Female character designs

"Sexy lady"

Here are a few female character designs. These were all painted digitally and beginning with this first one, "sexy lady" I just wanted to do exactly that, explore the idea of drawing an attractive character posing showing much of her female figure. It was a fun illustration to make and boy did I learn a lot about brushes, lighting and rendering skin. And I must confess, I was partly inspired by the character Mai Shiranui from the Fatal Fury and King of Fighter franchises. 

Actually, fighting games as a whole are a great venue to see and be inspired by attractive and creative female character designs. 

"Girl pitching"

I was also working on practicing my painting style and some Photoshop brushes with this one featuring a girl in a more audacious, athletic and exaggerated pose. Raising your front leg like that before pitching is so over-the-top and I love it! I had to give it a shot.  

"Skirt-wearing fighter girl"

This long skirt-wearing girl was inspired by a lady I saw in a bus while I was going to the movies to watch Sonic The Hedgehog 3. 

There was a lady who wore long flowing hair and a long flowing skirt and the idea came to mind of drawing a female character who would be a fighter, a veritable martial artist, kicking ass in a long skirt.

It would look great in motion, be it a 2D or video game animation, with the drape following her combat moves.

To be honest, I guess I just like how any hanging cloth flows with the motions of the body or the wind. It just looks cool in real life and also in animation and video games, especially when there's some sort of physics engine at play.