Mystery High

This was a 4 week design project for my second year of university where we were given the prompt 'Mystery High'. For this brief we had to create a Sci-fi/Supernatural high school student, taking into account their location and culture to influence their clothing. My character 'Magda' is a Swedish student whose supernatural elements are based on the Scandinavian folklore creature of the Mara which was best known for being the cause of nightmares. This influenced decisions such as clothing style (based on Sami culture and design and traditional dresses), practicality (warmth) and hair (plaits representing the twisted tree roots which were rumoured to also be caused by the Mara).

This is the entire process from end > beginning, following idea generation, iterations and final design.
(Reference boards and research not pictured)