Aphrodite Character Design
Early concepts, character development, and weapon design for Aphrodite from PermaDeath: A Video game Opera.
From Cerise Jacobs, the librettist:
"Aphrodite - The goddess of love is a cool customer, used to manipulating her lovers. Her one big weakness is Adonis, so smitten is she by him. But don't be mistaken - she's a god so she's powerful and can be devastating. She is more subtle and probably has a bunch of magic tricks up her sleeve. She's cast as a coloratura soprano which is a voice type that is very high and acrobatic."
Final Aphrodite Design
Aphrodite's voluptuousness and sensuality are complimented by an outfit that incorporates natural imagery mimicking the transition from water to land, shells tapering off into sand and then glass. She can behold her own reflection in her mirror shards.
Aphrodite's flowing, seafoam-esque hair becomes essential in the expression of her emotions.
Aphrodite usually fights from afar in order to keep herself pristine. Her shards form deadly wings that can launch projectiles.
With strong, sweeping, dancer-like movements, Aphrodite can also choose to fight close-range with her glass wings.
Earlier conceptions of Aphrodite broke fewer expectations of beauty than the current iteration and required an update in the conceptual depth of the symbols included in the design.