COP3 Character development

I decided to put together a brief bases for me to go off in order to develop my character designs. here I quickly mapped out the brief characters description. The mother character will be mysterious as she would only be spoken of.

This is my character description for Holly who is the oldest child out of the two. 

Joe Carmen works as a florist, his uniform will involve an apron much like a chef, which was what he wanted to be in his youth. He will play the typical strong father figure, but will also deal with dark personal issues that only the audience will see through the use of the one room being used throughout each episode.

Steve Carmen is the youngest sibling out of the two. His outfits will change each episode depending on what typical teenager phase he will be going through. In one episode he will be dressed in "chav" attire, and adopt a typical chav accent, another episode he will be dressed in a peaky blinders-esque outfit and have a brummy accent after binge watching the show etc. 

Moodboards.

This is joe's moodboard. I decided to base his looks off actors that have that sort of "dad" look about them. I also included floral designs as he works as a florist and I want his apron to have a similar pattern. 

This moodboard is for Holly Carmen. Because shes an art student, I want her to look and dress similar to what a "typical art student" would wear. I want the characters to have similar facial appearances as they are related. I will do this by giving them similar eyes and hair colour.

this is the moodboard for steve. I want him to look quite nerdy and like a scrawny, confused 14 year old boy. Because he will be going through phases like a teenager does, I included images that represent chavs as well as a few nerdy ones for the base of the character.

Initial character designs.

Joe.

Here are my initial sketches for joe. I want him to look quite angry to juxtapose his seemingly happy demeanor towards his children. Because I plan on having the animation look like traditional hand-drawn animation, but i will be creating this effect by using similar brushes in photoshop.

Steve

I wanted steve to look like a gaunt, scrawny teenager, with bad skin and strange hair. 

I want his outfits to change in every episode, so I will create different variations of his phases and outfits in photoshop.

Holly

I wanted Holly's face to have similar eyebrows to her dad in order to demonstrate that they're related. to make the characters look like they exist in the same world, I made their eyes similar as well as making the ends of the hair look siilar.

this was a quick sketch of what I wanted her body to look like. I will develop her outfits further down the line. 

my next step is to create different variations of my characters, like expression sheets as well as outfits.