Galatinet News
For this project, the job was to create a news channel with a created character accurately syncing the lips so that this felt like an actual cartoon while also giving this cartoonlike character human-like tendencies
Initial Character Design
The initial character design was heavily inspired by different Sci-Fi characters taking heavy inspiration from the likes of Star Wars and Aliens. The biggest challenge here was making this creature feel human while also not feeling too scary for a news broadcast. Down below are the mouths used as well as a tuxedo to make this feel professional.
final character design
Through initial test footage what was found was that the initial mouth was super basic and lacked togues, which made the character feel flat and non-emotional. What also was found was through studying human interactions a lot of us tend to animate with our arms so creating arms was integral to make the character more realistic.