Character Design

The client needed a second character for their new branch of Gin. The existing male character was an older Gentleman. He looked slightly weathered and wore a bartender's gown. The new character was supposed to be the main character's niece. The style of the character had to be hand-drawn and detailed but still vectorizable.

Design Brief

hand-drawn
young woman
sketch quality
detailed
both pixel and vector image

Bleistift-Skizze einer jungen Frau mit hochgesteckten langen Haaren und einer Barschürze.

First Sketch

Sketching my first idea I checked, if the pose and style fit and complemented the existing character while still offering enough contrast to separate the products.

Test on Conciseness

Was the figure recognizable? Could it be vectorized easily later on?

Linienzeichnung der Jungen Frau aus der Bleistift-Skizze

final initial ink-drawing of the young woman from the sketch.

Detailed Ink-Drawing

After checking, that the woman would still be recognizable and that vectorization would be possible, I drew the final draft. From this point forth digital will be the main tool.

Re-Worked Drawing

After some Feedback on the facial features and the amount of shadows, the first Drawing was digitally re-worked.

Alternate version of the final line-drawing of the young woman from the sketch.

the final inked image next to the vectorized version of it.

The Result

This image shows the final inked drawing side by side with the vectorized version of it.

Antje Wauer

Character Design

Antje Wauer