Several weeks ago, the Toon Weekly site transformed into a members-only forum, meaning the various character design challenges are now held on private threads rather than in public galleries. A shame, in my view, since having passers-by looking at the work kind of forces you to raise your game. Having said that, most participants post their entries on their own sites and blogs and I've been doing the same. This blog has been reserved for writing since I set up t'other shop, but I'm so pleased with what I did for this week's assignment (redesign a classic live-action sitcom cast for animation) that I decided to post it here too:



Yes, before you say it, I know Vyvyan had four stars; the point of the exercise is not a facsimile of the costumes, nor a caricature of the actors for that matter, but an an adaptation of the characters. It's interesting to see what you can eliminate, what you have to keep and what you can tweak whilst still evoking the spirit of the thing. I couldn't decide which member of the Balowski family to include, regrettable since our Alexei was arguably the funniest bloke in the group.