[RIOT CREATIVE CONTEST 2017] Character Art - Warring Kingdoms Sejuani

meesh

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Hey guys! First Polycount contest here, I've been a long time lurker so it feels great to finally be able to contribute to this incredibly inspiring place.   also League's been my go-to game for about 5 years now, so I'm super hyped for this contest!

I wanted to do something oriental for Sejuani and originally I started concepting for a Blood Moon Sejuani, but I always felt that at least one of the Freljord sisters should have a Warring Kingdoms skin since it's such a huge part of their lore. So I switched over! 

Currently still in early concepting in Zbrush, but will post some images soon. Can't wait to see everyone's work and the amazing ideas you guys always come up with!

meesh

quick sketch of original blood moon Sej and super early WIP from ZBrush. still a lot of concepting to do, likely will start draw overs and do more ZBrush iterations tonight    





thinking about using these foo dogs as reference for her giant boar, but they'll likely need to be simplified and league-ified. so much work to be done!! :O 

liemnguyenart

looking awesome! love her hair!

specsowl

I love Sej, but I feel like she gets forgotten frequently. This is such a neat concept and I can't wait to see more, especially the foo dog boar! Will be following this one. 

meesh

Little bit more work, still blocking and figuring stuff out. i want to try and keep her tribal-ish sort of style, but not sure if its the best approach. 
working on more color and mount concepts in the bg, will keep u guys posted

meesh

havent had much time lately, so just a small update. also having some trouble figuring out the bottom half of her outfit atm so any feedback/comments are super appreciated T _T;;

pvn

The hair and eyebrows are super cool, I'm getting a Steven Universe vibe! Are you gonna do her beast thing too?

Jager

How hasn't this happened before!? Great idea!
Loving the sculpt so far. Can't wait to see where you go with Bristle's design

meesh

sorry all, hit crunch time at work so i haven't had much time to work on this, but starting to kick it back into high gear!!

did some more refinements on Sej and started working out some ideas for Bristle, any feedback is super duper welcome!

Art1ficer

Like her outfit! Keep it up!

meesh

Art1ficer said:

Like her outfit! Keep it up!

Will do!! Not sure if I'll make it in time, but I will definitely try my best! 

Naibaf99

Looks very nice, love the colors!

TheIceWolves

Nice, Im expecting some jade colors on this, spcly on the mount

meesh

Thanks friends ^-^ 
Yep! Still got a lot to figure out for color n textures, but I'm def going to push more jade into these! Thinking about doing a bit more mint-ish jade to try and keep a bit of her icy background hehe. 

meesh

Some more work on high poly sej, close to calling this done! Feels like I'm cutting it a bit close tho.. '- ';;

meesh

final high poly sculpts! still refining colors n editing stuff on that end :x

meesh

Current progress on low poly + bakes + a small start on painting! > _< 

meesh

more texture WIPs, as posed together as I can get them for the time being. T _T 
still gotta work on blue-green areas and Bristle's body





plus some SR tests 

Hallomy

Love it! really like your design.

Howling Carnage

Very nice! 

meesh

here are my finished finals! i'll try to post a 3D Viewer as soon as i get a chance to get one set up. i'll be submitting tomorrow so if anyone has any last-minute presentation feedback, i'd be super grateful for it! 

also just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the support. this was my first time posting on polycount and the community here is unbelievably amazing. love you guys and hoping to become a regular here from now on! 

Goldo_O

Very nice work on your renders Meesh! I'd maybe add some grain or texture to the background color to break the gradient but other than that, you did awesome! Cheers!

meesh

Thanks @Goldo_O, means a ton coming from you! your entry's been my favorite so i'll be rootin for ya out there! that's a great suggestion too, i'll definitely figure somethin out for the background before i send these off tonight. 

meesh

updated all the finals with a bunch of color and light rebalancing, as much as I could within these last few hours. T _T i struggled so much trying to sync up the 2 characters, but def learned a lot about making pairs.  added in another little pose that has more of a Sej focus instead of Bristle as well, and finally just submitted everything.

its been super inspiring seeing everyone's work all come to fruition! good luck out there everyone!!! 

liemnguyenart

awesome work!