ART WAR | 2D | AN-I | nicok

NicoK 2017-02-15 22:23:10 UTC #1

Name: Nico Kaeber
E-Mail: nico.kaeber@web.de
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nico.ka.902
Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artist/nico_kaeber91

Science Fiction
Hi Guys,
my Champion is AN-I (short for: animal instinct). The basic idea is to create a character who has a great contrast between her natural self uninfluwnced by her ego and any cognitivic abilities and the controlled machine inside of her.

Through a Chip implanted by a military scientific departement in her left brain half she cant think logically and sometimes gets lost watching the beauty in nature even in death threatening sitations.

In the final Image Im showing a scene where she escaped from the scientific departement just to watch the rain instead of escaping. (didntreally turned out how I wanted, I got to study more :))

First ideas and sketches...

NicoK 2017-02-15 22:25:13 UTC #2

Id really like to take any critic I can get since the character design is not set in stone yet .

berrysquare 2017-02-17 21:12:06 UTC #3

I like the minimalistic stile so its hard for me to say anything. Maybe if more colors come in and a lot depens on the composition of your illustration.

NicoK 2017-02-20 18:52:13 UTC #4

Hey guys. ive been working on a lot of stuff for this character simultaneously and everything is not really finished. But i thought I could share some ideas i had for her front design which I probably wont use at all.
Today I had some really cool ideas to make her look more mechanical but keeping her natural at the same time. Coming soon...

NicoK 2017-02-21 18:34:06 UTC #5

Little update for the back. Now im trying to make the mechanic stuff on her back look like its partly in her body. It should not look like its something she can take off if she wants to.

NicoK 2017-02-24 00:23:46 UTC #6

Hey Guys so heres a little update on her back. I wanted to connect every part that controls the tentacles be connected to each other and to her head. so it makes sense that she can control her through the chip implanted in her head. Critic? Pleease :)

NicoK 2017-02-24 00:28:45 UTC #7

aaaand here i have some suggestions for my final coposition. It should be a stylized piece. A mix between Jama, Ross Tran and Georgi Simeonov. I also took reference from nagy norbert and many rainy photos.
So the idea is to make her look really attached to the rain falling down without paying attention to her surroundings(like soldiers that will may be included). Tell me what you think?

NicoK 2017-02-24 00:30:49 UTC #8

bengioztorun 2017-02-24 01:20:41 UTC #9

Looks awesome so far! on final illustration everything is great but I'd prefer to show back structure a bit more like cables and their source etc, looks cool good luck!

NicoK 2017-02-24 01:48:36 UTC #10

I definitly planned to show the red cables and a small part of her back mechanic on illustration 2(which ill probably go for) but you got a point with showing more of her back. final design of her front isnt even completly done Good luck to you as well and thanks for your opinion. this really helps

NicoK 2017-02-25 00:23:14 UTC #11

Havent done too much today but anyway heres a little update on my final illustration. Im planning on doing a big prison like base in the background where she escaped but doesnt has a chance of going far because of her lack of cognitive skills. but still struggling with the final composition. CRUNCH TIME HAS STARTED! :)

NicoK 2017-02-25 21:24:54 UTC #12

Update now putting a scientist and one or maybe more guards in the background. proportions of the main char are off right now but ill fix that once i can put her on one layer.

NicoK 2017-02-28 09:45:01 UTC #13

Almost finished!

NicoK 2017-03-01 00:33:41 UTC #14

Little Update on the Illustration