I found that I preferred simplistic animation design, As it does not only look better, but could simplify animation process. From this I experimented with different styles on Photoshop.
I tried a 'flat shaded' style and experimented with eye shape.
Eventually I found that the first one best shows the dogs personalty of being old and tired of his owners mishaps.
I took this and tried to make a design for fitting the personality on illustrator and came up with this design, taking inspiration from the styles I liked:
From this I developed this design to make it slightly more easy to animate and a little better overall design:
From this new design I added in more positions and poses (as well as angles):
After this I started researching dog walk cycles:
From This I started to create a walk cycle (by changing the legs into strokes).
After this I animated it from Illustrator to Photoshop. I repo
I Tried some other styles, Which worked better but didn't fit the needed animation detail. (and style).
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Finally I decided on a name (Chester) and made a character board..
