Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Post-Funding Update #31

The Kickstarter page for Shadowrun: Hong Kong, has been updated with information on backer rewards, soundtrack files and a peek behind the curtains, which this time is about the process of designing a character portrait.

It all starts with our lovely Backers! Many of you gave us information and insight into what your perfect Shadowrun: Hong Kong character would look like as well as a photo of yourself (or someone you chose) to use as a base for the portrait. I take that base photo and create a sketch using it as inspiration, along with the details you provide like Elf Rigger or Dwarf Mage.

Now this is Shadowrun: Hong Kong, not Berlin or Seattle, so there needs to be a distinct look for that. One of the things we want to show is that Hong Kong has a more sleek tech feel. Having said that, my designs for the tech and clothing take a bit from high fashion ideas for post apocalyptic worlds with some of those awesome glowing technology and, of course, current day cyberpunk ideas of Shadowrun.

After the initial sketch is done, we take it to a color pass. This is the quick but really fun process of blocking in the base colors. I also need to decide what kind of background this character should be in. A lot of our visuals utilize bright rim lighting by colorful neon signs that future Shadowrun Hong Kong would feature.