Appeal is the equivalent of charisma within the animation industry, as it attracts attention towards the design, movement, voices, shapes, and colour of the production in both character and set.
Protagonist tend to have round shapes in their solid form, with large and expressive facial features that give off a friendly expression. They have higher waists to make the body look more inaccurately appealing, reinforced by their bright and often primary colour palette.
Antagonists have realistic proportions which often makes them look lanky in comparison to the antagonist. Their facial features are sharp which gives a cruel expression. They often have a darker colour palette that consists of a lot of the secondary colours , or darker tones of the primary ones, like a blood red. Antagonists have strange additions to their appearance that make them stand out, such as a cape, or a staff or an odd shaped helmet and often, a scar.
My idea for this character was to create someone in the middle ground to see how their appearance would vary. Calico is a helper, very much like Alfred from Batman, but I have given him an element of mystery to hide his background and make him more of an interesting and intriguing character so he appeals to the audience and isn't simply someone in the background.
I tried to mix his facial features so they weren't too sharp or too soft, creating a sense of ambiguity.
I ended up switching around the red and blue elements in his suit so the pants didn't blend in with my previously chosen dark brown fur. I didn't change the fur colour as golden and white cats are often happy in animatics involving animals, and black is a very negative colour, so I wanted a middle ground. I also loosened his clothing so that he did not look so stiff and angular like an antagonist.
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