Final designs

This week rather than start on animation, i really wanted to nail down some final designs for my important characters. Here are the final ref sheets for the Boy and the Dragon in the film. I am taking a step backwards and returning to the sketchy style of lines and shading, to go with the theme of drawing. The dragon will have changing shadows, as it is meant to be a malfunctioned creature, and i want him to appear both scary and friendly, which is difficult with set shades. If i can change the shadows, i can help emphasis the emotion a bit. So he is pure white unlike the other creatures in the film, but with shadows when necessary.