Beauty and the Beast Brief- Sketches and Research

I started off sketching some body shapes and sizes, mainly for the Beast character. I tried to think of different variations in size and build that could best represent him being "beastly".

I then focused more on them separately. 

I settled on these designs for the outline of my characters. 

After showing my lecturer these sketches they pointed out I had wasted a lot of time doing these sketches and was no further forward and still had no idea of what my background story was for these characters. 

I had already done enough research and from watching the Disney version while growing up, I knew the story like the back of my hand. So I needed to just think solely about the characters and what made them the way they are. 

It was suggested to me that I look into influential singers or "pop stars" these days that are very influential to young minds but not in a positive way. I researched into Justin Bieber but really don't like him so had a think about someone else I could use as influence. 

I chose to look into Wiz Khalifa. He is a "rapper" who smokes a lot of weed, covered in tattoos and could be seen a bit of a bad boy. I personally know how much a pop singer or rapper can influence teenagers so thought this would be an excellent story for my characters.