Some really dorky part of me has always been into character design. I guess its a throwback to the Disney days and my childhood. My obsession with the Nightmare Before Christmas and stop motion animation hasn’t helped the addiction much either.
With the emergence of Kaws, Kid Robot, and other toy designers, contemporary character design has gotten a big up’d recently.
Note-I was told a ways back to see the Kaws art exhibit in NYC-its supposed to be insane! I’ve still been slacking on going. Is it even still showing?
In the meantime, in my quest to see the world from home I came across Mojizu (www.mojizu.com). Anyone who calls themselves creative can be a character designer on this site. There were a few artists who made their characters out of what looked like popsicle sticks and clay.
The illest part–each of the thousands of characters posted on this website has a personality. I’m feeling like these little guys can be used for something more productive than just eye candy–tattoo inspiration anyone?
I swear you can get lost on this site for hours. Correction, I have gotten lost on this site for hours. So good….
That site is dooooope, im thinking of contributing
You should! Bunny rabbits holding bombs? You’re in there!