Beyond the fundamental

For this project we were given a subject or area to look into initially then could interpret this the way we say fit. For my subject and I was given the character The Hunchback of Notre Dame. When finding out what my subject was I immediately thought to research this character as look into the actual definition of the person rather than simply thinking of his stereotypical portrayal in the film version.         

                                                            Images of 'Quasimodo'

                                                             from google images

Drawing of him 

Definition of the character Quasimodo -Quasimodo (from Quasimodo Sunday^[1]) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) by Victor Hugo. Quasimodo was born with a hunchback and feared by the townspeople as a sort of monster, but he finds sanctuary in an unlikely love that is fulfilled only in death.

I decided that I wanted to stay away from the stereotypical representation of Quasimodo and simply take his back story and use this as inspiration for my own creation of him. I considered his segregation, isolation, sadness, loneliness and applied this to coming up with ideas and designs for my own creation.
I looked into a number of other characters who were presented in an lonely and misunderstood way and thought about how i could interpret it into my character which I will be making on someone els. I began to do drawings and small designs of how I would manipulate the face and body, for example adding padding under the clothes to make places appear larger or smaller. I can also do this on the face by adding prosthetic pieces to accentuate the brow, chin and nose to make it appear more cartoon like and 'uglier'.