Starcrossed - Pitch Bible

Pitch Bible Concept

Need a name for this story...

Hoshi and Kenta were best friends.  They were inseparable, always playing together and with Hoshi’s curiosity leading them, always getting into trouble. After a certain incident, it was decided that the two got into too much mischief when together so Kenta was sent far away, somewhere across the stars. Hoshi, not willing to leave her dear friend all alone, decided to go and find him. She lassoed a shooting star for a ride and used it to travel to other planets. The first stop in her search was the moon, where she met a white rabbit named Shiro. He’d lived by himself there for as long as he could remember, but when Hoshi arrived, he realized how lonely he was. So, he decided to accompany her and help keep her out of trouble while she searched. Together, the two explored the galaxy, going from planet to planet and meeting the inhabitants in the hopes that one of them could point them in Kenta’s direction.

Three Environments

Didn't have a whole lot of ideation here, just kind of... went with it.

Character, Sidekick and Vehicle - Final

Spent too much time on this for what it is, I think... I need to work faster.

Character, Sidekick, and Vehicle - Sketches

 

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And for fun, a few of the old drawings of her. Of varying degrees of quality, age, and anime influence.

 

Character, Sidekick and Vehicle - Ideation

More of a story influence collage than a visual influence one.

Young Motoko Kusanagi Character Sheets

 Completely redid the design because my last one was, well... ugly.

Here are her street clothes. I wanted a design that covered up most of her cyborg parts, so that she could get close to passing as a normal little girl. I also wanted the design to be feminine, since throughout the series, Motoko occasionally shows moments of struggling with her identity as a woman when she knows she could just as easily be placed inside a male cybernetic body. I took inspiration from Motoko's design in the second season of Stand Alone Complex, seen below it.

 

This is her combat uniform, her normal clothing in a sense. I wanted the design to be modern and militaristic, while still showing off some of her cyborg parts. The leotard influences come from Motoko's first season outfit in Stand Alone Complex, also pictured below it.

This is an alternate costume for Motoko. No real explanation here, I hadn't drawn a cowboy costume before and I thought it would be interesting and cute.

Superhero - Ideation Phase

I feel as though this design visually could be refined a bit further, but I think her story and connection to the other rat means that she has potential to be expanded on further.

Good and Evil Zodiac - Good Scientist

This character was quite difficult. I had trouble reconciling the nature of a "mousy" person - usually timid and soft spoken with the nature of a person under the rat sign. I also had difficulty making the person appear mouse like without putting actual animal features on them. Ultimately, swapping the "job" for the rat around to the job for the human is where this concept emerged.

Good and Evil Zodiac - Snake Oil Salesman, Gavin O'Riley.

Good and Evil Zodiac - Evil Rat

Initially, I explored the concept of a scientist rat. Later I decided that the role of scientist better suited the human character and that having the rat be a snake oil salesman of sorts would be a fun idea to explore. Since this was fairly late in the ideation state, most of the silhouettes are of the rat in a lab coat. I wanted to include them as I still like most of them.

Good and Evil Zodiac - Ideation

Here are some of my influences for this assignment.

3 Styles - Compliation

Incomplete, but...

3 styles - Concept

Ideation Sketches.

3 Style Project - Inspiration

Drew inspiration from the style of Arthur De Pins and Tetsuya Nomura. The design is based on the clothing and culture of the Wodaabe and Fula people of Nigeria.

Faces

Faces in unusual shapes and of varying quality.

Self Portrait

 

Yes, I think this sums me up quite well.