Get Into Staffs: Concept Art (Of Mice and Men)

So this is all my work for Staffordshire Uni's Get into Staffs competition! Using the basic brief of:

Create a series of characters for a game called "Of Mice and Men".  

This game is an action adventure title where all the characters are rodents living in a lush, dreamy style of forest world. The three characters are: the player character called Seregil who is a mouse; her young apprentice Alec; and a necromancer gerbil called Mardus.

I created these concepts!! My style was inspired by a more anthromorphic style of art, similar to Disney's 'The Rescuers'. I didn't want them to look overly realistic but I wanted them to also still be readable as the animal they are! For Seregil, I chose to make her more of a rogue type warrior with looser clothing and making her an archer. For Alec, I wanted them to seem a lot younger and innocent as her apprentice and to make them both a fighter and an assistant who helps with carrying things as well as healing. I wanted their clothing to be readable as loose pieces that look like they were made using forest materials, such as leaves and acorns. 

For Mardus, I decided to add a twist with the neon parasites and holes in his body. I wanted to make him seem more animal like as well as decaying, adding to his role of a necromancer. I also chose to give him a staff that looks like a screw to add the implication of them being real animals in the real world!

Overall I really enjoyed doing this project and creating these smaller pieces and I am excited to start my actual work come September