A character design from a time when I was playing a lot more Team Fortress 2. I’ve always loved the simple art style of the game, and wanted to come up with something inspired by it. The gist was to create a fast, strong, pirate archetype, with a simple palette that could work in the game.
It was a lot of fun, definitely the kind of project I can see myself doing again at some point. Just need to think of another game that needs an additional pirate 😉.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9014e833-cf41-4be9-a10b-2a1c6309797e/713098d7-2f42-444a-bcc7-dab9091dd338_rw_1200.jpg?h=cd6461c5c69e9f286ca5b9caffe380d1)
Final Portrait
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9014e833-cf41-4be9-a10b-2a1c6309797e/cda1f162-075e-431e-b59b-961cf83f49db_rw_1920.jpg?h=b45c810c0ef59f5be9117df3f22a5656)
Initial Silhouettes
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9014e833-cf41-4be9-a10b-2a1c6309797e/258cf903-c731-47c1-a79e-09a1c04afacf_rw_1920.jpg?h=e67bcb73f60171ebf8608b9922136280)
Development Sketches
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9014e833-cf41-4be9-a10b-2a1c6309797e/6abca785-a505-4c2b-8d9a-1e5308adea66_rw_1920.jpg?h=be77331b3e1a3a327e9a91794cfcc39f)
Character Sketch
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9014e833-cf41-4be9-a10b-2a1c6309797e/f4bfbba2-91f2-4f5c-b726-9bd4c830ebe9_rw_1920.jpg?h=19eae90d98a8fb194790bcf49baae03b)
Clean Lines
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9014e833-cf41-4be9-a10b-2a1c6309797e/f0eb2353-92eb-4843-a5e7-167b2da9d0d9_rw_1920.jpg?h=3d53be0d3cdbfcc658c3da1c36abea92)
Colour Variants
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9014e833-cf41-4be9-a10b-2a1c6309797e/b3e26a69-04ff-4ceb-b6c2-a6374fe9fe56_rw_1920.jpg?h=f7d428f750724dc25a819b2d77a386a9)
Head Variants