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Relation to my Bird, Idion, and Word for character design

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concept art 

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character design after crit 

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final character design

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colours and patterns 

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More character iterations 

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Story 

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 the fastest animal in the world Blue wildebeest shape of the horns 

ancient wheels for the legs 

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Inspiration of strong female characters 

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After thr crit i did some research and changed my story to give my character a good personality.

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My character iterations 

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colour inspiration and environment 

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Rhinoceros hornbill mate’s for life so it goes well with the idiom (taking care of thing they already have )

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So for my character iterations, I looked into Namibian traditional dresses. the hair accessories are very similar to hornbill birds. 

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Idiom 

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

It is better to hold onto something on has already than to risk losing it by trying to attain something.

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The word is “Hanyauku” a Rukwangali word its is the native language spoken by Namibians and it refers to the act of walking on tiptoes across warm/ hot sand

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Bird- Rhinoceros hornbill

The rhinoceros hornbill is the state bird of the Malaysian state of Sarawak and the country's National Bird

it can live for up to 35 years. It is found in lowland and montane, tropical and subtropical climates and in mountain rain forests

The diet of the rhinoceros hornbill is dominated by fruit, but it will take any insect, small reptile, rodent, and smaller birds that it can catch