[Riot Creative Contest 2017] Irelia redesign/splash

kuhleesee

hi!  I decided I wanted to redesign irelia.  I mostly do portraits or static poses, so I’m using this to get out of my comfort zone.
heres some previous LoL fan art I’ve done, and some Irelia sketches I did on my iPad.  I wanna work on her armor more, but i want to figure out a pose first.  Knowing me, I’ll draw up a million more poses before I choose.  I’m super indecisive lol.

kuhleesee

Some clothing designs I did last night.  The second one is the closest to her current design, so I’m trying to decide if I should do something completely different like they do when redesigning champs!

kuhleesee

the outfit i chose....still gonna tweak it a bit...and the 2 poses im between.  now i gotta work on her blade and floaty mantle of decodum thing!

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quick rendering of the front and back.  time for the weapons and mantle.

kuhleesee

backgrounds are really hard for me.....trying to decide the best composition.  while i wait on those....i'll be making the blade and mantle.

kuhleesee

still havent redesigned her mantle or blade....but i just really wanna figure out the layout first.
between these two.

kuhleesee

i like how this is going??????  which is rare  for me lol

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and heres a quick color study on a color mode

kuhleesee

i really should be focusing on the background and weapons.... but i got carried away with her face haha.

MaoAkari

Yo, if you dont mind i give to you a little feedback:

1. her face is too big. Try to scale it a little closer to propotions
2. In casual gaming, specially mobas better to paint cute/non agressive faces to girls, easier to say: in any emote she must look a bit sexy, even if she is a warrior woman. Try to make emotion softer, it will remove negative feeling from looking at her. Such strong emotes looks better in group fight scene or in comics. Maybe try to remove dat nose wrinkles like on this step^ http://prntscr.com/hk7uq5


Looks very nice, good luck ;3

kuhleesee

@MaoAkari hi thanks for the feedback!  i definitely agree her face is too big haha.  i'd have to disagree about making her look less aggressive, though!  even though this is a moba, i'm trying to defy the stereotypes that her face has to look sexy/pretty/soft all the time.  riot has been doing a great job lately at staying away from the sexy face stereotype.  i like that she looks mean/roughed up, that she isnt gonna put up with any shit...like her backstory!  sexy faces get so boring even though i love drawing my fair share of sexy faces.

gyllenhaal

I agree with MaoAkari. Make her face cute, like you have in the first sketch of her.

Runesael

Not everything has to be cute and sexy. Paint her face however you damn well please.

McKennaKhelpi

Making everything cute and sexy would get old really fast. I actually really love that you're making her look more bad-ass and serious!  However her face does look a little awkwardly placed on her body, don't be afraid to mess with the proportion and placement a little bit.The composition is also looking a little flat. It might help to bring something into the foreground, or even angle her weapon a little differently. So far the rendering on he skin looks great. Can't wait to see how this develops! 

MaoAkari

Sorry i didnt mean make her cutie - i mean make emotion softer, without that dark wrinkles

Sorry if feedback was bad, again)

kuhleesee

@Runesael hahaha thank you
@McKennaKhelpi thank you so much for the feedback!  i've been struggling with the background!  i was considering adding some rocks or something in the foreground?

kuhleesee

progress

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not much of an update...but tried to mess with the background....just scribbles for now.

kuhleesee

i have regrets lmao.  my lighting is a mess, the perspective is a mess.... idk if i can fix this by wednesday lol

kuhleesee

ill most likely be working on this cutting it super close to the end haha but heres what i have for tonight!

kuhleesee

finished!  not 100% happy....still hate the weapon lol.  but it's good enough to submit!!