Artemis Character Design
Early concepts, character development, and weapon design for Artemis from PermaDeath: A Video game Opera.
From Cerise Jacobs, the librettist:
"Artemis - sister of Apollo. Likewise, she shares his qualities of being quick to anger, etc. She's the best hunter in the universe, so she's strong, indomitable, competent, skilled and somewhat haughty. She's cast as a mezzo - this voice type has a deeper darker coloration than a soprano."
Artemis, streamlined and no-nonsense, augments her natural ability with mechanized prosthesis. Her boar breastplate is a callback to her familiar, MiniB.
A bit more reserved than Apollo, but her frustration with others shines quite clearly on her face.
Artemis' prosthetic arms allows her a wide degree of motion despite the size of her bow.
Artemis's Lunar Bow fractures her energy arrows for versatility of attack.
Artemis moves efficiently, with a sense of dignity and power. Her visor comes down to increase her accuracy, and in close quarters combat, she can use the blades on the back of her calves.
The majority of the early work created for Permadeath was of Artemis, and most of it was filtered out in the interest of streamlining her design and moving her more towards a mechanized aesthetic.