Beauty Layers
"Beauty is only skin deep." But to an onion, how deep is skin deep?
Process: Below are previous iterations of the final character, as well as sketches for animation breakdown.
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The idea began with an onion that kept peeling away at her layers to reveal a more youthful petal within. Initial iterations had only the main onion act as a head, but then I decided to add a "skirt" of layers already peeled back but still attached to make her easier to read.
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Background Design
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/222d16374e793d9ea130fd0c125c9eca/d41032b48b31202108d9902d_rw_3840.jpg?h=159ae8f36e533a767fa00250b036a094)
I wanted to make it look like she had been peeling away at her layers, thus the extra petals on the cutting board, and two previous "faces" beside where she sits.