Solving the problem with potential nudity

When originally considering the inclusion of a female player character we encountered a potential problem with nudity, one of the main game mechanics is the 'back tattoo' which the player uses to track their process in the game, which needs to be completely visible/bare for the whole game in order for the player to be able to see their stats at any time.

Of course this caused a problem, if a female character would have a completely bare back that would also mean a bare chest and exposed breasts, which we felt would be inappropriate especially for an action game. the problem comes from the fact that the female character wouldn't be able to wear any kind of top or bra as it would obscure the back tattoo, and redesigning the back tattoo to fit around a bra strap didn't seem like a good option as the skill trees would have to be the same for the male and female character as we wanted the difference to be mostly cosmetic.

After actually carrying out some market research and finding that isolating the female audience would not be sensible we considered a work around, it actually came surprisingly quickly considering we thought it wouldn't be possible before, we just came up with the idea of designing a bra that wouldn't need a back strap but would use other limbs for support, I did a drawing for a potential bra design and a general design for a female character too including a 'loin cloth' redesign and a hair style.

The bra was pretty straight forward, I just used a design similar to the loin cloth and modified the back to have straps around the arms instead of the back, which probably wouldn't work in real life but I feel would be convincing enough for a game and a good solution to our problem. I felt like the loin cloth for the female character needed to be a bit more modest and also conform to the larger hips and thighs more so added another strap. 

In terms of the actual design of the character and the hair I just used some reference images of polynesian women and modified the hairstyles I saw to go with what I felt was the established style.

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