I chose Brittney Lee as my Animator reference after reviewing her 2008 series 'Hawaiian gods and goddesses'. Nature and culture will be two key themes through out my final project. The way Lee presents these through her work is what drew me to it. Often the actual outline and layout to her pieces are very simple, leaving the detail to the shading, colour and tone. Above are 4 examples of her work, she tends to only work in an extended portrait layout so when the series of pictures are places next to one another they fit.
Above are a series of pictures I used to inspire the final outcome. The first was the name, I looked at a variety of Hawaiian names and the meaning behind these names, I eventually settled with Lekika which is Hawaiian for 'one who can foresee'. I went through pictures of ballet dancers to find the best pose for my character aiming to finds one that looks as if she's being possessed. This was to show Lekika in the process of 'foreseeing'. I then combined this pose with Brittney Lee's style of drawing to create the first draft for my character.
Following Lee's style I just created a basic outline of the Lekika, in a pose that made her seem as if she was being possessed. I originally just had the character but after completing that felt it was too plain and had nothing for me to work with. I added a ribbon type material wrapping around her body inspired by the animation w.i.t.c.h during the transformation sequence.
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