April 20th

I had a much more productive day today. I continued with more research into characters. I looked at characters found in adverts which are often very simple. I also looked at the characters used in the Modern Toss videos. These are very simple black and white characters. They are simple as they are animated on Flash and so cannot be too complicated. I think that the simplicity adds to the quirkiness of the videos and works really well. I also looked again at the character design of Little Howard. This design i think is fantastic. It is very simple and sort of rought around the edges. This gives it a childlike quality which i think my character will need as it has been drawn by a child. I continued by looking at the Mr Men childrens books series. I loved this series as a child and now love them just as much. They are very very simple and work perfectly to attract children. They are made of basic shapes which allows many to be created that look like the same series but different characters. I will really use the Mr Men as a big influence in my design.