Cheeks Dana Drives

This is a spot illustration for one of the characters I concepted in one of my classes at SCAD. His name is Cheeks Dana Drives, and his profession is ferrying fellow mafia members across a crime-ridden, 1920s-esque New York. 

In the concept stage, I learned about the iterative process, which deals with a bunch of “funneling-down” of content, so to speak- I would present my work in front of the class and I would get valuable feedback on how to better convey the story I was trying to tell through character design choices. It started with values and silhouettes, then we moved on to a character turnaround, and then color comps for our very own character. It was a very important experience for me in getting a firm idea of what goes on in the industry!