A couple of first-passes of place-holder backgrounds for the BiteSizedJapan twitter account (@bitesizedjapan). I’m not happy with these yet, but it’s better than nothing… Featuring, as ever, our hostess Kameko and some of the branding carried across from the layouts.
Another week, and Misa-misa (AKA Vixen) has modified Kameko for BiteSizedJapan. She’s looking cuter each version!
Vixen has been scribbling again as we get closer with the BiteSizedJapan character designs.
Vixen has given Kammy-chan a gift… a beret!
More Kam poses
The Vixen put together some new poses! We’re getting there. Once we have Kameko’s look finally figured out, we’ll be creating the rest of her family.
Bemused Kammy-chan
We're not done yet...
These are still prototypes… here are a few other sketches from dear Chino:
More sketches from Chino
I really liked the “long hair” Kam, but I think we’ll maybe use this design for her sister.
Over the months (years?) that BiteSizedJapan has been bumping around between people there have been many, many designs for the magazine layout, the technology behind it, even the music! But by far the hardest part of the entire design has been our hostess! Kameko has gone through many generations, and as we get closer to nailing the final designs, my dear new friend Chino in Japan smacked us with a twist on our Kameko character… and we just love her!
Chino's "Kameko remix" (Isn't she cute?)
Original Kameko design
This has given us a bit of a kick in the pants, and we’re going to be spending the next week or so actually sitting down to finish all the character illustrations.
Big thanks to Chino!