[CIVIL War] The environment team Does Civil War... character style!

artquest

Hi all, So a few of us environment guys at work wanted to do something a bit different. So we decided to throw down a Civil War thread and get cranking on some portfolio art for fun and glory.

We wanted to do something a bit different so... we're doing characters! There is no theme so we'll be doing, the only goal is to finish!


-- Cybrinsanity will be doing DarkSeid from the dc comics universe.

-- orangefugu is more manly then the rest of us and has decided to tackle creating a character/creature design from scratch.

-- I'm going to be creating one of my favorite old-school Warcraft characters: Illidan Stormrage.


PICTURES TO COME SOON!

Cybrinsanity

this will be my first character sooo don't be too harsh guys hahah

Cybrinsanity

Here is my Ref sheet.

artquest

Ref Sheet:

I know it looks a bit all over the place, but each one is picked for something different. I'd like to try to aim for the realistic yet simple and readable materials that Pixar does so well, but with more of a blizzard/Wei Wang gritty style applied to surface details.

Boonta

Go Dan!

Xaragoth

For a moment I had this hopeful glimmer in my eyes and thought that you'd create your characters out of environmental objects. Ya know, a golem out of rocks and trees and plants for example.

But this is quite fun as well! Gonna keep tabs on this

PyrZern

For a moment, I thought I'd get to see scenery where rocky cliff look like bicep and tricep muscles. Trees have leaves that look like eyelashes and hairs. And maybe mountains that look like BEWBS !!

Oh well. Guess this isn't too bad.

Subb :P

Ps. There'd better be some boobs in this thread. Looking directly at orangefugu.

artquest

Here's my first set of sketches! Trying to figure out proportions and explore the character a bit before I jump into 3d. Crits are welcome and encouraged!

Cybrinsanity

Ok so I've been doing some armor ideas to try and make DarkSeid less stale. so here is iteration 1, 2, and mashup of 1 and 2 to make 3! totally not finished, I personally like 3 the best. Also I've been thinking about trying to possibly make DarkSeid in the Style of WoW but with realistic Shaders etc like Joel. but it's all still being fleshed out. Hope you all like or hate etc.. haha UPDATE: This is not my 3D model I just used this for paint overs only.

artquest

Minor update:
I think I'm almost ready to move into 3d. The last thing I want to flesh out a bit more before moving to 3d are the wings.

artquest

Hi all! Here's an update:

I've been working on design iterations, spending about 15 minutes per iteration on top of the original base. I'm trying to be as fast and loose as I can with these to keep the ideas flowing. It's challenging to find a middle ground between changing so much that it isn't really illidan anymore and staying true to the original character while trying to infuse him with a more modern cosmetic update. But it's been really fun so far! (I've choosen the ones that I felt best hit the mark out of my sketches so far to post)

Gav

Yeeessss - more civil war. GO GO GO

Cybrinsanity

I like number 1 legs with number 2 wings

OrangeFugu

Ok, better late then never. Been doing mostly practice sketches and studies to get back into characters/creatures. Though after some "pressure" today I did some quick thumbs to start fleshing out what I will be going with. Once I get a good grip on the theme, (which is starting to look like some sort of demonic witch queen?) I will start doing concept sculpts. should be fun.

artquest

Day Three:

After beeing sick for almost 3 weeks in a row... I got better enough to stop going to bed immediately after getting home from work :poly127:. So I started into 3d on monday. There are a few design things I want to play with before moving onto the next stage, but overall I'm pretty happy with it. Feedback is always welcome and appreciated!.

Cybrinsanity

looking good buddy!

artquest

Small update:

I spent a few more hours fleshing out some minor details and leg anatomy.

artquest

EDIT: so it looks like minus.com hosed all my images and I can't seem to find very many of them. Would have loved to keep all of them up but oh well. The only old one I could find is this: 

artquest

Still planning on finishing this someday.... here's the current progress. Still fixing some proportions and anatomy. Would love some feedback/suggestions. I'm trying to go for something closer to the blizz cinematic style instead of in-game.