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This third character design project features the character design of one of the characters for a fictional zombie shooter I spent some time working on. I initially wanted to finish the project, but it proved too big for me alone, and I put it on hold indefinitely.
Solo Project
role: all
Project Runtime
on hold
Software Used
firealpaca
The character's name is Sergei Nikitin. He is a 29 year old cab driver who's known for his reckless but efficient driving skills, allowing the player to navigate around the map much quicker than with other characters.
For Sergei's facial design, I made a couple of different sketches as well as different hairstyles. He favors practicality above anything else and I wanted this to reflect in his design, as well as the results of his recklessness through a scar.
After settling on a design, I made some facial expression sketches to get a feel of him as a character. I then proceeded to work on a lineup featuring some different outfits. They're layered in rather curious fashion, but this once again plays in on how he doesn't really care about aesthetics; he needs to stay warm and wants to be comfortable.
Despite being a short and unfinished project, it was still valuable for me to work on. Especially the outfit lineup was good practice for me, and I plan to do this more for future concept art of the characters I design.
I definitely want to come back to this project one day to finish the rest of the characters too. I'd like to expand this project to game design as well; I would love to work on the characters' abilities in the gameplay and what makes them unique and valuable in multiplayer mode in a team.
