During the concepting phase of NightingNail, my university captstone project, I was tasked with designing the NPC villagers. We decided on having one masc NPC and one fem NPC, who would both appear more mundane in comparison to our main player characters—the Exorcist and the Demon—while still feeling rooted within the world. Historical inspiration had been taken primarily from medieval and 1600s pilgrim fashion, however, elements of fantasy were injected into their designs to bring them closer to the overall aesthetic and style of the game.
Alongside the NPC designs, I also created some character portrait icons for when we had two selectable character options from each player role. This idea was later scrapped.
