Week 10: The Prince

At the end of the book Thumbelina and the Sparrow travel to South Africa, (where some Swallows migrate.) Here they meet faeries that live within flowers, along with the faerie prince.

"..............Between these pieces grew the most beautiful large white flowers; so the swallow flew down with Tiny, and placed her on one of the broad leaves. But how surprised she was to see in the middle of the flower, a tiny little man, as white and transparent as if he had been made of crystal! He had a gold crown on his head, and delicate wings at his shoulders, and was not much larger than Tiny herself. He was the angel of the flower; for a tiny man and a tiny woman dwell in every flower; and this was the king of them all."

During the planning stages of this project (way back in week 2) I chose the flower I wanted the prince to live on

a Trichosanthes cucumerina or Snake Gourd flower

I went for a standard prince charming type of character with him.  I wanted him to be a broad and bold character, but not intimidating like the toad mother. 

some initial designs, I played around with the idea of him being a lot younger, but in the end I did not want him to look too childlike.

Merging designs, choosing colors

The prince ( I still need to design his wings)

Though not 100% finished this character turned out to be very fun to design, The goal for next week is to get his design and character sheet finished.