Shaco the Demon Jester
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Hello all,
I'm going to redesign Shaco and create an Illustration that shows off his abilities. Depending on time I may even add Nockturn and Fiddlesticks in the background. I think I will place the setting in Summoner's Rift and have him facing off the Dragon.
For now I'm just designing the character, and then I'll move on to compositional sketches.
This should be fun! Good luck to all!
-Dave
I'm going to redesign Shaco and create an Illustration that shows off his abilities. Depending on time I may even add Nockturn and Fiddlesticks in the background. I think I will place the setting in Summoner's Rift and have him facing off the Dragon.
For now I'm just designing the character, and then I'll move on to compositional sketches.
This should be fun! Good luck to all!
-Dave
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Lots of good stuff out there! Keep drawing!
Thanks,
Dave
Thanks,
Dave
While I understand your comment completely, I decided to lean this more on the side of a dynamic Illustration that tells a story. It's easier to have a character from and center and show all the nice details, and I'm too used to doing just that. I'm trying to push myself and tackle several challenges within illustration. I also believe that I will still be able to have the details of the upper left Shaco still read. Part of my challenge is to have a couple of reads that lead the viewer around the composition. Plus it adds to his ability that he is a backstabber, and the hallucination is obvious.
Anyway, not be defensive, but rather explaining my motives. Thanks for the comment, and I hope you check back in to see it's progress. :thumbup:
Thanks,
Dave
@Sundaynights- Thanks a lot! Please do come back to check on the progress. I've been trying to look at all the threads, but there are so many.
@JasperSandner- Thank you! I'm liking your comp so far too. :thumbup:
Thanks,
Dave
Thanks,
Dave
I made a quick cut out and move to your comp, I think you should use more the golden ratio here as you have two cool things going on here.
Just a suggestion, I am not a professional
Also, my sketch actually does use a the golden spiral very loosely. I'll attach an image, and you can see how the spiral creates the flow and the diagonals connect some of the main elements in the image. Furthermore, I added the Rule of Thirds,w which is generally a nice thing to employ as well, regardless of dimensions and my piece is approximately using this as well. This is still just a sketch and I always tighten things up for the final comp, usually addressing some of these points, as well as many other considerations.
However, I do understand that you are trying to suggest that I bring the characters more forward, but there is another issue this creates for me. Now you lose the scale of the Baron creature and you also give similar visual weight to both Shaco and the Baron, which tends to compete for attention. Not all Illustrations need to adhere to the golden spiral/section/etc, because then things tend to be predictable. I'm also not treating this as a skin where the character is the central focus, but more closely like a marketing illustration, which tells more of a whole story.
Sorry for the long winded response, but I wanted to let you know what I am thinking.
Thanks,
Dave
true, I see what you mean.
For me the focus is still too much on baron. But as you told, you want to bring a story along and do not want to make a typical Riot-Splash.
Thats also cool for me, with what I suggested I wanted to bring the focus more to Shaco. But it's your piece. I am looking forward how it will look in the next stages and of couse also the final piece. Keep up the good work
Thanks,
Dave
Good job.
@Aaron Radney- Thanks. I may be still able to make high a bit bigger, but I've tried a few things and all were too crowded. I'm hoping to still bring the focus on Shaco with final lighting and atmosphere. We'll see.
@Cynic- Thank you! I wish mine had more of the energy that yours has. Good luck!
Thanks,
Dave
gratz on one heck of an illustration !
wizo- Thank you very much! I had to do a lot of research because I've admittedly have never played LoL, but I think I'll give it a go now. I tried to incorporate Shaco's Backstabbing, Hallucinate, and his Jack Attacks in one illustration to sum up most of his abilities.
Good luck to all who entered, and good luck to the judges for a difficult tasks ahead.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
Thanks,
Dave
Sundaynights- Thanks. It is done.
littlet- Yes the weather sucks, but we desperately need the rain.
Neer- Thanks a lot! :thumb up:
I'm considering doing more full breakdown of my process now that the contest is over. Would anyone be interested in that?
Thanks,
Dave
definitly, a breakdown of your process would help a lot of learners (and believers)!
michele-tanner- Thank you, and same to you! I like your piece as well.
Simwerks- Thank you! I'll be adding even more details of my process later.