King David

2015 | Original Character

Character design for my original multimedia project, “The Djinni”.

I tried to incorporate traditional descriptions of King David for the design; the bible describes him as “ruddy”, which indicated a tanned, reddish complexion, but this was later mistranslated as red hair. King David in the story is not so much a ghost of the historical person, but rather a manifestation of his presence in the popular imagination, so I felt that drawing from several iterations was fitting.