Character Design
Violet
Year, 2009
Client. Proposal
Project. Character design / Illustration
Information. Inspired by the quote 'The Great Deception' by Chuang Tzu: the Chinese philosopher and Taoist - 'The birth of a man is the birth of his sorrow. The longer he lives, the more stupid he becomes, because his anxiety to avoid unavoidable death becomes more and more acute. What bitterness! He lives for what is always out of reach! His thirst for survival in the future makes him incapable of living in the present'
Violet
Year, 2009
Client. Proposal
Project. Character design / Illustration
Information. Tadanori Yokoo inspired illustration
Little Buddhas
Year, 2008
Client. Proposal
Project. Character design
Information. Buddhist thangka paintings convey precise iconographic information about particular deities in a pictorial manner and are traditionally used as a guide for contemplative and meditative experience. Traditionally, thangkas do not express the personal vision or creativity of the artist, but here I have taken a simplified, contemporary approach; reinterpreting the traditional, Tibetan thangka whilst preserving the original iconography associated with the deities
Button Heads
Year, 2008 - 2010
Client. Proposal
Project. Character design
Information. Exploring the boundaries and relationships between toy character design, branding, packaging and merchandising
Unlikelys
Year, 2005
Client. Proposal
Project. Character design
Information. Inspired by The Incrdibles; these are probably the most unlikely super heroes in the world.
Bug Bods
Year, 2004
Client. Proposal
Project. Character design
Information. I designed these little chaps with a couple of intentions in mind. Firstly, I envisaged them as small promotional characters which could be branded in corporate livery and used to advertise a brand. Their natural charisma gives them a 'keepability' factor and everyone I asked would love to have a Bug Bod on their desk!
Secondly, inspired by the growing interest in collectable vinyl figures, I figured that they could be individually boxed or blister packed and sold as desirable designer toys
Secondly, inspired by the growing interest in collectable vinyl figures, I figured that they could be individually boxed or blister packed and sold as desirable designer toys
Tonbo
Year, 2004
Client. Proposal
Project. 3d Character design
Information. Tonbo is a prototype design for an autonomous children's toy. He is both a vehicle for others to ride in and a character in his own right