Sandy The Sand Witch: Character Concepts
This is semi-WIP post (I will probably re-upload once it is all complete), but I wanted to post some work I've been doing on for a personal project where I've been creating a body of work around the world of Sandy, a Sand Witch (loll) who lives by the ocean in a sand castle village, and some of the things in her world. Shoutout to Qiu Fang (https://www.artstation.com/qfang) for mentoring me as I've been working on this project.
This is the next thing I'm finalizing - A wetsuit design for Sandy for when she goes swimming. WIP
Beginning again: I created a word map and divided up her visual goals into accomplishable steps, defining the art language and directions I wanted to explore this time around.
After gathering reference and a few studies, I did these 6 preliminary sketches, and got some feedback from my mentor encouraging me to double down on the motifs of stars.
Some iterations where I kept the same silhouette, but broke up the internal shapes in different ways.
A few (of many) color iterations. I decided to stick mainly to primary colors for this world, to aim for a childlike and playful aesthetic.
