THE MAIN CHARACTERS - AA STAFF
CONCEPT ART
My original concept for the characters was inspired by a number of different character designs that I researched. These two characters were created in Photoshop. AA loved the treatment so much that they gave us a quick approval to move forward.
AIRPORT SERVICE FEMALE
This is our female airport customer service character. They were happy with her, and the only change we made was to make her earrings smaller.
AIRPORT SERVICE MALE
This is our male airport customer service character. He was intended to have deeper skin tones, which didn’t really read well in the first round due to the smooth specularity of the material. We deepened the skin tones a bit, but otherwise he stayed pretty much the same.
FLIGHT SERVICE FEMALE
This is our female in-flight customer service character. We explored masculine and feminine wardrobe options. In some parts of the video, we might have either or both walking around the airport. We wanted to be mindful of gender identity and individuality.
FLIGHT SERVICE MALE
This is our male in-flight customer service character. He managed to make it through from start to finish without any changes. Within the first 24 hours of this exercise, we were able to get approval to move forward with these characters and start working on the supporting cast.
THE LADIES
Using the main cast as a guide, I created 12 unique ladies to help populate the airport. We were going for a very broad and diverse range. Additionally, the color tones were on a texture atlas that allowed for randomization. So these 12 ladies could become dozens of unique characters.
THE GENTS
The same approach was taken in building out the 12 gentlemen models. In both instances, male and female, we also included multicultural clothing. And we have plans to further expand that to more cultures as well.
THE KIDDOS
We also needed a few kiddos as well. They are also on a texture atlas, so you can randomize their pallet and generate tons of kids!
CUSTOMS OFFICERS
Last but not least, the Customs Officers! Same story here, we have male and female variations that can be shuffled to create lots of unique officers.