FMP - Reflective Practice of what I've done so far and what inspired what.

I've been a bit lacking in my reflective practice, so here we go.

So far, I'm really happy with what I've done so far.
Its been challenging but fun to create the characters, world and concepts for this project and its got  my mind racing with further ideas and concepts for this fictional universe I've created.
My favourite piece so far has been the model sheets I've created. They look quite professional and easily convey the characters to the person looking.

Now, here's what inspired my characters:

• For Dr. Aldus Doomcough, the first design was purely from imagination, but I got inspiration from the short, angry characters that dot various media, like Dr Neo Cortex from Crash Bandicoot, The Penguin from Batman Arkham City and The Brain from Animaniacs.
  For his personality, I was inspired by Dr Nefarious from Ratchet & Clank, and for his voice, I'd imagine Corey Burton voicing him.

• For Joshua Macy, I originally got the idea for the character whilst playing Ratchet & Clank 3 earlier this year.
  I had the idea for a young space cadet who joins a group of rangers and is partnered with an alien partner.
  I didn't have any specific inspiration for the character as he is now, as most of the character came from imagination, but subconsciously, I could have been inspired by Fry from Futurama, Ratchet from Ratchet & Clank and Commander Shepard from Mass Effect.
  Personality wise, I looked at characters that the VA actor Troy Baker had played and looked how they acted/talked.

• For Susan Doomcough, I was initially inspired to create the character from Barbara in the CGI Rayman Legends trailer. I also took inspiration from characters like Harley Quinn from the Batman series and short female characters like Dexter's Mom in Dexter's Laboratory and various other Saturday morning cartoon characters.
  For her personality, I imagined her with a creepy stalker personality like with Harley Quinn, taking inspiration from the bratty sounding roles that Tara Strong commonly plays.

• For Shi'ana Tah'meera,  I got inspiration for her whilst playing Ratchet & Clank 3, the same time I got the idea for Joshua. For further inspiration, I took inspiration from Tali from Mass Effect, Constable Neeyla/Carmelita Fox from Sly Cooper, and the rest of the inspiration came from my original Mock FMP idea that starred anthropomorphic animals.
  Personality wise, I took inspiration from Liara from Mass Effect, with a nerdy but cute personality, with a voice that has an accent like Martina Lotun.

• For Cindy Baseline, I sketched the original design without any inspiration, but later designs took inspiration from Courtney Gear from Ratchet & Clank, the female robot from Metropolis and surprisingly pop stars like Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.
  For her personality, I looked at how pop stars act, which is pretty much stuck up, full of themselves and bouncy. I also looked at Miley and Britney since Cindy Baseline was a character who has a mental breakdown due to her work, like Britney and Miley did.
  Voice wise, I'd imagine her with a 'country' voice done by Jamie Marchi.

• For Nexus, I had the idea of doing a sinister assassin character, and got the idea for her whilst playing Batman Arkham Origins and encountering Copperhead. I also took additional inspiration from Thane from Mass Effect.
  Personality wise, she'd be very quiet, but when speaking she'd sound like Lani Minella.

• For General Richter, I originally designed him to fill in a gap on a poster I was designing, but didn't fully develop him till later.
  For his redesign, I took inspiration from gruff military types that you see a lot in action films, the gruff type. For his look, I took inspiration from mercenary clothing, combining it with his jacket and uniform from the ISR, and taking a bit of inspiration from Banes design in Batman Arkham Origins to add to Richter's inspiration.
  Personality wise, he'd be very cold and hate filled, with a deep gruff Kevin Michael Richardson voice.

• For Brutus, I actually had zero outside inspiration for the character, and instead, he's based on the crocodile bounty hunter I created for my unused Mock FMP idea, with the armour he wears being based on a doodle I did a while ago.
  For his personality, I'd imagine him being surprisingly bright, yet slow and with a deep Steve Blum voice and a slight accent.