Character Design

I like to think of my character as half shaman and half fisherman. A fishaman. When designing the character I will draw shaman characters and fisherman characters and take inspiration from both.

So far I like the idea of the fisherman's hat and shaman's tribal paint. As I design this character I am trying to think of practicality. As this character will have a fishing rod I thought about having a hook hanging around it's neck or even wearing it as an earring. This character also uses a fish bowl so I liked the idea of them carrying it around their shoulder in a net bag.

I started by creating simple thumbnails. I also did some rough sketching in my sketchbook. I'm not sure whether the character is female or male yet.