This will be my first time designing a cartoony character. I want to make Miss Muffet very expressive, and this great image by Andrew Hickinbottom seemed a good place to start for reference.

I'm using the following image for facial development, not clothing and body reference. Fear not, Morals Board, Miss Muffett will be fully clothed.

I want Miss Muffet's appearance to be appealing, but naturally funny. Her character should be immediately clear based solely on her design.

I'm going to check out a Gnomon DVD from the library about character design, so I can learn about techniques of accenting certain body features to convey character.

For my final project in this CG Modeling and Animation course, we were assigned to develop a short animation based around a nursery rhyme. I decided to do a unique version of "Little Miss Muffet." I'll be keeping everyone aprised of how production is going here.

Here's the full text of the nursery rhyme, in case you don't remember:

Little Miss Muffet

Sat on a tuffet,

Eating her curds and whey;

Along came a spider,

Who sat down beside her

And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Check it out on Wikipedia