Zoe Haines

I have done the character designs for several animation projects as to show a range of styles in my work. With character design I think it’s important that the design of the character is both appealing and relevant to their personality and role in the story. The three projects showcased are from two personal projects and ‘A Pangolin’s Tale’ which is the group film project I’ve been a part of for the last year and a half. 

My work on a ‘A Pangolin’s Tale’ has primary been my role as production manager and assistant director. The character design I did for Baby Pangolin was an excellent experience working with a character destined to be 3D modelled, it caused me to think more acutely about how the design would work in a 3D space in terms of weight and flexibility. 

‘Garden of the Mind’ gave me a chance to work in a much more stylized way then what I usually do. I decide to lean more into exploring shape language and push their designs to be very round or very angular etc. 

‘Gemini’ is somewhat of a passion project for me, and I have really enjoyed bringing to life the characters and story I’ve been developing for the past few years, from in my head and now finally on paper (well digital paper). I have also produced a hypothetical pitch document detailing more about the story and characters as it has been relevant to both of my specialisms.