Old Wizard (Zakur) Progress and Final Design

The Old Wizard was a strange character to design. I always had an image in my head of how I wanted him to look, see below. 

Zakur Character Bio

Age: 57

Gender: Male

Height: 6ft 6

Zakur is a strange man. After the wizards became vital to the kingdoms survival, Zakur went into hiding, shutting himself up in his house, and keeping his magic side hidden from the world. Having a somewhat crazy personality, Zakur dresses smartly in worn, old clothes, and regularly practises card tricks. Although odd, Zakur is kind hearted and takes Ivy into his home and teaches her magic to survive.

Zakur - 'Crazy' and 'Insane'.

Below is the final design for Zakur, in his smart outfit.

Below is a large watercolour showing his choice of unusual colours in his clothes.

Character Sheet

This is the first character sheet completed for Zakur.

Mount & Roscoe Final Designs

Roscoe Character Bio

Age: 11

Gender: Male

Height: 6ft 3 or 19hh

Roscoe is a large and strong Elk, being bred especially for the King and raised by him. He has a playful personality, and loves Ivy playing with him in the Stables. Although he is large, he is very agile and has regularly travelled miles across the land with the King. Roscoe is very protective over Ivy and extremely loyal, but can also be rather stubborn.

Roscoe - The name Roscoe means 'from the Deer Forest'.

Below is the design for Roscoe, without Tack.

This is a watercolour of Roscoe, displaying his colouring.

Below is an example of tack used by the poor, plain brown and worn. 

Below is the Royal tack used on Guard mounts and Royal mounts.

Character Sheet

This is the character sheet for Roscoe, featuring full body and head sketches.

Mount (Roscoe) Development

The Elk is a mount used throughout the Kingdom, either being ridden or used in carts. It sports unusually large antlers, and unique colourings, and has thin, deer like legs. I will be designing generic Elk, ridden by guards, royals and the poor, as well as the kings Elk, Roscoe, Whom Ivy adores. 

Spirit Guardian (Conrad) Final Designs

Conrad Character Bio

Age: Unknown

Height: 1ft 9

Gender: Unknown

Created from an old toy of Ivy's, Conrad is a happy fox with bundles of energy. With his own unique magic of being able to transform and manipulate objects and people, Conrad accompanies Ivy on her journey. Protective and Loyal, Conrad can be summoned by Ivy at any time to aid her. 

Conrad - 'Honest Advisor', 'Brave, and 'Wise'.

This is the final design for Conrad, with the collar. His colouring is unique to him, created from the patches on the toy.

Below is the colouring for Conrad, a beige/cream colouring with grey patches.

This is Conrad with the collar, bearing the kings seal and a C for Conrad, the name of the Kings old dog. 

Character Sheet

Below is the initial character sheet for Conrad, with more maybe to follow.

Spirit Guardian Development

The spirit guardian is a toy, transformed by the Wizard in a guardian for Ivy. 

I experimented with a few different toy ideas, from small dolls, to bears.

From this sheet I found, this design was the best. It will also contain a collar with the kings seal on it, with the name Conrad, an old pet of the Kings. 

I began designing some ideas for Conrad, in the style of a Fennec fox. 

Ivy, Final Design & Character Bio

Ivy Character Bio

Age: 9

Gender: Female

Height: 4ft 2

Interests: Nature, Animals, playing, drawing and Riding.

Lives in the Castle, is Princess of the Kingdom.

Ivy has a quirky, playful personality. She loves nature and her fathers Elk, Roscoe. She can regularly be found playing in the Stable with Roscoe, or with her stuffed toy, Conrad. Although she is forbidden to leave the Castle, Ivy enjoys watching the other children play in the Village, and dreams of having friends to play with. Although she is royalty, she is not a well presented, clean girl, as she loves mucking out the stables and playing in the mud. 

Ivy - 'faithfulness', 'derived from the plant name'.

Initially, this was Ivy's final design. However, in discussion with my tutors we agreed she didn't have enough character to her.

So finally, this is Ivy's final design, in her 'Princess' costume. I added a necklace given to her from her mother, and Ivy sprawled through her long hair, to give her more personality. 

Below is a finished A3 watercolour image of Ivy, showing the colours of her hair and clothes. 

Once Ivy is forced to flee the Castle, she is taken in by an old, strange Wizard named Zakur. He gives her new clothes and cuts her hair. He also gives her a glove, which enables her to perform magic. Below is Ivy's costume once she leaves the Castle.

 Below shows the colouring of her new clothes, using parts of her old dress to patch up her new one.

Character Sheet

Below is the character sheet for Ivy, more may follow.

I have neglected you..

Sorry Blog, I haven't posted on you for a little while, I have been posting my updates mostly on my Facebook page: 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/SKW-Art/1400783193468906

But anyway, a lot has happened since I last posted. Continuing with my developmental work I began focusing on main character looks. 

Along with Sketches of my main character Ivy, I have been completing watercolour images as well.

This is a final idea I had for her look, however the design slightly changed.