The Champion

Possibly inspired by Segar’s Popeye, the champ character is an incredible stereotypical impression of an over obsessed cyclist. Chomet has taken the fundamental rules of character design and applied his artistic licence on top, naturally a cyclist is thin, doesn’t need to have much upper body strength because all of the energy is centred on the leg muscles to push the pedals. With this in mind Chomet has given the champ massively over exaggerated leg muscles on top on these thin bones almost rendering the character to look deformed. The characters stance reflects that of an old man, tired and gloomy with dark and baggy sleepy eyes; it’s as if all of the life has been sucked out of his body and injected back into his legs.