[Riot Art Contest] Zac Vs. Ziggs

Shrapnel62

Heres is some initial sketching and some color layouts for my entry.

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Some progress, with a few changes

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Made some major changes to this...

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Reworking some of the forms

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Comments would be appreciated.

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Latest update: Worked up a lot of details and finally worked on the hands. Also added in the bomb.

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Latest update....

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Made a change to the little minions... wanted them a bit more animated.

Nebulo

Shrapnel62 wrote: »

Comments would be appreciated.

I don't know how serious you are about this competition, but I'll critique it like you're a Riot artist xD.

• Composition: It's fairly static. The columns are vertical and frame the picture. The focal point is Zac and he's in the middle of the piece.

• Lighting: Pretty ambiguous, the lighting on the columns suggest that it's lit mostly from behind while Zac and his blob things don't share that shading. Also, I don't think Zac is that transparent, there's a lot of blur and subsurface scattering going on in his original splash.

• Anatomy: Zigg's legs aren't that long. What are those pink/red things at the end of Zac and his minion's head?

Shrapnel62

Thanks for the comments.

I agree that the scene is a bit static... im currently working on a couple ideas to help push it a bit... breaking/crumbling pillars... etc.

The lighting I have been struggling with a bit... I intend to keep pushing it. Perhaps lighten up the pillars so there's less shadow.

I took a little liberty with Zac's transparency in order to push the idea that Ziggs shoved a bomb down his throat... might tone it back a bit...

If you look at Zacs original splash... the red/pink glowy bit is there at the end of his dangly bit... might have to make it more illuminated so its not so jarring.

Thanks again for taking the time to comment... was starting to think only the female characters were getting commented on

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Another update... started on Ziggs coloring...
Breaking up the pillars to add a bit more action to the scene...


more to come

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Did a bit more work on Ziggs... fur is not easy
FIne tuning a lot of stuff...

Nebulo

Yeah, I keep hoping for crits but I did Kennen lol. I figured I'd help out and critique some fellow artists and get more established here .

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Couple of updates as I havent had a chance last couple days to post. Adding details as I go, and making another change to the minion... A large chunk of work done on Ziggs... still more to go.

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Adding in more and more details.... still a bit left to do, but i am almost there.

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Aaaaalmost done. Brainstorming to see if theres anything that needs work. Or if i should add or change anything.

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...and I'm done. Here is the final version. Good luck everyone!