Ted Stapletons University Blog

Zorro by ted stapleton on Scribd

We given different films and were tasked with interpreting anf studying their respective art styles. The easter bunny if he was closer to the aesthetics of the denizens of Halloween Town Jack Skellington if he was a character on a World War 2-era poster

Various experiments with life drawings of a collection of objects Realistic Extreme-close-up of a cloth and junk Negative space. Used coloured pastels. Detailed and realistic. From another angle.

Robocop - Heros Journey by ted stapleton on Scribd

 Unlike the action poses, the drama poses had less exaggerated movements.

Inception by ted stapleton on Scribd

For my character design task I was given the traits of 1940s London, a mouse, World War 2 London and Courageous/Heroic. Anatomy study and vehicles from 1940s London.

Postmodernism and Pulp Fiction by ted stapleton on Scribd

 In this exercise I experimented with various poses for the already rigged model. I tried out various poses from mostly sports while still trying to remain varied to even a knight duel for further experimentation.   I had pose not just the limbs but also fingers to add details to the character, adjust the neck, tilt their head to detail the posture and act. Make it seem more lifely. I also chose the poses because I felt there was some ambiguity to the expression and action of the character. Is he running and excising or running in fear? 

Influence map for my character design project. I was given a mouse, World War 2 posters and 1940s London. The image of a anthropomorphic mouse immediately leapt into my mind. I decided to find images of propaganda posters from the era, images of mice species native to Britain, guns used by armies during that time, and pictures of London also.