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Ghastly Bespoke - Skulduggery Pleasant

Part of my final project at university where I decided to design characters from the 'Skulduggery Pleasant' book series as if it was being adapted into a live action film or TV series. Ghastly Bespoke is a tailor of magically armoured clothing but has the muscular build of a boxer. His features are striking due to his face being covered in ridged, symmetrical scars that were inflicted upon him due to a curse placed on his mother. I tried to be as faithful to the book's description of Ghastly as possible and used the likeness of Henry Cavill for the role, particularly due to his performance as both Superman in the DCEU and August Walker in Mission: Impossible - Fallout.

Final design for Ghastly Bespoke.

Final design for Ghastly Bespoke.

Iterations for the scars covering Ghastly's face.

Iterations for the scars covering Ghastly's face.

Early thumbnails for the design - description from the book in the corner.

Early thumbnails for the design - description from the book in the corner.

Iterating and making smaller adjustments to the design.

Iterating and making smaller adjustments to the design.

Colour tests for Ghastly.

Colour tests for Ghastly.