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Apocryphal Character Design: Taika Lahti

ORIGINAL PITCH DECK PRESENTATION FOR CONCEPTUAL ILLUSTRATION CLASS 2017-2018
EDIT: THE PLOT HAS UNDERGONE CHANGES SINCE THIS PRESENTATION WAS CREATED. AT THE TIME OF WRITING THIS:

-THE FIRST LINE HOLDS TRUE: MYTH AND LEGENDS ARE STILL REAL IN THE WORLD OF APOCRYPHAL

-THE PEOPLE WHO HANDLE THESE CREATURES ARE NOW REFERED TO AS "IMMORTALS" NOT PALADINS

-TAIKA IS NO LONGER IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM, SHE LIVES WITH HER PARENTS AND FOR A TIME WITH HER YOUNGER SISTER (DECEASED)

-TAIKA STILL WIELDS A BATTLE AXE WITH TIES TO SLAVIC MYTHOLOGY IN THE GUISE OF HER GOALIE STICK
EDIT: AS WITH THE PLOT, TAIKA'S DESIGN HAS UNDERGONE CHANGES SINCE THIS PRESENTATION WAS CREATED, CONTINUE TO SEE MORE
TAIKA COLOR SCHEME EDITS
TAIKA REDESIGN (SEPTEMBER 2019)
SIMILAR TO MOST WORKS OF FICTION INVOLVING SUPER HEROS, TAIKA MUST MAINTAIN ANONIMITY WHEN DOING WORK AS AN "IMMORTAL". OLD HOCKEY PADS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO ACT AS ACTUAL ARMOR, SHE WEARS A LONG, DARK HOODIE AND A MOMENTO MORI MASK MODELED AFTER THE FIRST "MYTH" SHE DEFEATED (THE KLUDDE: SEE CONCEPTUAL ILLUSTRATION 2017-2018 PROJECT FOR MORE).
TAIKA REDESIGN AND FICTITIOUS BAND GRAPHICS (APRIL 2020)
INSPIRED BY ROCK, PUNK, AND METAL LOGOS, THESE REPRESENT TAIKA'S TYPICAL MUSIC DIET. MEANT FOR USE ON THE CHARACTER IN THE FORM OF T-SHIRTS AND PATCHS, AND IN THE BACKGROUND ON POSTERS.
Apocryphal Character Design: Taika Lahti
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Apocryphal Character Design: Taika Lahti

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