Character 2 Kimi
Native American
For my second character I have decided to use Native Americans as a theme to build on. As I only know little on this subject I have been researching into their lives, tribes, patterns and clothing.
Looking at different tribes has been very interesting when it comes to clothing as each tribe used different materials depending on where in the country they lived. This has given me great information in designing the clothing for my character.
Tribes
Inuit
- The Inuit tribe came from Alaska, Canada, Siberia or Greenland.
- Everything is based around the cold climate in which they lived
- They used animal skins and furs
- Thy used caribou and seal skin to make shirts, pants,hats, boots and jakets
- Polar bears, rabbits and foxes would be used to line their clothing to help keep warm
- They would wear soft boots known as kamik or mukluks
- Spirits play a big part in their culture
- Female Inuits would wear little masks on their fingers when dancing to attract the attention of spirits
Cherokee
- Cherokee Indians were one of the largest of the five Native American tribes
- Settled in the south east
- Highly religious and spiritual
- Warmer climate
- The woman would wear wrap around skirts
- Poncho
- Poncho style blouses
- Clothing would be made from woven fiber or deer skin
- Bow and arrow used for hunting
These are the two tribes I have chosen to base my character around, using the clothing and materials to help aid my concept. After doing a little more research into the other tribes i found that other tribes such as Navajo and Apache learnt how to make clothing from weaving plants. This could also come in handy whilst creating the designs for the clothing.
Character
Looking at this research this is what i have come up with to use during my concept designs.
- Fur
- Feathers
- Patterns
- Spirits
- Wrap around clothing
- Bow and arrow ( Characters weapon ability)
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