Sick Day/Character Design research

Today I had to spend most of the day in bed as I was very ill. However, I didn't let this stop me from my research! To learn more about the shape of the characters that already exist within designer toys I studied a book called 'Exploring Character Design'.

Hedbpeth, Kevin & Missal, Stephen

 (2006) Exploring Character Design

This book is originally for students that are studying animation and character design. It had many interesting pages about  how the shapes of characters' heads depend of how people feel about the character.

Page 143 - The shapes of characters' heads can change people's
views of the characters' personality

Page 148 - Length, Width and Angle of characters face