[RIOT CREATIVE CONTEST 2017] Character Art - Voidsmith Ornn
polycounter lvl 5
Glad to be throwing my hat in the ring this year.
I remembered seeing the Ornn character model on ArtStation by Daniel Orive and after digging into Ornn's lore I knew he was the one.
Played around with a couple of ideas for the skin theme I decided on "Voidsmith" Ornn.
Gist of the lore goes something like this:
- Ornn gets bored with crafting weapons from the same materials he's already mastered and goes looking for something new.
- Finds a purple glowing ore vein deep in the caverns beneath Hearth-Home.
- Starts trying to mine the material when suddenly the ground begins to rumble all the stone around the purple ore shatters.
- Reveals a void portal which sucks his favorite Hammer in.
- He ain't bout to lose his favorite tool so he reaches in after it and gets sucked in too.
- Spends what seems like years adapting and surviving in the Void while learning how to craft with the new elements he finds there.
- Eventually he learns how to craft a portal which sends him back to Hearth-Home.
Links to Ornn High and Lowpoly by Daniel Orive
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2gzyA
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Kw9EG
I remembered seeing the Ornn character model on ArtStation by Daniel Orive and after digging into Ornn's lore I knew he was the one.
Played around with a couple of ideas for the skin theme I decided on "Voidsmith" Ornn.
Gist of the lore goes something like this:
- Ornn gets bored with crafting weapons from the same materials he's already mastered and goes looking for something new.
- Finds a purple glowing ore vein deep in the caverns beneath Hearth-Home.
- Starts trying to mine the material when suddenly the ground begins to rumble all the stone around the purple ore shatters.
- Reveals a void portal which sucks his favorite Hammer in.
- He ain't bout to lose his favorite tool so he reaches in after it and gets sucked in too.
- Spends what seems like years adapting and surviving in the Void while learning how to craft with the new elements he finds there.
- Eventually he learns how to craft a portal which sends him back to Hearth-Home.
Links to Ornn High and Lowpoly by Daniel Orive
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2gzyA
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Kw9EG
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Started blocking out my base mesh.
Proportions still need some tweaking but its getting there.
Don't mind the polypaint
Just got a little bored at one point and decided to have some fun with him while I work my way out of the ugly phase.
Forgot to mention i'm not much of a 2D guy so i'll be concept sculpting as I go. I have a general idea of where i'm headed but i'll be feeling out the details of the design in 3D.
Tweaked the proportions to match the original a bit more. Also roughed in some facial landmarks and a quick approximation of the original horns to have as a point of reference for when I start designing my own.
Btw, I'm 100% with you on doing the concepting in 3D, haha.