So I started an Overwatch fan project of a character of which I’ve had a (very) vague idea in my head for a long time now. Like always this ended up to be a bit bigger project than I had in mind so decided to make this a proper design challenge for myself.
She’s called Vee and she’s a toxicologist from New Zealand. Weapon? No idea. Skills? No idea. Role? Probably DPS.
She started as a really typical scientist design with a white lab coat (naturally) because I’ve always loved smart characters with science-y backgrounds. Very quickly it became clear that the design was too close to the Junkrat's Dr Junkenstein, and overall just too bland design-wise to easily turn it into anything interesting.
A traditional scientist then turned into a chemist, but a plain chemist felt a bit too simple. It doesn’t really tell anything interesting about the character so I wanted something more uh, realistic, since chemists specialize in various fields. Similarly as Mei is a climatologist instead of just a scientist.
So she ended to be a toxicologist. Mainly because the odd career choice fits the idea of the personality I had in mind for her, and I'm fascinated by toxins and bio hazard stuff.
So now I’m just trying out whatever ideas come to my mind. There's no end in sight.
Also I can't control myself so I keep sketching out things that are more background story-based, but eh I can maybe make skins out of them. This is her old bio lab suit, I call it 'Say my name' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
