Lemon's Concept Art

L3mon

Hey guys, newcomer here.
I'm a friend of ike, and he suggested me to try my hand at some concept stuff!



First one up is sven. some ideas just thrown around.
edit: for the record the sven sword on the back isnt supposed to be there on an actual model, its just there to show that the brown stuff is a sheathe

Previous collaborations:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=157923656

Nikey

I really like first head, looks nice! Will you make that, or you only making concepts?

L3mon

Thanks! I'm only drawing concepts for now; even though I have some modeling experience, I'm rather slow. I've talked to Vlad very little,but thats about it as far as modeling

MechBgum

Oh my, that looks awesome! Always wanted to make a good Sven set, may I model these beautiful items if that's not claimed already?

A1mb0t

Really like the designs, keep them coming!

L3mon

slightly updated.

@mechBgum vlads already taken a few sorry :[

Nikey

Ooh this items... Awesome!
:O

L3mon

vlad likes the hood, but im more of a fan of the centurion-style helmet

ike_ike

pfft. just add the fin on after you're done.

commander hat of the lameguard

L3mon

youre such a hater ike :[

Witblitz

Very nicely done! I love the first one, a real rogue knight!

L3mon

Thanks! I'm kind of at a loss on what to work on next right now...there doesnt seem anything that seems to pique my interest. really hyped for legion commander though

L3mon

what am i even doing. just messy messy messy. the only thing i remotely like is the helmet

edit:



its 5 in the morning. nothing special, just rough lines with flats as usual. nooooova

Spudnik

Woot, I love that concept! If nobody has snatched it up yet, I'd be all over that!

L3mon

nothings taken (except for the sven), feel free to snatch em up!

ike_ike

L3mon wrote: »

its 5 in the morning. nothing special, just rough lines with flats as usual.

more gradients, kappa

the second ta set is definitely a lot more interesting than what you started with. as i said before, the scrolls are really generic looking at the moment, you've gotten something neat and otherworldly with the hat and then she's apparently raided some 12 year old's etsy for scrolls

could also flare out the shoulders a bit, they're pretty dominant in her silhouette cause she's got a really bent posture ingame and you've totally flattened that out

you should probably do more thumbs to start off with as well, 'specially if you don't have a specific vision in mind.

Stefco

awesome concepts!

Criker24

The first TA set is awesome too. It does better to catch the "assassin" part of Templar Assassin. If it's still available I'd love to work on it.

mrpresident

Absolutely love that TA helm, if you need someone to make it as a one-off item or a full set I'd be interested.

Which concept were you interested in spudnik? If it was the helm I'll be sad XD.

L3mon

I have a feeling it was the helm, but we'll see what he says
might work on the TA later, tired today



a quickie for spiritbreaker. would work as a stand alone item i think, although it is a little bland.

Hellmouth

Yes, the Doter 2 art style is quite a pain to work with, isn't it?

L3mon

not really dio, i just draw what i think would look somewhat good [:

vlad_the_implyer

L3mon

wicked sick cant wait to see the finished set!

vlad_the_implyer

I kind of changed the design a bit

Vayne4800

That mask, very nice vlad.

vlad_the_implyer

It's a shame his hand cover the beltbuckle


I'm going to get back to the helm for minor adjustments later.

vlad_the_implyer

Hellmouth

Could the armpit shield be made a bit bigger? It gets lost quite easily.

vlad_the_implyer

"Armpit shield" made me laugh, thanks!

L3mon

Sorry guys I've been busy with my universitys orientation for the past few days. Really nice progress Vlad! Very nice to see it ingame

vlad_the_implyer

So i've tried to come up with a couple of things for the armor, and came up to this conclusion


There are basically two planes that move independently, the chest and everything underneath it. To avoid stretching, the pieces could be separated, but they'll look awkward without the connection and will still slip a lot. The other thing is the shoulder that is very close to sven and will clip with anything on top of svens chest.
Also, Sven gots a lot of twisting and bending in his animations which makes anything on top of the moving planes clip really awkwardly, not really sure how you can see it ingame.

In other news, fixed the shapeof the sexy hat

L3mon

some pretty lame gauntlet concepting.

Hellmouth

I don't think the shiny gold hand is going to read all that well in-game. You need to think chunkier, small stuff gets lost. E.g armpit shield and shiny golden hand.

Primrose~

beetrootChan wrote: »

pfft. just add the fin on after you're done.

commander hat of the lameguard

In all seriousness, concepts are looking really good Lemon! Making some seriously nice looking stuff here!

( Not actually serious Ike, just having some fun )

vlad_the_implyer

Primrose~ wrote: »

( Not actually serious Ike, just having some fun )

Don't apologise, filthy concept peasants should know their place.

ike_ike

not to worry, i was telling lemon that his hat was lame, not the flameguard hat.

i think he actually uses the commander helm on his sven, but he has like a 20% win rate

man and everywhere i go this vlad guy follows me round being mean

MechBgum

vlad_the_implyer wrote: »

Don't apologise, filthy concept peasants should know their place.

I think you didn't get it, Vlad.

vlad_the_implyer

MechBgum wrote: »

I think you didn't get it, Vlad.

I think you didn't get it, Mech.


Now that is sexay. The only problem that the hand and the belt buckle are on the same level and are kind of the same value, but it 's not a problem from the default ingame camera angle.

vlad_the_implyer

REJOICE! It works!

I'd give you the ingame view, but Valve fixed something and now it crashes every time i try to import ze back slot.

Hellmouth

0/10 covers his pecs

Spudnik

The blue part on Sven is armor, too. So you your argument is invalid since Valve has decided that Sven's glorious body is too beautiful for us to behold anyways. :P

L3mon

whooo sweet! im assuming the asymetricalness is because of clipping between the shoulder and chest plate? perhaps we could make the coat of arms shield bigger to help cover it up

is it possible to add lightning/sparks to the hand? im not all together sure how cosmetics handle particle fx

edit: oh and i have a 60% win rate with sven damn you ike
and thanks primrose! and i do use your commander sven helmet all the time when i play sven

Spudnik

is it possible to add lightning/sparks to the hand? im not all together sure how cosmetics handle particle fx

Nope in this case.

vlad_the_implyer

Time to upvote!

L3mon

starting to work on the promo image, very very very early wip.

L3mon

need to finish the legs, just added some flats for flavor. long ways to go still

not sure what kind of rendering style i want to go for, since this is an original piece instead of painting over a render.

edit:



last update before im out of town (again) until next saturday. its been such a long time since ive taken time to attempt to properly color something.

blinKX10

I'd love to do some of this, sadly none of the plugins required are out for Maya 2013 yet

L3mon

not sure where im going with this yet.
reused some helmet curves



some twinblade red alert throwback style gyro
still in the roughs as usual

GhostDetector

Nice gyro concept, but can you actually make the rotating propellers? He's also missing a hat.

NFWar

I had no doubt you gona get your hands on LC soon. I see some strokes near her left hand, that kind of makes me think there is an illusion of a shield sketch. Gladiators back then had not only big shields, but a small one on left arm. It could be an additional attachment for one of bracers, just like on her default shoulderpads. Just a thought.