Alternative Design Ideas

When faced with creating alternative design ideas of my bug I immediately thought of ideas that would appeal to children and be somewhat different compared to any of bugs as this bug idea is meant to be used in a game which made me think unrealistically.  

For this first idea I used a combination of 3 different bugs and then added ideas of my own. The 3 different elements are the body, the head and then antennas and I feel that together they work extremely well making it difficult to distinguish that I have even changed the base features of the bug. However when it came to creating the legs I decided to implement a feature that would make the bug stand out by turning them into thrusters so that the bug could fly and look more appealing to children and would suit a game setting. For the patterns on the bug I decided to do a different pattern for each section of the bug which would allow me include a range of techniques, materials and textures. On the back of the bug I added added a row of bumps to create more detail on the back as I felt that it looked too bland and empty.

    

For the second bug that I created I once again used elements from 3 different bugs, the head and body, the facial features (horns) and the legs. With this bug I feel that the features do work well together except the body as to me it just looks too small compared to the rest of the drawing but that is a problem that could easily be solved. To make the bug more child friendly instead of the feet being claw-like I decided to put shoes onto the bug; for the front leg I chose to put a glove onto the end to make it look like the bug had hands as well. Finally for this bug I added a hat just to create more detail and because the top half of the bug looked bland/empty as I couldn't think of any features that I wanted to add onto the back of the bug. 

For my third bug idea I used elements from 3 different bugs again and with this particular drawing I think its easy to see which sections are from different bugs so I don't feel that they worked well together, they are more contrasting to each other. This idea was straight forward and to make the bug more child friendly I added human looking eyes and teeth to this bug which I personally feel that they fit really well onto the body/head that I chose for this piece, I also like the look of the antennas that I chose for this bug because I put emphasis on how large they were. However I have a different opinion on the "arms" of this bug as they do not suit the body at all and they look more menacing as they are like claws towards then end and I don't this that would be suitable for children. 

For this forth idea I began to think of more realistic design ideas. For this idea I used copies of my pen and pemncil drawing and began to cut of different sections of each bug; began to to start putting them together randomly to create different ideas. Once I was happy with how one of the bugs looked I glued it down to a piece of paper and drew out the the idea onto a separate piece of paper to get the sizing right. I don't think that the overall shape and idea behind this bug is bad but I didn't like the designs that I bug onto the bug as I felt that I went over the top and sort of ruined this design potential for myself.

For this next bug design idea I drew down all the components that I wanted to use desperately to make it easier to see the process that I went through to get to the finished bug design. On this bug I initially wanted to use a different head but after trying multiple different bug heads I couldn't find one that complimented the body so I just stuck with the head that was originally on the body. I added the wings for extra detail as the back of the bug would have been bland as I couldn't think of any designs/patterns that filled the space well enough. I feel that the antennas look very good on this bug and makes it difficult to tell that they are even from a separate bug than the head, Finally the legs on this bug work well also even though they don't really have anything special about them. 

For this final design idea I have used factors from 3 different bugs, the body, the head and the wings. I didn't chose any specific legs for this bug as I drew it from a top down view instead of from the side, On the actually bug I feel that the head and the body work extremely well and in harmony, the wings do look out of place just due to the size  of them compared to the body. Also with this particular bug I really don't like the bottom wings with the two spike like features as they look out of place and not child friendly. When it comes to the designs on the bug I like the designs on the body because they look smooth and clean, the design also allows me to experiment with a variety of colours, textures, materials and techniques. On the outer & inner wings I used a simple design which really defines the wings quite a lot but for the center area of the wings I couldn't draw any pattern that would fill the space evenly.