{"id":680,"date":"2025-12-03T22:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/?page_id=680"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:46:22","slug":"character-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/?page_id=680","title":{"rendered":"character design"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"680\" class=\"elementor elementor-680\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e046a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0e046a5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02bd92c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02bd92c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-Untitled_Artwork-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-686\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-Untitled_Artwork-2.webp 512w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-Untitled_Artwork-2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-Untitled_Artwork-2-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b32b1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0b32b1c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-355733c e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"355733c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f84efd4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f84efd4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990c12f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"990c12f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A collection of character art from recent projects.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3f572e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3f572e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To the right, a motion graphic poster from my graduate exhibition at the London College of Communication.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66a3021 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"66a3021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"http:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-2.mov\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" playsinline=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73a44a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73a44a3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfe075a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dfe075a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Character Turnarounds<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe5a71c e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe5a71c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b23663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b23663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turnarounds-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-802\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turnarounds-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turnarounds-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turnarounds-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turnarounds-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/turnarounds-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Like Bjork, Prince and Madonna, Bear doesn't need a last name. He is Bear.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5ea29 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"cb5ea29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/turnarounds-2.png\" alt=\"turnarounds-2\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/turnarounds-1.png\" alt=\"turnarounds-1\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/turnarounds-3.png\" alt=\"turnarounds-3\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/turnarounds-4.png\" alt=\"turnarounds-4\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/turnarounds-5.png\" alt=\"turnarounds-5\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/turnarounds-6.png\" alt=\"turnarounds-6\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M696 533C708 521 713 504 713 487 713 471 708 454 696 446L400 146C388 133 375 125 354 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8c509a e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8c509a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea245c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ea245c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/expression-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-790\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/expression-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/expression-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/expression-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/expression-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/expression-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Character exploration for Sister Beige- A gormless frog man with a heart of gold.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e27f376 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"e27f376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/expression-2.png\" alt=\"expression-2\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/expression-3.png\" alt=\"expression-3\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/expression-4.png\" alt=\"expression-4\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M696 533C708 521 713 504 713 487 713 471 708 454 696 446L400 146C388 133 375 125 354 125 338 125 325 129 313 142 300 154 292 171 292 187 292 204 296 221 308 233L563 492 304 771C292 783 288 800 288 817 288 833 296 850 308 863 321 871 338 875 354 875 371 875 388 867 400 854L696 533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad55f3c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad55f3c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dcf7a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dcf7a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Explorations and Sketches<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5556fe5 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5556fe5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e960e7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e960e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sketches-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sketches-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sketches-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sketches-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sketches-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/imogenbates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sketches-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Rye is the secondary character in Dreamless- she's fiercely independent, creative and intuitive. 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