Sunday, 6 May 2012

Qwoffy - Accessory Development

The style of the donut accessory was re-done as it was too plain. The final design for the donut has a chunk taken out of it, this gives character to the accessory and also makes it look nicer.

Qwoffy - Adding style to the foot

A coffee bean logo could be placed on one foot of the character to show association to the theme and it also could look nice.

Qwoffy - Back of the toy

Something could be placed on the back of the toy to enhance the style. Adding a backside to the character for humour purposes was tested on a sketch model.



Qwoffy - Body Development

To enhance the coffee bean look more the body could have a groove down it replicating the line on a coffee bean. This was tested using a plasticine sketch model.

Qwooffy - Belly button idea

To give Qwoffy more character a belly button could be added.

Qwoffy - Foot Design Idea

Instead of changing the foot design something could be added to the foot to enhance the look of it.

Qwoffy - Testing Foot Designs

Sketch model test


Qwoffy - Foot Development

Development was done for the same reason of the hand development. Sketch model testing will be done.

Qwoffy - Hand Testing

Sketch model testing




Qwoffy - Hand Development

Development was done on the design of the hands as they looked too plain. The various design ideas will be tested on a sketch model.

Qwoffy - Eye Placement Tests

                                                                  Sketch model tests.

 Render Tests


Qwoffy - Eye Placement

Eye placement tests were done to see if it changed the characters look. Two of the designs will be tested on a sketch model to see if they work.

Qwoffy - Using the old mouth?

The old mouth design was removed as it was loosing the coffee bean look but by altering it slightly it could work with the new eye design. After the testing the design on a plasticine sketch model it was decided that a variation of the old mouth should be used.


Qwoffy - Mixing the two eye styles

Testing was done on mixing the two eye styles together. The outcome was to leave the new eye design how it is currently.
Sketch model testing


Qwoffy - Comparing The Two Face Designs

Eyes- The eyes look better using the new design as they bring something more to the face than having eyes that are flat to the surface but I like the way the old design is outlined by a carved cirlcle. Mixture of the two?
Mouth- The old mouth could look better with this new eye design, this will be tested.




Qwoffy - New Eye Design

A new design for the eyes was done due to the current design for the eyes not having the desired look. The new design features gloss black eyes which protrude from the face.


Qwoffy - Cigar Development

When testing the cigar accessory idea I came across a problem which was that to insert the accessory in the mouth a hole had to be made. When the the accessory is not in the mouth the hole is exposed which made it look ugly. This could be solved in many ways, designs are below;


Qwoffy - Mouth Development Cigar Idea

Testing was done with the new mouth design with the use of plasticine. Because the mouth is angled its like something should be in the mouth. The Cigar idea came from the association between coffee and cigars. This could give the character more attitude.

Qwoffy - Mouth Development

Changes to the mouth and head shape have been done. The head is much more 'plumper' making it more like a coffee bean. The mouth has been changed due to the current mouth design loosing some of the coffee bean look. The new mouth is much more straighter but keeps some of the angled look.

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Qwoffy - Purpose of the toy and character re-boot

The character looks slighly differently to when the last purpose of the toy was made as Qwoffy looked too 'cute' for the look I was going for. The new style of Qwoffy is more about how he looks different to all the perfect coffee beans, he is an outcast.