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This is an early concept design of Astraia; we were planning for a cartoon style of character. We ultimately decided to have a more realistic version of her that would relate to the audience. We chose to have a Black female as our main subject due to the lack of representation we saw in many RPG games. Astraia has always been a character that we treated as our own daughter and we are excited to send her into the world to share her story!

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I work with an indie gaming company and I draw backgrounds!

Here’s proof that I can draw more than just poorly drawn people. :)

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First Concept Designs of Astraia sketched by our Lead Character Designer Yayira Dzamesi !!!

Directors Note: The first time I spoke with yayira and described the character of Astraia, she spent about 20 minutes listening, and then sent a screen shot of this image and asked if this is what she looked like. I was aghast and realized I had found Astraia’s creator. The involvement and evolvement of yayira’s style has concisely pushed our original ideas into what we have now.

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We are excited to invite you to test out our beta version of Zakumba: Episode Astraia. To enter for a chance to win, reblog this post! Winners will be selected at random. 

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We are honored and excited to be placed as the Runner Up for “Crowd Favorite” at this year’s GDEX and first ever GDEXTV Event. We had a phenomenal time and are truly appreciative to be part of this community! Special thanks to playvue for sponsoring.

This is truly a humbling and amazing experience and we hope to develop our ideas further from this amazing community.

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE for more info on our team and our projects!!!

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Our lead character designer, Yayira talks about her experience working on Astraia's inital design and the feedback that she received. Make sure you have your volume turned on! 🔊

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TA DA! Our team at AfroDuck Studios has been hard at work on our flagship project codenamed Zakumba: (Episode) Astraia. We are excited to share and announce updates from the past year on our development! A new adventure awaits! Stay tuned for more! 🙌🏼

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When the Director is away, the creations come out to play. Look out for a special project coming your way! 👀