Character design: Martha

Martha is a middle aged woman whose whole world revolves around her pet capybara, who managed to run away. Martha had been on a journey to find her capybara, and when she finally found him, she recognises how happy he is in the swamp. Wanting nothing else but her capybara’s happiness, she decides to live in the swamps and eventually, all the other capybaras become her family.

Martha was designed as part of a university assignment which revolved around exploratory research and iterations. Though the research and rough stages aren’t shown here, I have included all the major breakthroughs in the design process. I enjoyed working with a mixture of gouache, colour pencils and photoshop throughout the design process. In future, I will look into developing a more solid story and a stronger design around Martha.