My first character model at AIE. I wanted to make a character that represents what I love about real artists around the world. Some of the qualities I took from artists and wanted to incorporate into my character include individuality, confidence, self awareness, creativity, and fearlessness. To make things interesting I decided to make my characters physical appearance similar to that of a clown/mime in order to add a sense of irony. Its ironic because mimes are notorious for having no expression or personality, and clowns are known to dress up and wear all this makeup to represent an entirely different person than the person that they really are. It would seem like the fact that he has clown like features is completely contrary to the qualities I intended to assign to him; however, that is exactly the point. It creates this contrast between qualities you assume about clowns and the qualities that he actually possesses, which when combined only heightens your ability to see these qualities clearly.
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