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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Rufus 2 3 4 5 6-7 8 9 ...Turnaround ...Head Perspective and Example Facial Expressions ...Lip Sync ...Construction Dummies ...Step by Step ...Color IDs ...A Wrap Up of Design Details Chapter 2: Goal 10 11 12 ...Turnaround ...Color IDs ...Example Facial Expressions

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Rufus Turnaround

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Head Perspective and Example Facial Expressions

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Lip Sync

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Mouth Shut

Eyes Closed

e,

d, h, j, g, k,n, q, r, s, t, x, y, z

c, ch

f, v, w

b, m, p

sch

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Construction Dummies
Simple Dummy Detailed Dummy

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The tip of the nose sits between pupils and chin

Pupils/eye line located slightly beneath the numerical center of the head, just a bit beneath the eyes center

The torso is slightly bean-shaped

3 heads mark the knees

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Step by Step

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Lines: -Line emphasis, not overly straight, always a bit crooked instead, vary thick and thin lines -keep in might where light is falling, i.e. thicker lower side lines (the Deponia Brush comes in handy here) -nished black line art on a transparent layer

-Select line art with the magic wand tool(just click into the character) -Extend the selection by 1 pxl -Revert selection -Create a new layer and ll it with the cap color from the color palette -Clean up any color bleeding over the actual line art

-Use the magic wand tool yet again -Reduce the selection by 2 pxl -Revert selection -Create a new layer under the colored layer -Fill the layer with black

-The thick black outline should nor exactly match the line art -Clean up the black layer according to the actual line art -Vary thick and thin lines according to exposure -Slightly highlight the edges

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-Add color, step by step selecting areas on the line art layer and ll them with corresponding colors -Add nal touches with the brush tool, especially the small areas the magic wand missed

Block Shading: -Light falls from above, causing shadows on all lower sides of objects Places where light hardly falls, like insides of legs or clothing are covered in shadow. -Apply shadow in a single layer as a clipping mask above the colored layer -Apply light only on the hair and in a new layer. Use The eye color from the color palette -Set all shading layers to multiply -Set the light layer to overlay and 50% opacity

-Lock the line art layer and use the line arts value to paint over the line art ( see next page) -Color the lowest black layer in the same way -Leave only the bottom side of the hair black (see next page) -Apply a black shadow on the oor. Set layer to 50% opacity

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Color Ids
Shadow

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Click

Lines

Gold Applications Hair

Only color this lower area black to make the strand stand out

Tongue Scarf Duster Sleeves Vest

Eyes/ Light Skin

Coloring lines: If you lock a layer, only already existing pixels may be colored. Any other areas remain unaffected and remain transparent.

Pants Bootaps Cap, Straps, Bags

Boots

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A Wrap Up of Design Details
Slightly irregular forms (except for the eyes), no really round or rectangular forms 1/2 Pupils/eye line located slightly beneath the numerical center of the head, just a bit beneath the eyes center Space between the eyes is slightly more than one eye

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The tip of the nose sits between pupils and chin

The torso is slightly bean-shaped

-Eyes look pretty circular -The more the character is rotated, the more oval the eyes appear -Accordingly, one eyes seems more narrow -From a side view, the round part becomes almost copped One thumb and three ngers (though not clearly visible from this perspective) 3 heads mark the knees

Shadows:

-Light falls from above, causing shadows on all lower sides of objects Places where light hardly falls, like insides of legs or clothing are covered in shadow

Lines:

-Line emphasis, not overly straight, always a bit crooked instead, vary thick and thin lines -keep in mind where light is falling, i.e. thicker lower side lines (the Deponia Brush comes in handy here)

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Goal Turnaround

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Dummy Color IDs
Shadow Lines Lines Eyes Cheeks Mouth Tongue Eyes Skin Hair

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Applications, Shoes Suit

Gaiters

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Example Facial Expressions

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