Cherry the Ghost Crab Character DesignStudent Work
This project was a design challenge for myself to see if I could come up with a simple character design for a creature that has complex anatomy. Ghost crabs don’t exactly have a traditional mouth, they have a pair of mouth appendages that are essentially little arms that sit right in front of their mouth. For the style of the mouth, I wanted to maintain a sharp central point that mimicked the basic shape of the crab’s mouth appendages when they are in their resting state. Ghost crabs also have very intriguing eye stalks that really set them apart from other crab species, so I wanted to make sure that the eye stalks were the most emotive part of the design. 


Final Design
Ghost Crab Design Study Sketches
Initial Linework
Ghost Crab Study
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