After I decided that my heart wasn't in animating anymore, I decided to do model-making. Which is the best decision I ever made! For my new brief, I had to make two animal character macquettes. But first, I had to create two characters, one winged and one four-legged. They had to have a story and relationship with one another.
I went to Perriswood which is a falconry in Swansea to look at how the birds fly and what they look like up close. The people who owned the farm were lovely and they brought out the birds for me to sketch up-close. For the four-legged animal I went to Cardiff Museum to sketch the animals that they had there. In the end I chose to do a Peregrine Falcon as my winged character and an Urban Fox for my four-legged character. I also looked at some live-action characters that I would base my characters traits and personalities on - so I chose Delboy & Rodney from Only Fools And Horses.
