Main Character Design

After a retooling my original game concept, I went to work on redesigning my main character. My goal was to have her in clothes that are from the current, modern world (as opposed to a past time or a fantasy-based world like a Final Fantasy universe) but, as I myself term it, people would still want to cosplay as. My first page of attempts fulfilled the first goal, but not the second. They were just too normal.

After deciding on what elements to her outfit were important - there had to be some element of flowiness around her hips, either a skirt or something with a similar effect - I tried again.... this time leaving the overly ordinary world from the first page, and firmly tripping into final fantasy.

Now I was approaching a better feel for the outfit, separating the skirt from what would actually giving volume in the outfit around her lower half. However, the main character is from the real world, and the majority of these outfits wouldn't pass close to everyday wear in a place other than a fantasy world.

A tiered tunic shirt gave the flowing feeling I wanted her to have as she moved or in the initial scenes she's first seen in, when she's lying on the ground with white cloth spread around her. I now have to design her footwear - I'm leaning towards knee-high lace up boots in a similar design to a picture I found of a runway model - but I've finished a good deal of her outfit.

I need to go in for detailing, like what the broach on her sweater will be, and how the back of the outfit will look.