Peach & Mr Crumbs - Character Design & Visual Development

Character line Up of Mr Crumbs, Peach, Dad & Gramma. Each character has a distinct shape & overall character that stands out in comparison to the others

Exploration sketches of Mr Crumbs. We didn't have descriptions for the cat character at first, so I created multiple kitty sketches

After that we decided on a chubby kitty character & I mixed a few explorations together. I also created a small guide for Mr Crumbs' features

Turnaround sheet for Mr Crumbs

I made some sketches for Mr Crumbs in different poses

Created some sketches for Mr Crumbs facial expressions

Peach is a 10 year old African American girl who grew up in the 90s in the US south with her dad & grandma. She loves to play with her kitty Mr Crumbs. These are some exploration sketches in color for Peach.

We then decided that we want peach to have a slender figure to contrast with Mr Crumbs' chubby shape. And did some outfit and hair explorations with references from the 90s fashion trends

I created a turnaround for Peach

I created some study poses for Peach. And a couple of poses of her playing with Mr Crumbs

Facial expressions study for Peach

Dad character concepts. We know we wanted a boxy/ square body shape character. I did a couple of exploratory sketches for the body shape, facial features, outfits & hair style before deciding on this design

Pose studies for Dad

Expression studies for Dad

Quick character exploration for Gramma. We picked the features, outfit & hair we liked for the render. I used cool green palette to mirror the character's mellow personality contrasting Dad. Then did a couple of pose & facial expression studies

I also did some exploration sketches Gramma's house that Peach grew up in. I imagined it to to have a 60s home feel

After picking out a design sketch, I created a final render for the house exterior

For the living room I wanted to give it the grandmother style charm. So I created this moodboard

I created sketches for Gramma's living room with rough layout. Designed some of the room props to keep the grandma's home charm. In this instance, I only sketched it out in 2D using perspective lines

Created the final render for Gramma's living room in the daytime. I focused on the traditional grandma couch, and used the cool green walls that match Gramma's personality to complement the warm hardwood floor & furniture.

A couple more sketches created for Peach at an earlier stage