For my first prototype, I decided I would attempt to create a design for a character I plan to use in my project. My initial idea was to replicate the art styles that were used in each culture in the past and put my own creative twists on it. I decided I would test out this plan by drawing out a greek mythology character while also trying my best to emulate greek pottery art. Just to try and challenge myself, I wanted to see how well I could create a character without sketching the idea out first. The results were admittedly less than stellar. To be quite honest, I wasn’t too happy with the result, but I figured that any prototype is better than no prototype. The feedback I received was pretty much what I would’ve expected. People weren’t too keen on the designs either, but they didn’t really think they were as bad as I thought. However, doing this, I did gain some more insight on how I can improve my design process. I feel as if my biggest flaw was that I was relying way too heavily on trying to emulate the culture’s art style that I neglected the aspect of adding my own flair to it as well. At the end of the day, this is going to be my project, so I need to add my own flair to it somehow. I received a lot of insight on how I should go forward with my designing process. Stylistically, the show Samurai Jack has an interesting art style that is quite interesting. A lot of my peers have told me that getting inspiration from this with my art may help me come to a design that I really like.