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Suko: Moodboards

I've started the 2D development for Suko, the first thing I like to do with a character is decide what their face looks like as it is central to their character.

Who is Suko?

Suko is a Japanese girl/woman(?) and is a warrior who battles Tengu.

What I need to explore:

  • Experiment with ages

  • What kind of warrior is she?

  • Onna-bugeisha "Female martial artist" [30]

  • Tomoe Gozen [31]

  • Olden era or Modern? A combination?

  • Character fights a lot

  • Old scars

  • Bruises

  • Split lips

  • Rougher hands/callouses from holding weapons

  • Is she an outcast? Ronin

Pass 1

I looked at a large range of Asian women (mainly Japanese) to try and decide what facial features I want her to have. Do to her vocation I imagine her to have a tougher disposition and a sharp look in her eye.

Pass 2

After fine-tuning my list I made note of what I like about each of them.

After I had got an idea of what kind of face I might want to have, I decided to look at the outfits. As she's a warrior I looked at real female warriors (onna-bugeisha) and see what they wear. They wear a range from samurai armour to decorated kimonos with weapons. I personally, really like the hakama, they're high-waisted pants with a multitude of folds, usually worn with a kimono top.

I like these because you have the ornamental/beautiful designs of a kimono, but with the practicality of pants which will work well for Suko (a mobile warrior).

I looked at both traditional and modern style kimonos as haven't decided what era I want Suko to be from (maybe even a mixture of both/ custom universe?)

With the modern kimonos they mix are more adventurous with the colour pallets, the hair is more relaxed, and I like the mix of modern shoes, accessories.

Now I've finished my moodboards, I'm moving on to thumbnails sketches, which is good for quick idea generation and getting all my ideas down visually.

The tengu side of her outfit and weapons, will be looked into when I've got a base for her outfit.

 

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ABOUT ME

Zhané James-Marshall

3D Character Artist

Hi all, my name is Zhané and I'm a Masters student at De Montfort University, researching game-ready characters.

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