DESIGN TUESDAY: 2009-ish exploratory sketches, pt.4!

Here a few more of the (many) exploratory design sketches I did back circa 2009 for an ultimately abortive project related to the SSX snowboarding videogame series. At this (very) early point in said project's development, I was just playing around with various potential approaches to the game's familiar cast; the project was cancelled long before I ever figured out a final take on any of the characters.

Still, I had a surprising amount of fun playing around with varied character design work for a few weeks, which is something I'd never done on a sustained basis before (or since, TBH).

This time around, we're wrapping up my sketches for Elise, the statuesque if not Amazonian snowboarder who was the "front woman" of sorts for the first SSX game. Next up is Kaori, a notably more petite member of the series' cast; next week will be an all-Kaori post as well, given I drew a ton of variations exploring her design.

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Interesting that I drew these Elise variations always sporting the squared-off "chisel chin" I use for Mindf**k from Empowered.

I was attempting to draw Elise's physique akin to the statuesque Caitlin from Gen13, but she didn't really come off that way in this final set of "body shots." (To put it mildly, I wouldn't have such difficulty nowadays.)

And now on to Japanese snowboarder Kaori, a notably more petite character:

I cranked out a whole lotta takes on Kaori's design, so strap in for a goodly degree of variety in her sketches. 

This last set was especially strong, IMHO. Note that this counted at least partially as life drawing, as I was photoreferencing from photos of various Japanese models, actresses, idol singers and so on whilst sketching these designs, though I was trying to split the difference between realism and my default cartooniness as I did so.

Next time around, much more Kaori!

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