For the characters, I've decided to go with an artist whose style is the opposite of how I design characters: Retrograde-Entropy (there was no indication of their real name).
I purposefully wanted to find an artist whose character designs were different to mine so I can learn to adapt to other art styles. As much as the dream is to make my own product with my own drawings, if I want to get a job in animation, I have to adapt to a show or studio's style of drawing!
The three coloured drawings above are Retrograde-Entropy's artworks, whilst the pencil drawings in the sketchbook are my interpretations of their style. If you look at my character designs, they are very angular and sketchy. The eyes are very big on the head compared to the other facial features, and the eyebrows go over the hair to immediately indicate a character's emotion. The hair itself is very scruffy and looks very thin. The alien design of Geoffrey is designed a lot like Mothman! I prefer to design aliens as giant bugs since an insect or invertebrate design is the furthest away from a relatable human design. The link below will take you to a great video about alien design that goes into more depth than I do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srul5Xd2kT4
Retrograde's characters are more round with very few angles or sharp edges. The eyes fit inside the head and the nose seems to be larger than usual. The hair is very fluffy and naturally pleases the eye when it flows with the wind. The lips are also larger and have a slight upper cleft to some of their characters. The alien design is also more humanistic, most likely to allow the audience to relate to the alien more. Retrograde's work is soft, subtle and pleasing to the eye, especially when they use pastel colours in their other artworks.
You can look at their DeviantArt page here: http://retrograde-entropy.deviantart.com
For the environment, I've always been fond of illustrations that capture the simple side of nature, yet still manage to make it look beautiful and detailed. I immediately decided to go with one of my favourite artists: Indre Bankauskaite (freeminds on DevinatArt).
Indre Bankauskaite creates backgrounds, characters and environments that are so simple in style but pop out due to the small colour palette they use in each drawing. Concepts like the blue and orange tree are very surreal, but the drawing of a cave entrance is more naturalistic due to it's softer colours and shades. It's the naturalistic drawings of Indre's that I want to use inspiration for the environment of my background project.
The watercolour paintings in the sketchbook are my interpretations of Indre's artwork above, and I'm debating whether I should stop painting all together. I am happy with how I made the blue and orange tree look 3D and the blending of some of the colours in either of them, but it comes to no surprise that painting isn't my strongest point, neither is sticking to a colour palette. I feel like I can replicate the artwork better in a digital painting since that's most likely how the artist made them in the first place.
You can look at their DeviantArt page here: http://freeminds.deviantart.com
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