Side Project Galore

Survival Weapon

Brief:

An epidemic has broken out in Chicago leaving a section of the city cordoned off, under quarantine, and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. With limited supplies and an increase in crime, you are left to forge your own weaponry from everyday items to protect yourself.

Aim for 2D concept artists:
Design a weapon sheet that can be used by 3D artists

My idea for this mini project is to create a 'poison pen'. My main inspiration for this was based on the little knowledge of Chicago i know is that Ernest Hemingway was originally from Chicago and that gave me the idea to create something in which a writer might use as a weapon. I was also looking into poisons from plants such as Hemlock, lily-of-the-valley, and Nightshade. Poison, throughout history and literature has always been seen as a women's option of choice; I rather like the idea of some Chicago writer housewife, who grows various plant-pots of Hemlock and Nightshade in her Windy City apartment. 

Some quick doodles of poison pen ideas which i will further iterate upon