Designing Dexy

Following the childs interpretation of Dexy i began to create my own versions, keeping in mind i will need to animate her ontop of the film, and she needs to resemble the main character. 

I tried for whimsical cute and sprite like at first but developed it in the shape of a mischievous but spritely child, wearing a blue dress inspired by the childs drawing and  the blue matching outfits worn by the band Dexys midnight runners who inspired the original story. 

I've recently done the test filming and chosen the child to star as the main character/narrator.

So i have a childs appearance to base Dexys general height and proportions off. 

The original story 'Dexy my imaginary friend' describes a character with wild black hair and eyes that change colour, especially when shes up to no good. The eyes were a big focus in my designs, i wanted to have them emotional, pixie like but still human, i experimented with the original childs drawing stye of eyes but they looked creepy. I think the final design is a good balance of a real child, an imaginary character and something a 3-5 year old could conjure and want to play with regularly. 

The chosen child actor will be 5 so Dexy will also be approximately this age only braver and bolder in personalty. The story will ultimately be based around a day in the life of the two main characters.