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[FIGHTER] Darkstalkers, Hsienko, Vguhal

Vguhal
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Hsien-ko has a great style and back-story that I can't really resist referencing, plus how has no one else chosen her yet?! Thinking about modernizing her while keeping a little bit of the myth that inspired the character in there.

the original character:
characterSheet_01.jpg

concept sketches incoming soon
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  • leilei
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    Vguhal wrote: »
    how has no one else chosen her yet?!

    Beats me. I was, but


    nah.
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  • Vguhal
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    Vguhal polycounter lvl 9
    Fair 'nuf.

    I'll do my best to do her justice.
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  • Vguhal
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    Vguhal polycounter lvl 9
    After much debate, finally decided on a direction to take this in.

    Going to make a play off of Hsien-ko's origins as a Jiang Shi and create a Haitian zombie (check out the Haitian Vodou section) version of her character. There are a lot of similarities between the two myths, in particular the aspect of an outside party controlling the zombie (whether that be through an incantation scroll or psychoactive drugs as in the Haitian myth). There is more than enough of a crossover between the Jiang Shi stories and the Haitian ones to make some really interesting comparisons and exchanges of their visual elements.

    Not going to take it into the hackneyed all gore all the time zombies we've all been bombarded with lately though... Going to try and keep it more in the glassy-eyed fighting doll/zombie thread of things, and maybe even add a bit of that characteristic Darkstalkers sex in there as well just for good measure.

    a super quick mood board:

    moodBoard_01.jpg

    this should be fun :)
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  • Vguhal
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    Vguhal polycounter lvl 9
    As the concepting phase for this piece has been going on, my good friend Eric Priestley has been a huge influence on the direction and visual style of the piece. Seeing as it would be unfair not to acknowledge his contribution, and BRAWL is a strictly single artist competition, I will be dropping out of the contest. I have started a new thread (which can be found here) and hope that I can still get some good feedback on the work as it progresses.

    There is some sick shit in here though, good luck to everyone on finishing their pieces! Can't wait for the final products.
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