Character Design

Here are some sketches I've done for character design. The tail of the character will be long and quite thick. Similar to squirrel's tail. I think the longer tail will more challenging as there will be much more movement. I've decided to add some facial features to my ball. This will give more character to the ball and make it more convincing.

I've drawn the ball in many different positions. This has helped me to discover the character and see what it is capable of doing. I want the ball to make certain poses and I found some of them quite difficult to make without loosing the roundness of the ball. There will be a lot of squash and stretch, which can affect the ball's facial features. So I had to manipulate it so the face stays the same.