My idea was a music centric world as life functions from the frequencies that are emitted with sound. Until a screeching high pitched tone brings chaos as it throws the “harmony” of this place into a mess. I wanted my character to be the one to defeat the monsters that are creating this sound and disrupting the peace.

An alternate male design using items collected to draw inspiration from as well as a collage style creation from those same objects.

Three versions of Melody.

The first design is in a style that i am comfortable with, a dark and grungy girl but i also wanted to explore the idea of a more cartoon like aesthetic with exaggerated bodily proportions.

Though neither of these seemed to fit the world that i had imagined and i settled on a design to which melded both of these concepts into one character. I always envisioned her hair resembling a music note to symbolise her connection with sound, but i also adored the thought of her being a deaf to contrast the world that she lives in. This also allows her withstand the disruptive sounds that others couldn’t.

Character turn around.

Expression Sheet