Insectoid Character Design Assignment

For this homework assignment we were given the task of creating an Insectoid character, it had to have purpose that could be taken forward into a game concept if presented to a games company, it couldn't just be a person with a bugs head etc.

To start off this project I decided to start with a visual board of images representing my research, inspiration and thought process to start the project off. I looked at both concepts already out there with the insectoid theme and also various insects that exist in the real world.

After researching I then completed some rough studies of various insects to get the feel of how each one looks and differs and features I could possibly pick out and alter for my own concepts.

Once I was happy with my studies and had a few ideas in mind I then started sketching out my 3 rough concepts for my own character using my studies and inspiration as reference. I picked on certain features from my studies and combined these with other insects and there features to create some cool insectoid concepts.

I decided after drawing my rough concepts out I liked the first idea the best as I felt this gave me the most freedom and movement to expand further and looked the most evolved insectoid concept out of the 3. I then took this idea forward and created a blue-print style view of this final concept.

I then created my final three quarter view angle of my final concept and added some colour to flesh out the overall concept and bring it to life. I am really pleased with my final concept as I feel I have captured the brief well and followed through from my research to my final concept and I believe this works well with the bio I have given my character and I could easily see this being used in a game environment.