Minor Project: Character development

I'm going to add various accessories to the two characters. I've been looking at generic litter like old bottle caps, sweet wrappers, food containers and other things to act as hats, necklaces or armbands just to give thecharacters more personality.

Litter

Minor project: Colour (Bo)

 I changed the shade of Bo's head to a higher saturated purple to contrast Benny's higher saturated green.

Minor Project: Colour Experimentation

I've  been experimenting with the colours of the pigeons beaks to see what best suits the character. I think the one I'm most fond of is the brownish one (lower right) or the yellowish one (top left).

 

I'm playing with the shade of the pigeons heads to make the colour design less dull and more stylized. The colours I'm experimenting with are inspired by the green and purple iridescent shine on pigeons necks. 

Examples of the glimmer on pigions necks caused by pigmentation in their feathers. I think I prefer the green shade for this character although I will tamper with the hue and saturation to find the right shade of green I'd like to go with.

Minor Project: Final Character Designs

 This is the chosen character style I'm going with. I've carefully chosen the shape and size of these characters based on the archetypes I have made them. The one on the left is the short but overly manly (or pigeonly in this case) character who acts like he knows it all but really acts this way to hide how unbright he really is, usually with a less bright character to feel smarter. And the one on the left is nothing more than the less bright chartacter the first one needs , the tall and lanky blithering idiot archetype who's catchphrase is best understood as a dopey "ohhh" of recognition.

Final Design of Benny and Bo

Benny and Bo in colour

Minor Project: Further Character designs

Minor Project: Character Influence Map

Minor Project: Background research

I went out and took some more pictures for inspiration on the background for my animation. I want the background to depict a gritty inner city scape so that means graffiti, old buildings and high rises in the distance.