Tonal study. I liked the way this came out better than the final painting.
Animatician in the making
A Workbook exercise, developed from the Storyboard from a 3rd year film from 2007, Babushki. The film itself should be around somwhere online
A character's timeline can be challenging-- for most people, childhood and teenagehood aren't all that interesting, and you want to stay clear from just doing a 'chibi' version of the character's adult self.
One is left to wonder what happened to Kelai between her 30s and her 70s, since life is bound to throw more interesting things at you in those years.