Character development

Here are a few pictures of characters that I am working on.  I try and take a picture of the character before I stuff it.

Pattern template

This is a basic pattern that I use to trace on to fabric.  I make the template out of a heavy weight artist paper.

Patterns

Here are a few examples of how I make color copies of each part of the character.  I will make a copy of the eye and all of the parts.  Then I will take the eye apart and make a copy of it.  Then I will put color samples on each page.  I do this so that the factory has the color sample plus a break down of the  parts.  

Sample Character

After I decide what I want the character to look like I then will make a small felt piece.  I  will also work out other types of details that I need to do.   The mouth was a issue that I had to work out.

Character development

Here are a few examples of how I work on designing a new character.  I usually draw about 50-100 quick little drawings to stimulate my mind.