03-15-2016, 12:58 PM
Keep up searching for ideas. I like how wide you are going thinking of changing up a lot, including gender (not many have cottoned on to that possibility, a Joan Snow might be intriguing though if it is redesigning a culture as well it might take it too far from being recognizable).
Sometimes good ideas will come together through lots of iteration. You could also try and make your search visual, ie do it through drawing. I know that might be hard if you aren't comfortable doing lots of stuff through imagination. So USE reference. Pump up your visual library. I am sure many of the best designers don't just wing it without using reference even if they can draw "from imagination"
A way I do this is at the start of most projects I will always gather reference photos and make a mood board of the design ideas / colours / setting /atmosphere that I am inspired by for the subject and that might be useful. Sometimes a particular reference sings to me, and things develop from there. Good luck!
Sometimes good ideas will come together through lots of iteration. You could also try and make your search visual, ie do it through drawing. I know that might be hard if you aren't comfortable doing lots of stuff through imagination. So USE reference. Pump up your visual library. I am sure many of the best designers don't just wing it without using reference even if they can draw "from imagination"
A way I do this is at the start of most projects I will always gather reference photos and make a mood board of the design ideas / colours / setting /atmosphere that I am inspired by for the subject and that might be useful. Sometimes a particular reference sings to me, and things develop from there. Good luck!