Head planning

As you can see with this picture i found, Siamese cats have an uncanny resemblance to a human face, which i found very helpful!

I was really going wrong here in these sketches, I just couldnt seem to get the shapes right. My usual style is very complicated and i was finding it difficult to break out of that. The designs here are really just terrible, nothing really character building here.

So i decided to give myself a template and start over, with the shape im basing the character off. Playing around with the anatomy and basic shapes i came up with e design i really liked!

Silhouettes

I experiments with the combination of the basic shapes and sizes i could do, also trying out the different anatomy i could have. I found myself loving the top middle pose, made up out of triangles. It looks rather evil in this stage but i think it does suit the character im going for. Round definitely would not have worked, he needs to be angular and straight, to match his mechanical nature

Phileas fog ideas.

To start off, i mind mapped out the key features of his character which I felt were important to his development. Things like his hobbies, kind acts and routine, made it a lot easier to get a good picture of what he is like. Below is a picture of the mind map I drew up.

I eventually had a good well developed personality in my mind.

• Kind hearted yet strict and rather unforgiving in some cases.
• Very mechanical in his way of life, always on time and won't take kindly if you are late for him.
• Upper class, enjoys the wealth but doesn't feel as though thats all he wants in life. Puts his money to good use.
• Extremely swarve and holds himself high.
• Seems as though he doesnt fit into society, he probably wears outlandish clothing. He isnt afraid to stand out, yet doesn't do it to attract attention either.
• He is willing to talk, but likes to get straight to the point. Idle chat wastes his time.

With all this is mind i couldn't help but think this extreme personality couldn't be portrayed better than an animal. I went through a couple of animals in my head, owls, tiger,cat, dingo.... But i decided on a Siamese cat.

The features of the Siamese cat are very refined and stern looking, like i would imagine him to be. A Siamese is often looked at as an outcast breed, an out of the ordinary cat to see. Which also fits him perfectly. Plus this cat is very sleek and considered quite mysterious, just like Phileas is nobody knows much about him! These were some sketches of the different cat breeds i went through, and a skull drawing to get an idea of anatomy.