Adjusting.. to the Apocalypse.

So, back in the summer holidays when we were asked to do a character design, I had no idea what would become of this design, so I really was forced to make decisions and changes with my character to better adjust it in the world it's living in, which of course, is that post-apocalyptic scenario.
I had to consider extremely important factors which would change my character design, things like survival, originally my character looked harmless, and he didn't belong in that world at all. He'd probably be killed on sight without a fighting chance. That meant one thing, 'manning' up my character.
This involved changing clothing and body build. If my character was a fighter, he'd need clothing appropriate to fight in, and take hits in, but also he'd have to be strong enough to do more than a scratch on whoever he may fight.

These were my original sketches and ideas.

This was my original orthographic for my character, as you can see he is only wearing a t-shirt and trousers, with a strap for his sword. He is rather thin, and doesn't look like he can handle himself at all. 

This was a later design of my character posing. As you can see I've added more utility to his clothing such as several pockets and a belt too. It's also apparent that he's bulked up a bit. I thought this was important if he was going to survive in a post-apocalyptic world at all. I hadn't changed the sword but I feel as though the sword was fitting in fine to the earlier designs but as this character becomes more menacing and powerful, the idea of him wielding an 'elegant' sword is becoming slightly more and more out of place.

These ideas led me to re-sketch my character design.

Finally this is what I got up to, you might notice at first glance that he looks a lot more sinister and perhaps evil. This was intended, so that he becomes a more feared character. I completed changed his torso so instead of a t-shirt, even though it is following the same silhouette, it isn't the same material at all. I was thinking it may be carbon body armour. The second thing I've changed on the torso, is the strange patterns all over it, I thought this might add a bit of an ancient feel to it. Even though this is the future, the apocalypse should surely knock back the humans generations a little, that savagery, It was inspired by ancient hieroglyphs and ancient Mayan patterns and tablets. He is also a lot more bulky, even more so than the previous design. As I mentioned before, about the sword, I've slightly changed it to match his attire, so that it'll actually blend in. It looks a lot darker now and the handle is much more mechanical than before, because this is still the future.