Started to sketch out a few drafts for the final piece just working on differnt designs for the scientist, 

first i was just playing around with my draft image, i added my portal design which im really happy with actually it fits in with the image really well and actually looks like what it is supposed to, i like that it looks a little more out of control compared to the portal from the actual game which again i think it fits in well with the story as everything is going wrong with the portal experiment in the lab.

i also added some bullet holes in the background so it looks like the scientist is getting shot at which is a point that i really wanted to get across. lastly i added just a photocopy texture, i did this because Shirow uses this same technique and it does make the image look a little more rough around the edges and a bit more "worn" and original. 

 A few more designs for my scientist here, i wanted to make the clothing a little more 80s and was just messing around with different faces as the one above for my draft wasn't really detailed at all and i wanted to change the hairstyle it needs to be bigger and bolder. 

Here some different designs for the final stance, i tries to make the coat a bit more 80s by adding puffy shoulder pads and baggy sleeves, also i tried giving her a tie to make it look more like a scientist ( plus the woman scientist in half life is wearing a shirt and tie and glasses) honestly though i don't like any of these two designs accept the coat although i want to change it slightly. i think i am going to change the glasses back to the visor also, sounds silly but it just reminds me of harry potter and once i thought that there was no going back. i also added some syringes not sure if im going to have them on the final design but i do quite like them adds to the scientist feel a bit more.

Another design for the scientist i really like this one, went back to using the visor which i think looks much better makes it a bit more techy and futuristic, i added the black mesa logo to the coat as well but i also took alot more details off the coat which i like as it looked like there too much going on now i can focus on just detailing little bits. i decided to get rid or the tie too and went back to the jumpsuit. i think i am going to use this as my final design, next i shall do a final version on Photoshop with the pen tool and add some extra details also put the syringes back in and add proper boots and hands and then i can finally start bringing together my final design.