Character development.

Initially in the process of creating the character illustrations I started by sketching them out ready to work over these with the pen tool and live paint tool on Illustrator. Wanted to make the character simplistic to work with the imagery inspiring me but also easily recognisable. To achieve this I took the strongest elements for the existing characters face and translated this into a simple illustrated style. Elements included shape of the hair, face and eyebrows. 

When filling with colour I tried to kept to a minimal amount that would still add shading and depth to the illustration. The swatch palettes used for all are limited to no more than 5 colours, using some of the same ones such as the brown and beige tones throughout. Each colour chosen is well related to that character and makes them more recognisable.

As an alternative option I looked at using the same colour swatches across all the characters to make them work better as a set. Think this works quite well as details and depth are still shown as before but in practice on the poster design this could change.