Spaceman Concept

Character Turn Around (Security Guard)

Character Turn Around (Wealthy Museum Owner)

Character Design (Wealthy Museum Owner)

Influence

John Goodman (The Borrowers)

Character Development

Museum Guards

For my chosen storyline I wanted to have two skinny, gaunt looking museum guards whom pursue the astronaut when he sets off the museum alarm. I wanted them to both look menacing and stick thin. I used Ratatouille's food critic Ego and 70's sitcom Porridge's prison officer Mr. Mackay as influence.

 

To show the uniformity of the two guards I want them to look identical and move in unison whilst they pursue the astronaut.

Character Design

Astronaut Influence 

Looking at astronauts one of the main distinguishing features about their appearance is this suit that makes then look overly chunky and clumsy. For my character design I thought I could exaggerate these features and use the clumsiness to my advantage as my prop is a pogo stick (something that you need a small degree of agility to use) and the set which is a museum (a place where you must take care not to damage anything)

The first obvious astronaut I looked at was Buzz Lightyear, not however because he is a spaceman but because I like his overly broad chest and tiny limbs.

The rotund belly of Mr Incredible was another influence in sketching up astronaut ideas

Astronaut Preliminary Sketches