I suppose this actually counts as the last character design, since Ogo is technically a character. I prefer to think of it as monster designing, because he doesn't really do much besides destroy stuff and look cool.
This is Ogopogo, the legendary monster of Lake Okanagan. I've talked a bit about him already in my research notes, so if you want to know more about the legends and whatnot, check out those links I posted.
Sightings of Ogo have been rare, but most people agree he is a serpent (as opposed to Nessie, who most agree looks like a plesiosaur). I've collected a few images of popular interpretations, I'll post them after my designs. The most famous is probably the statue of him in Kelowna, which is green and red and really rather silly looking. Obviously, I needed something fiercer than that.
I used the popular art as my springboard, knowing I wanted something colourful, with ridges and horns. I use simplicity as much as possible in my designs, I don't like over thinking my monsters. I want them to be original and interesting, but also easy to draw. Nothing worse than making up a super awesome design for a character and then getting bored and frustrated with it halfway through the comic. I looked to the folklore and artwork of the area I was researching for inspiration. In this case, it was Native art from B.C. and the famous paintings of Emily Carr. So, totem poles. Lots of totem poles.
I ended up with the idea that Ogo was basically just one big mobile totem pole. I liked the idea of him being an armored serpent, having a hard shell-like exterior and being made up of different sections. I made the sections easier to see by putting random designs on them, and symbols I made up.
Next time I'll post the colour images of Ogopogo and some of my cleaner detail designs.
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