Exploring the Frontier of Gender Stereotyping: Designing A New Historical Female Protagonist

Using AI to generate some facial examples and then getting a sample skintone for each one.

Hairstyles sketched out and face finalised.

Iteration of costume idea.

Oversexualised variant designed to be included in final testing.

Costume choices sent out to focus group.

Most popular costume with added horror elements.

Quick test sketch using 3D elements (the model, HDRI lighting) to assist in the final 2D piece.

Reference render.

The final two costumes as selected by focus group participants.

Final artworks for each costume.