With ' Finding Nemo' and 'Shark Tale' there are already a fair few existing shark characters to look at and learn from, I was interested to research the shapes used and which characteristics had been exaggerated.
Patrick Mate's character designs for 'Shark tale'
Simón Vladimir Varela's charcoal drawings for 'Finding Nemo' are just beautiful, I really enjoy discovering this high art, traditional technical process at the beginning of the development of 3D film.
I am particularly in awe of the work of Ricky Nierva, the art director of 'Finding Nemo' and lead character designer on Monsters Inc.
Click on this link to watch a short video on his character design process:
