Ellysia Manuel
In her final year at Ravensbourne Ellysia specialised in Character Design, Storytelling and Illustration. As part of her final major project she created a children’s story book which has since been printed and shared around locally.
During her time at Ravensbourne she has worked on numerous projects including a new publishers book front cover with inside illustrations and an animation project for Legoland’s Aquarium in Windsor.
Ellysia is currently looking for opportunities in the film & design industry alongside her freelance work.
Final Major Project – This is a quick walkthrough of Manuel's University Project, Thomas and Bear. This is the digitalised version of the printed book.
Skateboarding Sloth Character Design – Looking at costume and how the pose of the character can help tell the story.
Goat Character Design – Pushing a children’s characters poses to give them emotion and humour for a young audience.
Shape and Colour Characters – These designs were experimental characters that were created using colour and shape. Ellysia wanted to see how she could change the design through these two elements but maintain the same style.
Crab Character – Following on from the previous image, Ellysia wanted to develop this idea and make a slightly more complex version