Atli Character Design

Character and weapon design from my Master's Project. Premise is a Street Fighter-style combat game, but the focus is on characters that have visible and invisible disabilities. I kind of landed on this character within the first few sketches; a blunt, aloof person whose apparent laziness hides their skill. I had lots of fun after combining the symbol for "irritant" (yellow with a black X) with their wheelchair design. The colours are quite similar to the non-binary pride flag, an intentional choice after being inspired by the style of non-binary wheelchair athlete Robyn Lambird.