How should I proceed? - Riven

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This is my outline for my Riven art. I plan on using her Crimson Elite skin and her Classic Skin in this picture.

Riven is my all time favorite champion. I love her personality, her backstory, and of course she's super fun to play. I love everything about Riven.

My goal is to portray Riven as she is. A strong warrior who has lost her way.

Riven feels as though she lost her purpose, so here she looks up to the sky, hopeful she can find her atonement but her Noxus soldier past (portrayed by crimson elite, since it's the Noxian version of Demacian commandos) is always with her.

Yasuo's line to Riven is "You can't run from yourself Riven!"

Which I wanted to portray in my drawing.

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And here's the base coloring.

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Now I'm beginning to clean up the edges.

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Why are there two Rivens ?

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The reason there are two riven's is because one is her crimson elite skin, where she's in noxus (since the elite skins serve as the contrast to the demacian commandos) and her classic skin is exiled riven. So there's the two rivens, her noxus one, and then the exiled riven.

i still have the background to add to show more depth and storytelling. Crimson elite Riven is the one from the past, who she use to be.

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Now I have the edges cleaned up on Riven, so I begin to draw and detail the background.

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I have detailed the background a bit more. I added atmospheric projection on the mountains to bring out a more realistic feel and give depth to the background.

You may notice that Crimson Elite Riven is absent. That is because I shut off that layer in order to detail the background behind her.

Still a lot to work on, but it's coming along.

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Now I added some shadowing and lighting, still have a lot to do though.

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Now I added the light rays and color of the lighting.

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Then, more detail on the lighting to give a more sunset like feel.

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And the finish product.

Riven is usually always depicted in sunset. So in this picture, Riven is haunted by the ghost of her past. No matter where she goes, she can't run away from herself.