I was assigned to do Character Design with some specifications:

TRAITS: Active, Funny, Strong

STYLE: Cartoonic, Simplified, Bulky

APPEARANCE: Animation, Cartoon, Movie, Game, Graphic Design, Branding

The typical Indian stand-up comedian Shekar (PHD in Comedy). He made a good name in village as a stand-up comedian, when he had plans to get higher in life this determined person jumped to the city Bangalore & couldn't attract any crowd. He was not able to fit in & entertain this generation crowd as he was always in his old village traditional clothing. He's all depressed, & he meets a person in Bangalore he finds all drawbacks of Shekar & helps him with Bangalore culture. BOOM! Comes up as a modern stand-up comedian & he finds yet something within him, goes n gets his facials done n gets his wig. The French beard that's the key made him look amazing. Now that he's all confident n fits into this generation standups. He can't stop waiting for the next show. He's waiting rock his next show &

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Eventually, he's the "Standup Sensation" in Bangalore. He's rocking with his great humor with confidence within him! So, Shekar got everything he ever wanted! Making people laugh, fame, well-settled life!

References taken for character design which is mood board. These are the reference images:

Concept sketch is done by combination of all the mood board references, which was done with pencil paper, & here it is:

As I am done with my final concept sketches. Now I planned to make a turnaround of the character with various angles for my Shekar to rotate 360. Below is the turnaround on paper.

Next is the final Digital Turnaround of shekar:

Now comes the Expressions, one of the very essential elements of a character design. For better understanding of the character. These are the expressions:

Give him this & see the uncle rocking around on the stage making audience rofl:

These are the colors I used for digital coloring, &

the colors in the digital art are also combination of Dodge tool & Burn tool! 

Giving a appropriate background to character according to his life is again a essential part of character design.