Self portrait project

Here is some research I conducted for the Self portrait assignment set by Helen McCarthy. This is the project outline:

"To create a character, based on yourself. The character can explore aspects of yourself that you would like to
have or be, or perhaps exaggerate things about you or even fantasy elements.
If you want to base the character on someone else, make sure you know them well, and can ask
them if they're happy about it.

Produce a series of drawings/ sketches/a back story/ fully rendered images of the character.
You can also work in 3D - either digitally or model-making. Remember, Helen also suggested you could cos-play your character!"

My first thoughts took me back to some drawings I recently completed of my in game characters on Skyrim and Mass Effect.

These are literally just fan images of my in game characters , but after reading this brief I realised that this is the kind of look I want to go for in my character. I then looked at game art for characters and found these reference images. These ideas will form the basis of how I want my character to look.

Assassins Creed Brotherhood multiplayer characters

Mass Effect Fem shep

The Hunger Games, Katniss

Alice, Resident Evil

These are all strong female archetypes, and this is how I want my character to be perceived.