Studio Brief 2 - The Illustrated Self

Idea development - 'Genderbending'

I decided to choose Mario because he is a really popular character and the franchise's audience is mostly families/children.

This is my rough idea of what Mario could look like as a woman. I tried to keep the body type similar, selected colours from the original image and used relatively thick lines to make it look cartoon-esque/suitable for the same audience.

I deconstructed the image to see which was the most reminiscent of the original Mario. I definitely think the version with just the colour is much more recognisable as Mario. This suggests that colour is probably one of the most prominent things we associate with characters. I want to test this and alter other things about this character such as body-type and the aesthetic/drawing style.