Psykology Concept Art

• Sedia wrote on 2012-03-26 20:40
  For those who may not know what "Psykology" is, please read this: http://mabination.com/threads/51923-I-want-to-know-what-you-guys-think...
  
  It's not that long,really.
  
  So here's the concept art for Mindy:
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/mw0v]

  
  
  
  
  Well? What do you guys think? :>
• Kenny? wrote on 2012-03-26 20:57
  I like it!
  Her face gives it a nice look that fits the plot and her background.
• Sedia wrote on 2012-03-26 22:14

  Quote from Kenny?;821565:

  I like it!
  Her face gives it a nice look that fits the plot and her background.

  
  
  Really? I never really thought her face would fit, but okay.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2012-03-26 22:18
  I like how poorly endowed characters usually fit the roles of these types of games.
  
  Oh society and gender schemas :)
• Sedia wrote on 2012-03-26 22:29

  Quote from Mentosftw;821633:

  I like how poorly endowed characters usually fit the roles of these types of games.
  
  Oh society and gender schemas :)

  
  
  Yar. It's usually those who suffer abuse who are perfect for horror games, though otehr types of characters fit those roles too.
• Cow wrote on 2012-03-27 01:58
  I love your style ;o
  I love her hair and eyes especially.
• Rin wrote on 2012-03-27 13:42
  Maybe give her an object of endearment? The way she looks reminds me she could use one.
  
  I'm not sure if you've seen Forget Me Not Annie, but the object of endearment usually represents a sort of safety in the thick of the bad things.
• Sedia wrote on 2012-03-28 19:35
  Update! I colored her drew another picture for it:
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/mONW]

  
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/mONL]

  
  
  When the walls "break down", it's Mindy's subconscious trying to destroy the memory of her old house, the place she grew up in, the place she was abused in. The separated self of Mindy (the protagonist and person seen here) won't let it go because she still doesn't know the purpose behind the memory. Mindy's separated self is a whole new person. She has no clue what's happened, how she got there, where she is, or who she is. She starts off fresh and new and whatever memory she ends up in is one step closer to remembering everything.
• Sedia wrote on 2012-03-29 18:47
  Update 2!
  
  So I was able to draw Mindy's mother (yeah, it doesn't look too good). She's the only person who ever loved Mindy, besides her friends and relatives, and she'd try to defend her when Mindy's father beat her.
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/mXM9]

  
  
  And then this is Ramses. I have no clue what role he'll have in Psykology, but if anyone has any ideas, don't hesitate to say something.
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/mXO5]

  
  
  Why I drew him like this, I have no clue either.
• Ithiliel wrote on 2012-03-29 18:50
  Ramses kinda reminds me of HIM from PPG, I like your art concepts so far~
• Sedia wrote on 2012-03-29 18:51

  Quote from Ithiliel;825313:

  Ramses kinda reminds me of HIM from PPG, I like your art concepts so far~

  
  
  He sorta does, I guess. Oh, and thanks~ I don't know what I should draw next, the concept art for her house, or a sketch of another scene.
• Ithiliel wrote on 2012-03-29 18:58

  Quote from Sedia;825315:

  He sorta does, I guess. Oh, and thanks~ I don't know what I should draw next, the concept art for her house, or a sketch of another scene.

  
  
  I'd say the house, that way you have the concept for it down.
• Chockeh wrote on 2012-03-29 20:56
  Looking pretty good so far. As for Ramses, I don't know... He could be a figment of the mc's imagination and he can guide her around?
• Sedia wrote on 2012-03-29 21:03

  Quote from Chockeh;825440:

  Looking pretty good so far. As for Ramses, I don't know... He could be a figment of the mc's imagination and he can guide her around?

  
  
  That's what I was originally going to do, being something of that like the Chesire Cat in Alice The Madness Returns, but I wanted to make Ramses more of an antagonist and have creatures like him. A minor idea I had was that one of the elements of the gameplay was avoiding those creatures which represented something of some sort and were only destroyed by completeing a puzzle. I don't know if I should scrap that idea, seeing how there's currently little motivation behind it and I might try something different. I'm in a mix of trying to have an antagonistic figure appear now and then, or have something antagonistic show up and stay completely. I'm not going to have Ramses be the one who burns the old house down in the "The Walls are Breaking Down" scene, because I've already personified Mindy's subconscious as a dark figure that only appears in the background of a person's reflection.
• Chockeh wrote on 2012-03-29 21:09

  Quote from Sedia;825445:

  That's what I was originally going to do, being something of that like the Chesire Cat in Alice The Madness Returns, but I wanted to make Ramses more of an antagonist and have creatures like him. A minor idea I had was that one of the elements of the gameplay was avoiding those creatures which represented something of some sort and were only destroyed by completeing a puzzle. I don't know if I should scrap that idea, seeing how there's currently little motivation behind it and I might try something different. I'm in a mix of trying to have an antagonistic figure appear now and then, or have something antagonistic show up and stay completely. I'm not going to have Ramses be the one who burns the old house down in the "The Walls are Breaking Down" scene, because I've already personified Mindy's subconscious as a dark figure that only appears in the background of a person's reflection.

  
  
  Chesire cat is exactly the kinda creature I was thinking about. I don't feel like the whole avoiding creatures thing would be a good idea either. It worked for Amnesia, but I don't know if it would be good for the game you're trying to make. Making it seem like a single creature stalking Mindy for whatever reason seems like a good idea.