His actions are not malicious or deliberate; he is young and just playing.The design for my owlet will be unreaslistic in as far as shape and anatomy. My owl will basically be a sphere with wings. He will not fly like an owl, instead more like a bumble bee or a hummingbird in that he hovers in one place before rapidly switching to a new place in the air. This will be in keeping with the annoying nature of his presence. He is not a graceful bird, he is clumsy and about as unaerodynamic as you can get.
The influence for my owlet character comes from multiple sources as pictured below:
The hummingbird: Again, this bird's method is flight is what I hope to capture, at least in part, with the animation on my owlet. Getting into the more obscure now...
As much as I dislike to take reference from Harry Potter, the Golden Snitch successfully captures the spirit of my owlet - small, fast, hard to catch. Plus it is a sphere with wings as in my original design intention.
This little thing is Clocky the Run-away Alarm Clock, and the stress I feel every morning when he runs away from me is exactly the kind of feeling I imagine the owlet induces in the nightguard. Everything about it from its erratic movement to its speed and noise are downright annoying. Perfect. And finally...
My cat. I've always though that she looks a bit like an owl, but more than that I'm drawing influence from the times when she has jumped onto my stop-mo set in the middle of an important scene in the past, and caused me a fury not unlike the one I hope to induce in the nightguard when he finally snaps.Wow, long post... design drawings to follow.
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