DWIII - 3D - JFF - Zar-Rath
Latest and LAST pic! (See full post lower down.)
This one is a bit redundant now, above image is the latest.
Hey all
Thought it time I start my post. Still very early days for my entry but I'm probably going with an invoker using earth magic.
Below are some getting started sketches. The character sticks his feet into the ground when channelling magic through his body.
First sketch was to just get an idea of what the char is like without it's clothing! lol.....second is a first go at adding some clothing (which I'm not keen on btw), then some head ideas. Lots there i dont like but the bottom middle tattoo one caught my interest.
The colour one is a test of my scar/tattoo idea. The chararcter has these grooves cut into it's skin. When calling on magic the magic runs into these, creating a glowing tattoo kinda thang. The char doesnt have eyes but the tattoo's suggest eyes, ears.
Hmm......dunno yet. We'll see! lol
This one is a bit redundant now, above image is the latest.
Hey all
Thought it time I start my post. Still very early days for my entry but I'm probably going with an invoker using earth magic.
Below are some getting started sketches. The character sticks his feet into the ground when channelling magic through his body.
First sketch was to just get an idea of what the char is like without it's clothing! lol.....second is a first go at adding some clothing (which I'm not keen on btw), then some head ideas. Lots there i dont like but the bottom middle tattoo one caught my interest.
The colour one is a test of my scar/tattoo idea. The chararcter has these grooves cut into it's skin. When calling on magic the magic runs into these, creating a glowing tattoo kinda thang. The char doesnt have eyes but the tattoo's suggest eyes, ears.
Hmm......dunno yet. We'll see! lol
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I worked this sketch up a bit further than originally planned. But it was good to start messing with colour. That said the sketch went very cartoony. So there is a lot of detail that still needs figuring. Also her armour needs personalising, just not sure how yet! She's not quite there and I'm also unsure how her artifact will fit in to this design.
Comments and crits welcome.
The red might be pushing it though, for some reason that colour reads as cuts in the figure when I look at the lower leg/arms -- instead of as decoration. Not sure why, so it might just be a quirk of how I see, but it might be worth going through a few secondary colours.
Okay, here is where I'm now at!
It's changed a bit over the last week and I'm starting to get happier with it now. I moved away from armour as she wouldn't really need it. This invoker stands at the back of the army casting spells into the battlefield. Kinda a magic form of artillery!
Moving away from armour freed me up a bit and I'm pretty pleased with the clothing now. I've also got my artifact figured (although it's not represented here), it's essentially a large sphere made from planks!
One of the main crits I'm now getting is to do with the feet, that they are too heavy / oversized for the rest of her. I'm also not sure about the claws as opposed to toes. Anyway time for this is really running out now, I need to get modelling. That said I swore to myself I wouldn't begin 3d until I was happy with it on paper. So I need to get these last bits figured out asap.
Coz of this, any feedback you guys could give would be really useful at this point. Welcome and needed! So please feel free to reply with some feedback.
Cant wait to get this locked down and get onto the 3d.
Very nice painting, have you taken a look at deep brown, instead of black, for the costume?
Did try brown / leather, a friend at work is also keen on the brown leather thang.....I'm not sure though. Hmmmmm....
I'd like to see some sculpted stretchmarks on the hood where those ribbons are connecting. Or is it rubber?
Dunno about stretchmarks. I've been umming and arring about that for a little while. Don't want to disrupt the cleaness of the shapes. It might end up being a firmer material.
I want to see something in the middle of here face, maybe a piercing would fill that emptyness.
Can we put our submissions up here? I thought I'd ask before getting in trouble.
I see one thing bad: the simple colors without any hue, saturation and intensity tweaks. Any coloring details. I know you following by the concept sketch but the some additional detail on diffuse colorization will make your model more interesting and eyecandy.
Good job!
Levus I do know what you mean. I had intended to put a subtle pattern into the blue and also some embroidery around the jewel holders on the 'flags'. But must admit in the chaotic rush to finish and enter these got forgotten
Oh well.......next year! lmao