Kawaii Friends - A Digital World
Design Concept, Character, Environment &Prop Design
A personal project where I explored a mix of kawaii and vector style illustration to develop and create characters, props, houses and environments which could work for a potential game.
The process involved researching different clothing styles, hairstyles and house designs, brainstorming ideas, sketching out various ideas for characters, choosing the colour palette and rendering the final design.
I started by sketching various character designs on paper. I chose my seven favourites and developed them as vector illustrations in Adobe Illustrator, which allowed me to easily modify shapes and colours.
After creating a library of assets for various expressions, I've applied them to three characters to test out how different expressions look like.
At this stage, I've also developed more poses which work perfectly with their expressions.
The next step was to sketch out some ideas for various pieces of furniture and create the final designs. They are seen from a front view and can be easily mixed and matched to create spaces that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
Exploration ideas for different houses.
