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Space Monkey No.5

Client: Cumi (self-initiated)
Services: Character Design · Illustration

An older character-design project developing a chimp-like astronaut, Space Monkey No.5, from pen-and-ink concept sketches through to finished colour treatments and a packaging mockup. No client is named on any file, so this is presented as self-initiated work.

The Finished Character

Space Monkey No.5 finished colour character art, reaching toward a starfield with the character's name lettered below — Finished colour character art, carrying the "Space Monkey No.5" name.

Space Monkey No.5 in a duotone poster treatment with the character's logotype — A duotone poster treatment of the same character.

Space Monkey No.5 in an energetic dancing pose, grain-textured duotone treatment — A further finished colour pose.

The Brief

No written brief exists for this project. The development sequence is presented here exactly as found in the source folder, from early concept sketches to finished colour art.

Development

Early pen-and-ink concept sketch of the character saluting, labelled 'Space monkey No5' — An early pen-and-ink concept sketch, the character's name first appearing here.

Concept idea frame showing the character tumbling past a satellite in a meteor shower, with a handwritten idea caption — "IDEA: Space monkey outside of the space ship in a metor shower batting away metors" (caption as written on the source file).

Packaging or label mockup layout for Space Monkey No.5, including a barcode and printed text — A packaging/label mockup layout, including a barcode.