I'd spent a lot of time with Jack Nicholson's Randle McMurphy at this point and new that he was not the only character I wanted to animate from the movie. The character The Chief is perhaps the second most important character in the film and I feel is very much the second beating heart of the film who evokes much emotion.
Furthermore, I really wanted to animate a scene in which Randle and Chief interact because of the stark contrasts in their physicality's and their personalities. While Randle personality is very charismatic, loud, excitable, prone to boredom and bursts of anger, The Chief's personality is very reserved, calm and quiet. Both these character's physicality's are different too; Randle is shorter, faster, more agitated, his hair is very rough looking standing up like a peacock with very sharp eyebrows. The Chief on the other hand is built almost like a tree with very wide shoulders and a very tall frame. The differences in these characters lean themselves very easily to the exaggeration animation can create.
Above are the final designs I created of the two characters. I feel they are simplified enough to work as separate animated characters, yet represent the personality of the two characters.
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