexibly.
As a result, here is the turn around of the final design, this is Bean boy:
I played around with Bean Boy's expressions and positions a little before putting him into motion.
I really love how expression-lead this character is, faces and emotions are my favourite thing to put into a character's design. You can really tell a lot about a character's personality and their situation through their face.
Here is Bean Boy in action:
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