Amanda and Pistachio Character Designs

These characters, Amanda and Pistachio are set to be in a 3D animated short film. Amanda is a young girl who struggles with confidence due to bullying but her stuffed animal goat friend, Pistachio comes to life in a dreamscape to cheer her up.

Below are Amanda and Pistachio’s character sheets and color ideations.

Amanda’s Bedroom Process

To create Amanda’s bedroom, first, I modeled out basic geometric shapes to accurately display the scale of the bedroom object and perspective of the bedroom itself.

Next, I traced over the modeled environment and, on top, sketched props and textures.

After I did that, I was able to go in with color and lighting, resulting in the final rendered images you see below!

Amanda’s Dreamscape Process

Again, with the same process as the bedroom visual development I created this character, Amanda’s dream environment. For this visual development, I started with a 3D model I creaetd, then sketched out the props on top.

Next, I did a value study to help me in the next step: rendering.

Lastly, I decided to add my two character Amanda and Pistachio interacting with this environment.