PRODUCTION JOURNAL KNB217 - Character Development

TAsk 1

Concept Development

Story and Character Research:

Looking through different myths and fairy tales I came up with two ideas for my character and their story, I settled on the second idea – The Adventures of Odysseus.

1. Beauty and the Beast – the tale of a beautiful girl who is held captive in an enchanted cursed castle. She falls in love with a cursed prince – a beast – who is holding her captive and she breaks the curse placed on him and his castle by an enchantress/witch. My story setting based on this fairytale would be a sci-fi/futuristic theme. The story line is Beauty, a human, is a bounty hunter and her bounty hunter partner, Beast is an alien from another planet. I would be creating the Beast as my character.
2. The Adventures of Odysseus – The ancient Greek myths of Odysseus' adventures, in particular there is a story where he is shipwrecked on an island with a beautiful witch Circe. Circe enchants his men and turns them into swine; however, Odysseus bests the enchantress and gets her to break her enchantment and then help me to leave the island. Of course Circe falls in love with Odysseus in the story, and therefore doesn't want him to leave but in the end it is what it is. The story setting I would create based on this myth would be similar to that of ancient Greece with a more fantasy genre style to the story. Odysseus will be a warrior adventurer, a fantasy warrior look that is based on ancient Greek styles – clad with armour and magic weapons. The armour would be reminiscent of armour styles one may find in Final Fantasy. Circe will be an enchantress her look will be based on depictions of her through ancient Greece but with a more fantasy modern take, again think mages and sorcerers in Final Fantasy; also maybe incorporating wings of some sort into her look hawks seem to be associated to Circe. For my character I would create Circe.

Researching the story behind Circe - Her Look and Style:

The Witch/Enchantress Circe is perceived differently in various Greek myths:

• In translation Circe means FALCON and, in many myths, she is associated with the bird of prey – circling her victims as she enchants them using her potions of hallucination.
• Described as a powerful sorceress and enchantress of magick, she has flaming red hair usually with wand in hand, brewing potions, flying on a magick staff or holding a crystal ball.
• known for having her fill of men and then once bored turning them into swine/beasts, also turning women into serpents who had crossed her – but some say they were priestesses under her training for shape shifting?
• Others describe Circe as a compassionate Goddess whose beauty was intoxicating, Sat upon a throne in a purple robe and golden veil, singing and weaving [This is the authors opinion] (Coven of the Goddess, 2017).
• Circe is also depicted as a sex mad sorceress and enchantress who is the daughter of Helios the sun god and a water nymph Perse. In this version of Circe, she is known for her beauty, her heavenly singing voice and her knowledge of potions and witchcraft. Having any man lust after her and those who crossed her bad fortune would fall upon them (Greeker than the Greeks, n.d.).

My Interpretation of the character Circe for my story:

Circe will be that of an enchantress who is overtly sexual and beautifully intoxicating while being a compassionate enchantress who helps those that seek her assistance. However, although she is not evil and sinister, she has a very mischievous side, playing tricks on traveling knights/warriors, or enchanting those that have crossed her. She will also be a leader with pupils who she is training in her way of magic. Circe’s look will be based on Greek beauty standards. Greek beauty standards were introduced by people such as Plato, who introduced the concept of symmetry as feature of beauty. Greeks viewed pale skin as prestigious and more beautiful than those with darker toned skin some would use white chalk to make them look even more pale, also commonly women with short hair meant they were slaves whereas long hair meant they were beautiful and free – with most Greek women wearing their long hair in buns on their head. In terms of accessorizing the Greek women would use charcoal as eyeliner, bleach their hair with vinegar for highlights, and use olive oil (or other oils) in their make up to make their skin glisten and shine. Less was more, they tried to enhance their natural features rather than change or hide them with makeup. (Greece high Definition, 2019).

