[Riot Art Contest] - Pharao Nidalee

teogni

Hi! I couldn't decide on what champion to pick, but after a bit of sketching around I got stuck on the idea of remaking the pharao Nidalee splash (which is a little outdated). I might change my mind later, but I'll work on this for a while ^^;

Reference compilation:


And my sketch so far:




I changed her top a little bit, to be more practical. I will crop the image a little, so she is a bit bigger. Ah, and I'll probably make the cat bigger and more serious later haha

Comments and feedback are very welcome

teogni

Alternative composition

teogni

I've played around with some different thumbnails. The new splash arts are very dynamic and full of action, and I wanted to mimic that to some extent while still keeping her regal.

seamonkey

My favorites are C and G

teogni

C is my favorite, but I like E and G too I tried sketching them out to see if that could make me pick a favorite :O

teogni

Whoa. Lots of more people have entered with amazing drawings!

The graphics card in my computer decided to die on me, so I have to work on my laptop with this it took a while, but i managed to get my files in order and this is what I've done so far:

I decided to go with the middle composition, since it was the most interesting to me :P



I hope to be done with the grayscale today or tomorrow, so i can move on to the bg. Any feedback is appreciated, since perspective isnt my forte

teogni

Now with shinier golden bits, and some fixes to details!

teogni

I slapped some colors on it because i grew impatient, and wanted to try out a color scheme. Will continue rendering on top, probably.

teogni

Whoa! Cleaning up a bit, I'm so messy when i paint

teogni

Did some details, changed the lighting, etc. Will work on the cat tonight!

teogni

Fixed the cat and the spear. Still some way to go.

teogni

Slapped on some textures, and effects, to see what felt right. I will probably let it rest for a few days and come back and do changes.

teogni

Small changes, final stages, starting to feel more or less done.

LeoJr

I dig the color work! I would watch out for the positioning of the cat's head - it looks almost like it's touching her outstretched hand, but from context assume it's actually much farther back.

Keep it up!
/nidaleehighfive

teogni

Ah yes, I see your point. I will try and move it to make it more clear ^^

teogni

You were right, thank you! It looks much better now :P I also fixed the spear, it looked a bit crooked before

LeoJr

Cool!

AmmoBot-HB

Very nice piece! If I could suggest fleshing out the background a bit more. I don't mean so much as add details as much as I mean having the pillars a bit more rendered so they don't detract too much from the rest of the piece.

teogni

Thank you! I will see what i can do! ^^