Texturing the hands took some time.
We had previously decided the colors for the hands and the gloves but not for the device. The device is something that Vale finds there so the colors of it needed to be consistent with the environment that uses warm earthy colors. It is meant to be made of metal, which is used a lot in the level. I looked at the other metal textures to have a reference to how it should look.
The environment uses a lot of brown, red and yellow and Vale’s colors are meant to contrast that with shades of green and blue.
When designing her gloves I had in mind that she is an adventurer and that she climbs a lot, so I researched how climbing cloves looked and used that as inspiration. When texturing I went back to those photos to see how they have been worn and dirtied.
Frida Svensson 