Accessories and clothing Circe will wear will be based on jewellery from ancient Greek times, with the modern, fantasy twist. In ancient Greece jewellery was not only used to attract attention or beautify oneself, but also to ward off evil powers. Some ornaments were believed to have magical powers. Most of the Ancient Greek Jewellery was made of gold and silver. Necklaces, earrings, armbands, thigh bands, rings, pendants, pins, bracelets, wreaths, diadems, and other hair ornaments were worn by the ancient Greek woman with commonly used Gemstones in jewellery were amethyst, pearls, chalcedony, carnelian, garnet, and emeralds. Earrings were sometimes unusually large. They were also of peculiar shapes. Earrings decorated with a siren and seashells at the endings were found from the 5th century BC. The Greeks have skilled the production of intricate miniature motifs. The jewellers used gold and silver together with pearls, emeralds, garnets, and amethysts. Jewellery was worn mostly for special occasions. It indicated the status and wealth of an individual. It was also believed that jewellery protected the wearer from Evil Eye. Some ornaments had religious symbolism and others endowed the wearer with supernatural powers (Ancient Greece Facts, n.d.).

Considering different symbols for garment and accessory decoration. Circe is known for her beauty and magical power capabilities, I looked into different symbols that reflect these traits or close to representing these traits.

Symbols of Beauty as listed by Nina Jay on her bog post “Symbols of Beauty -A List” (n.d.):

• The Swan (Greek)
• Jade (China)
• Heather flower (Eurasia)
• Seashells (unsure)
• The Girdle (Greek)
• Orchids (Universal)

A possible symbol to give Circe is that of the Gorgon, the best known Gorgon is Medusa. As it is an image for protection. The following is an excerpt from a blog post written by Ancient Symbols (n.d.):

“The Gorgon – In Greek mythology, a so-called gorgon, transl. gorgo or gorgon, “terrible” or, according to some, “loud-roaring” was a vicious female monster with sharp fangs which was a protective deity from early religious concepts. Her power was so strong that anyone attempting to look upon her would be turned to stone; therefore, such images were put upon items from temples to wine kraters for protection. The Gorgon wore a belt of serpents that intertwined as a clasp, confronting each other. There were three of them: Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale. Only Medusa was mortal, the other two are immortal.”

Reflection:

I have researched the different myths and fairy-tales and have chosen 'the Adventures of Odysseus', choosing to create Circe, an enchantress/witch, as my character. The genre of my story will be fantasy with a stylized look and feel. My character will be an enchantress/witch Circe. The research process of the myth has taken me a long time, at many times I changed my mind on what story/myth to choose before finally deciding on the myth of Odysseus and deciding to create the character Circe.

I will have some time to reflect on my story and character choices, after which I will revisit what I have already researched and modify what I want and continue to complete the task 1 of this assignment.

References (Character Creation):

• Ancient Greece Facts. (n.d.) Ancient Greek Jewellery. AncientGreekFactes. http://ancientgreecefacts.com/jewellery/
• Ancient-Symbols. (n.d.) Greek Symbols. Ancient-Symbols. https://www.ancient-symbols.com/greek_symbols.html
• Coven of the Goddess. (2017). Goddess Circe. CovenOfTheGoddess. https://www.covenofthegoddess.com/goddess-circe/#:~:text=In%20translation%20Circe%20means%20falcon%20and%20in%20many%20myths%20She%20is%20associated%20with%20the%20bird%20of%20prey.%20It%20is%20said%20She%20would%20circle%20her%20victims%20as%20She%20enchanted%20them%20and%20offered%20Her%20potions%20of%20hallucinations.
• Gilbert, R. A. (n.d.) Occultism. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/occultism
• Greece High Definition. (2019). Ancient Greek’s Concept On Beauty. GreeceHighDefintion. https://www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/2019/2/23/ancient-greeks-concept-on-beauty
• Greeker Than the Greeks. (n.d.). The 10 Most Wicked Witches of Ancient Greece. Greeker than the Greeks. https://greekerthanthegreeks.com/2020/10/the-10-most-badass-femme-fatales-of-ancient-greece.html
• Jay, N. (n.d.) Symbols of Beauty – A List. SYMBOLSAGE Understanding the World Through Symbols and Mythology. https://symbolsage.com/symbols-of-beauty-list/

TAsk 1 continued...

