LAVOMATRIX - Character Design LUKA Researches
Luka is our main character in my Graduation Film called "Lavomatrix". He's a 18 years old boy who's supposed to look like a random one, with not too much personnality, but he had to be quite anxious and easily afraid of things. He never left his house... until his 18th birthday. We wanted him to be like every little boy of the 70's, with a bowl haircut, buttoned collar, large sleeves and the shirt tugged inside the high pants folded at the ends, the socks visible. However, we wanted to keep a shaggy side to his hair to oppose him to the society he lives in.
First Pass of researches I did on my Graduation Film "Lavomatrix" for Luka, our main character who's supposed to be a 18 yo random-like boy, living in the 70's in a totalitarian society. He's supposed to be a "victim-like" character.
Second pass I did based on the sculpt my group tried (the screen on the left). They wanted a character less "perfect", more "goofy" with flaws and bigger attributes like nose or ears.
Another try I did with some propositions for Luka's clothes, mixing futuristic/weird ones with 70's ones.
Another try based on a try made by a member (the Artistic Director) of my team (his sketch on the bottom left).
Another test.
A test based on the evolution of Luka during the movie, going from a young boy to an OMNI's clone.
A test done after we decided to go further on the stylization of Luka.
Last pass of tries based on the discussions with the Artistic Director.
Some tries of bodyshapes (we already wanted a slender one for sure) after deciding about Luka's face.
My final take on Luka before starting the sculpt.
Some color palettes tests, knowing that we wanted "Lavomatrix" to not take place in our world...
Some preparatory drawings for the blendshapes and animations i was going to make.
Some hair tests asked by the Art Director to be sure about keeping the bowl cut on Luka.
Quick drawings of the hair strands to help the FX/RIG artists to create the guides for Luka's hair.