Natalia Jokhan (Natalia Porter. J)

My aim was to create a character selection screen that would be accessible to 13+ players using Ingrid and Maeve (the main couple) as primary examples. I am not too well versed in Video Games, so designing a screen that got all of the information across while also being user friendly was a bit of a challenge. The other challenge was in creating characters with realistic body shapes, as a person with eating disorders it’s extremely important to me that all body types are represented across all forms of media. And since the target audience of this game is vulnerable queer teenagers, it was even more critical to accurately portray their demographic in the characters they would be embodying. It was a bit of a challenge as all of the characters I’ve drawn in the past have had unrealistic body proportions, however I choose to upend this in all this years coursework, tailoring body types to match the characters instead of drawing the same disney princess bodies I’ve always drawn.