Story Synopsis; Character Profile

Reflection on revisiting previous research:

I have decided that instead of creating the Enchantress Circe, my character will be a pupil of Circe’s. In a variation of a myth about Circe, it is said she trained young priestess to follow her in the ways of sorcery, and these pupils would often practice transforming magic.

My story will be based on the myths of Circe in the same genre as previously decided – Fantasy – based on the ancient Greek styles of clothing, makeup, jewellery, weapons etc.

Story Synopsis:

A young enchantress in training, Trepana lives in a mansion deep in a forest on the Island of Medea. This island is home to the fearsome enchantress Circe, intoxicatingly beautiful with her flaming red hair and pale white skin, Circe is known throughout the lands as a witch of misfortune and as an enchantress of good will. Circe takes young girls into her mansion deep within the forest where she trains them in the ways of sorcery. Trepana is one of the few pupils who have made it through Circe’s gruelling tests to become an apprentice of the enchantress. Although Circe has a kind heart it is also dark and twisted at the best of times, she believes she is above all other humans as she is a daughter of Gods, however, for unknown reasons Circe was born to the gods not at God standard and was cast to the mortal realm – where her powers far exceed those of the strongest humans, but only in the power of the mind and magic she is as fragile physically as any normal human but is immortal – thanks to her magic.

Trepana has an affluence for shapeshifting magic. She idolizes her master Circe and uses her magic to change her appearance to almost identical that of her master, she uses a rare forbidden fruit protected by nymphs of the forest which has the potential to make a sorceress sell permanent. She adventures through the forest to acquire the fruit after deceiving the nymph protector and uses it a spell to make her look like her master – having some of the fruit spare she saves for later use.

Trepana was creating a spell to transform herself into a beastly dragon as a final exam to demonstrate her magical skills to her master after her master was impressed by her creating a last spell that made Trepana in Circe’s image. However, one of Circe’s pupils, Lillete, was ravaged with jealous of Trepana as she used to be Circe’s shining pupil before Trepana came along. Out of jealousy, Lillete added to Trepana’s shapeshifting potion the remaining fruit that allowed a spell to be unbroken and last forever.

When it came to the exam and Trepana performed her spell as she had trialled many times to the lead up, but this time something felt different a feeling Trepana could not place until it was too late. Completing the spell, she realised she had this same feeling of great power when performing her spell with the rare fruit taken from the nymphs. Trepana immediately broke into a rage of anger and sadness. Circe surprised and caught off guard by the outburst assumed her pupil had gone crazy from the spell. Circe managed to tame Trepana but not after she had caused damage to the mansion and surrounding forest. Circe demanded her to break the spell and explain herself, although upon asking it soon became clear the circumstance that had befallen Trepana. Although Circe at first had anger and was willing to hand out a severe punishment to her pupil, she was compassionate and realised someone had sabotaged her spell.

Although Circe’s power far surpasses any other enchantress, she is unable to break Trepana’s spell because Trepana had used the rare fruit of the gods (unknowingly). Circe sets Trepana out to visit her aunt Eos, the goddess of the dawn and new beginnings, sister to her father the Greek sun god, Helios. With Eos power and knowledge, Trepana may be cured from the magic.

Trepana Ventures to the abode of Eos in the god’s realm, Circe had sent word of her pupil’s misfortune and Eos was eagerly awaiting Trepana’s arrival. Eos had enlisted the help of the God of Medicine, Ascelpius who was trained by God Chiron half-brother of Eos, to assist her in curing Circe’s disciple. After Ascelpius examined Trepana, she is informed that they will not be able to fully break the spell due to the powerful effects of the rarest of fruits being used in the potion. Eos explained that the fruit, known as Demeter’s Heart, was created by Demeter, goddess of agriculture and sister of Zeus, as demonstration of her great power to impress her siblings. Because the fruit was used in the potion it would be near impossible to undo the effects.

