Marishka's character design was based on the popular Nordic Noir detective thriller 'The Bridge' whos lead character is Saga Norén. I liked her wardrobe and shock of long messy blonde hair. Marishka's outfit is very different from Saga's modern leather trouser and trenchcoat look but ideally I wanted her to look stoic and serious. I created a few trenchcoat versions of her outfit but settled on a tight fitted jacket with shoulder pads in the aim of giving her an interesting silhouette. She's the father of a military soldier so she probably stole the jacket from him at some point. Her hair is meant to look untamed and unstyled and hopefully comes across this way.

I plan to further develop the character when my anatomy skills improve, some of the sitting poses look a bit awkward! 

Father's look was more rugged and I took inspiration from the Walking dead's Rick Grimes who's look frequently changes throughout the series. I enjoyed creating his jacket based upon one of my own that has a fake sheepskin collar.