I decided for this contest to do Garen as he is one of my favorite characters to play. These are my reference images that i'm using. I look forward too seeing all the other entries and wish you all good luck.
Getting this done, starting on texturing. I could really use some advice and comments/critique. This is my first time doing handpainted textures like this.
Congrats getting him mostly done. i would maybe try to paint in some more color and lighting information. Add some more intense specular on metals to make them pop. Add in some extra colors in the gold like reds and possibly some desaturated greens in the shadows. Add in some gradients here and there to create separation…
I did a sketch of Garen in an orthographic view so I could get a good refs for the forms in the armor and the proportions. Let me know if there are issues that you suys see with proportions or shapes. Thanks and good luck to everyone!