After experimenting changing the colours of the sketches I tried to depict the character in a different style. I came up with a facial style for the character while drawing him in a new stance and with a different style of shading. I wanted to make the character more androgynous in body shape; I feel that an androgynous character would reach a wider set of demographics. In Sonic the Hedgehog, for example, the character is male but due to the highly anthropomorphised look, and lack of a particularly gendered body shape, he appeals to any gender of consumer. The character in this image is more rounded and neutral, while maintaining the same design principles of the large ears helmet and the cross. I decided to implement robotic joints, taking inspiration from the Megaman series, which features a mechanical main character.
The picture featured left shows photocopies of my developed sketch with some rough weapon designs and colour schemes superimposed. As the annotation explains, I attempted to change the perception of the main character through the use of weaponry. Ultimately, I did not go with any of these design trials due to the clash of shape types. The sketch I was drawing on had a more rounded look and these designs did not complement the qualities of the shapes due to the sharpness. I also experimented with a blue colour scheme over the sketch to check if it was an improvement from my previously considered red colour. After these sketches I decided to experiment with logo designs,.
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