Eos performs the ritual with Ascelpius and successfully Trepana is no longer a beastly dragon, however, instead she is a human with dragon features - possessing scales, claws, a tail, horns and misshapen features. Trepana wails in agony and sadness yet again. Eos drained from performing the spell comforts Trepana and tells her although it may not look it the spell has indeed been lessened and there is still further chance for her appearance to be healed further. Ascelpius explains to Trepana that he will continue to heal her, but she must be put into a deep slumber for an unknown amount of time to help the healing process. Trepana agrees and is place into a coma state, several months pass and Trepana awakens. She is greeted with great news; her appearance was almost that of how it used to be. The odd thing however was that she maintained dragon horns upon her head, and her physical features were a mx between that of her Master’s Circe and that of her original own. The spell had indeed been broken, however not completely and to Trepana’s negative side she no longer looked like her master. But she was grateful to Eos and Ascelpius for helping her return to a human form.

Character Profile:

Trepana’s final form.

Physical features of the Trepana: She has pale skin with the odd freckle here and there. Her hair is thick, long and is dark ref/brown in colour, her eyebrows are thick also and her eyelashes are dark thick and black thanks to the charcoal used as mascara. She stands at about 155cm in height with long slender arms and legs and wide curvaceous hips accentuating her slim waist. She has big green/blue eyes and a slender pointed nose. Her lips are soft rose pink and she has slightly flushed rosy cheeks. She has dark almost black horns upon her head due to a shapeshifting spelled preformed during an exam.

Personality traits include a drive to be the best, but she is also very kind and trusting of others without reason. She is overly bubbly and friendly to everyone and often gets told off by her Master Circe for talking too much, but her ego is often inflated by Circe with praise of her talents and skills. Trepana has a very kind heart, however this has been tarnished from the sabotage of her final exam. No longer as trusting and kind, she personality seems unchanged to everyone as she portrays herself the same way. However underneath the façade she now constantly assesses and obsesses over everyone’s actions and intent to her making her become closed off and to those actually genuinely knew her can see the shift in her personality and the persona she portrays, with an underlying agony and pent-up anger ready to be unleashed on those who get in her way.

Key Character traits:

• Overly friendly
• Talkative
• Obsessive
• Egotistical
• Coldness about her interactions – even though she’s being friendly.

Reflection:

I find it difficult to put what I’m imagining down into words. Creating a storyline for my character was a struggle, I wasn’t too sure what exactly should happen, how it should happen or where it should happen. After creating my story, I then realized what exactly should I model as my character I wish to create has 3 forms in the story – I decided to focus on her final form where she has the horns of a dragon beast and a mixture of her own and her master’s physical features. This process really got me outside of my comfort zone and made me use my creative thinking muscles.

TAsk 2

Shape Language, Silhouettes, Rough Design

Reflection:

I searched high and low for references. I wanted to incorporate the style of ancient Greeks with a fantasy twist as my look and feel of the story. I created mood boards and style boards that gave me examples of what clothing, women warriors, armour, weapons, jewellery and more looked like in ancient Greek and other people’s interpretations of what these looked like in ancient Greece. I also included references to fantasy female warriors, dragon women, sorceresses and more. This way, while I was designing my character, I could take in all these different aspects and clearly visualize what I wanted. As I searched through Images I realised although I personally like the realistic genre, I wanted to do a more stylized form, similar to the way Disney and Pixar create their human characters. I am familiar with their style, and I have a tendency to create characters similar to that when I try to do a cute stylized form. So, to try and avoid my design looking to similar to Disney/Pixar I did not want to include Disney/Pixar references in my reference images. Unfortunately, the style I settled on is still very Disney/Pixar influenced. Something I need to work on in future is trying completely different genres to broaden my learning.

Character Reference Images:

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Female Greek Warriors References:

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Armour References:

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Jewellery Accessories References:

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With my synopsis, character profile and reference material complete and collected it was time to start sketching out ideas of my characters design. To start with I used basic geometry shapes to form outlines of character types, I progressed on to creating silhouettes and then back to simple sketches of shapes again. Once settling on a shape I like I created a few variations of my character being sure to reference my image boards.