[Dota2] - Templar Assasin - tbd

System

Hey guys,

I'm back, with another set for Lanaya. This time I'm working with my friend who is doing the concept art for us. Here's what we've got so far:



The original idea came from the lotus flower:



Whose colour scheme matches Lanaya - and also has motifs with assassins, ala "Death Lotus." We also wanted to keep Lanaya pretty, so a flowery theme seemed like a good fit. Tell us what you think!

Also, if you guys have any ideas for cool names, we're all ears.

System

My artist also did a different version, based more on peach blossoms rather than lotus's.

Futashia

interesting idea with the petals!

shanks37

i'd go with the lotus petals.

lotus flowers are a symbol of feminine beauty while peach blossoms are a symbol of peace. one of those fits a bit better than the other for an assasin :P

qassamzed

interesting
hope to see more update
GL

System

Do any of you guys have any decent ideas for names. I'm still struggling to come up with any that don't sound silly!

Managor

Lotus Garments set?

And by all means, do go on with the set

Sashera

Hey guys, my name is Sashera and ill be working with Eleryn to do the concept artwork for this project.

So far youve seen a couple of full concepts for the design, heres a little update on my thought process towards some alternatives for her "bracer" as im not completely happy with it yet:



Ill make updates as I come up with new ideas, again, any feedback is apreciated!

qassamzed

"Hidden Lotus"

i almost use it before changed to smth else
more fit to your concept since show lotus theme

Graham

How about "Lotus Enforcer" set.

Anyways, I would continue with the lotus concept. It is the strongest idea IMO.

Sharc

I agree with the Hidden Lotus suggestion.

looney

Lotus reminds me of battle realms >< .. Great concept.

Managor

Sashera wrote: »

Hey guys, my name is Sashera and ill be working with Eleryn to do the concept artwork for this project.

So far youve seen a couple of full concepts for the design, heres a little update on my thought process towards some alternatives for her "bracer" as im not completely happy with it yet:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10172464/TA%20Concept%20Wrists%20.jpg

Ill make updates as I come up with new ideas, again, any feedback is apreciated!

I like 2 and 3. The 1st one is missing some of its color so it's not that appealing.

This is also one of those sets that I really, really want to be finished

Sashera

Managor wrote: »

I like 2 and 3. The 1st one is missing some of its color so it's not that appealing.

This is also one of those sets that I really, really want to be finished

I am kind of fond of the vine design myself, the idea of the first one was to match her shoulder piece which is a very very pale pink... well pretty much white, but its true you cant see it very well so it probably wont be very visible ingame.
Im looking into simplifying it a bit more as iv found a reference to DotA 2 set design which mentions characters having areas of detail and areas of space to lead the eye a bit better. Hopefully ill have some more finalised designs very soon so Eleryn can start / continue work

Sashera

Me again with a new update. I went back over the design and tweaked around with some of the finer details, as well as put a lot more effort into the artwork itself so it was a little bit more appealing to the eye.

Basically I fixed up the sleeve to go a little more with the design, now it looks like petals instead of just fabric painted to look like petals (which was really bugging me) and I tried to go from more real lotus plants which gave round lily pad like leaves. Eleryn and I are still having disagreements (as well as me hitting a bit of a creativity block) with the bracer on her left arm, so I expect ill be changing that eventually... but at least this shows the "close" to final design in a little more detail:

System

Finally got some time to start work on this.

Here's what I've got so far.



Pretty basic so far.

Sashera

Getting into the final stretch now, had someone sujest her left arm was a little bit bare so I tried to do something to maintain the overall style and ad a little more detail (I'm feeling like the petals may end up being to plain) also incorporated some sujestions from Eleryn such as there not being enough polys to do the amount of detail I had on the belt, so changed that to be mostly texture work, along with a few other things.
Also changed the upper body "shoulderpiece" to her shade of green to make it more visable as well as work with the new sleeve design.

hopefully this'll be finished in the next few days as Eleyn just has to do a little more modelling and then I can jump on the texturing ASAP.

Tvidotto

that will look awesome, i cant wait to see the model =]

System

Here's what I've got so far.

Still need to do all the maps, and rigging. Sashera's working on cleaning up the texture too, because I'm terribe at it.

rory

Looking good fellow templar assassin artisan! Suggestion: I think the belt transition area is too plain/abrupt. I liked your previous ornate vine transition. A little yellow might help tie it in more.

System

I like the ornate vine too, but it was pushing poly limits. I might do something tricky with the alpha channel...we'll see.

System

So we finally finished!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=111180080

Sashera

Im going to be fair an honest with myself here, this is the first collaborative work iv done with Eleryn, and the first proper concept work I have ever done in my life. There is a lot more I think we would've like to be able to do to make this set fantastic, but with the deadline and other commitments we have had to balance... This has come out better than id hoped for, and I want to say thankyou to everyone who gave us encouragement and advice while we worked on this set