Character Design Concepts (Part 1)

These initial designs are relatively realistic in terms of being close to real human anatomy. I was mainly inspired by Horrible Histories and their basic cartoony design which still is quite historically accurate. I managed to develop some ideas for my portrayals of the Crusaders and the Muslims respectively, plus I came up with some small icons to act as indicators for them on any maps I use in the final video.

The inclusion of the areas to place "initials" comes from ExtraCredits who do this to differentiate roles and characters. With this I might be able to distinguish between certain Crusaders and Muslims who may look alike due to their armour sets. Additionally, I would like to note that the indicators for the map are done as to provide an opposite top the design for each religion.

These are quite accurate representations of each of the two religions during the Third Crusade, however the drawings are perhaps too based in reality. There's so  much detail that drawing these frames would be a nightmare and occupy way too much time, which I cannot afford to do. As a result, I've decided to redesign my characters into a more simplified style.