ART WAR | 2D | Falcon | Malcom

[malcom]

Name: Malcom Ponder
Email: malcx100@gmail.com
twitter @Phantom_MJP
Fabebook @MalcomNYC
Website: Artstation/malcom
Hey there everyone. So before giving a brief on the story of my character, let me just say that the sci-fi side will win this war.
Yes my Genre/Theme will be sci-fi for the Art War. So to all the elves, dragons, knights and goblins; your days are numbered.
As much as I love fantasy I want to challenge myself with tackling some more sci-fi stuff. Looking at my artstation I only have 2 sci-fi pieces and that's a no no.

So the story I have is that seeing as this is an art war between fantasy and sci-fi; I wanted to add that to my story and build on top of the war idea. So my Character Falcon(That's her code name) is an solider like character which is tasked with taking down everyone else fantasy character. Technology over magic is her factions model(well one of them). So I'm thinking that she has to be an dps-ish character if this was an game. Think Overwatch type of game. So I want her to be agile in a sense. Average body type. Have a kit to defend against elemental magic. Hover/booster boots to get away from difficult situations and other things. So basically she needs tools to fight off you guys knights and creatures. We can't lose this war right? That's not an option lol. To add to the fun, I think I might give her an companion bot that follows her around to help her when hurt. It can store a first aid kit or just be a friend when she's lonely. IDK Or make other characters for the final illustration that help her fight the good fight.

EDIT FINAL ENTRY HERE

"Character Concept Sheet"

"Final Illustration"

So I did a lot of different works. Lots of things in the wip stage and really sketchy. I have more to come. Just have to think about things and then sketch it out.
Lets start with a bunch of early sketches with some context.

So here are the guns. I've never done weapons before so this is all new to me. Would really love some c&c on this. Their numbered so let me know which ones you like or which 2 can be combined. Will do some more weapon concepts later this week.

I was inspired by Overwatch and unreal tournament as well as real guns. I loved the weapon design in those 2 games. I also came up with a few others after a quick google search of sci-fi guns to get inspired from. This was really fun.

Now for the character.

Just the base body along with a sketch of her in regular pilot cloths. Forgot to mention that part of her story. Still playing with ideas and slowly locking down on a solid one.

As I said this is early. Just trying to get the brain following

I think I like the army green here.

Lastly before I forget, she use a kind of nano tech. Think crysis where the main character can gain strength or go invis. I don't know how my character will use it but I'll think about it. if you guys or girls have any cool ideas. Let me know.

Always looking for c&c. mainly on design and silhouette of things. Does the sketch read as an dps-ish character that can be in a game like overwatch for example? Look forward from hearing from you guys.

[loonyfred]

This process is so inspitring to watch!!!!

[dizcoon]

Personally I get more of a Gears of War-y/Starcraft vibe, rather than Overwatch for the last four models. With Overwatch, the obvious armor was left mostly for the tanks, with the DPSers stripped down for speed.

The two below the orange one though, that looks Overwatchy enough indeed.

[malcom]

@loonyfred Thank you. Glad you like it. If you have any feedback for the character, guns whatever don't hesitate to let me know.
@dizcoon With the last 4 I was thinking of pharah as she is in an mech suit with wings. Maybe I can lessen the bulk a little more. This is sci-fi so maybe its a kind of advance suit. Thanks a lot for the feedback.

[andrewnimble]

Hi Malcom. Great job so far!
(Your first sketches remind me so much of Marc's character art btw )
I really like the last one on the right, but maybe would make the armor look a little bit more feminine if you know what I mean. I think the idea with sort of tatoo in her face and kind of diadem looks also cool. Would try giving her two bi**-a** guns and see how it looks (gun concept n.3 looks quite badass) or maybe a gun and a mech-sword.
Sadly I didn't have time to join the competition yet, but obviously I am going to be on the opposite side, but anyway looking forward how your character will turn out and you have my full support!
Keep it up!

[majmufin]

your project looks awsome! but, lets get to the point, your guns, the guns look awsome and for the sake of weight I would choose a bullpup design (magazine thingy is behind the grip, makes it more compact) so you might want to take inspiration from the Famas a french made bullpup rifle. so it isn't that bulky, good for CQC well, decent a smg or shotgun would shine there. but you also get a good amount of accuracy and range. very important, a variable scope that is linked to your visor is handy for zooming in and more accurate shots. a electromagnatic rife or guas rifle (think railgun) might be more sci fi though, it doesn't use any chemical reactions to ''fire'' the gun, so no smoke trails for tracking you in the distance, no bullet casings to use as clues/breadcrumps. you get it probally. a energy weapon that shoots plasma might be a bit too power consuming ,since it uses a electromagnetic field to keep it enclosed, which needs to be supplied with (1)power at a (2)distance while (3)traveling, and removing it just before impact. its strong but probally still only on a big space ship.

as for the suit(s) I would go with a fully closed off design, you do not want those crazy fantasy bugs exposing your brains to weird toxins do you and you can use the helmet to lift the limits humans have on their view width. you can create cameras around the helmet so she can see a 360 degrees around her at all times. so no rogue will think of sneaking up on her back! maybe add some kind of external skeleton on the suit (exoskeleton intergrated into the suit) for maximum awsomeness and ofcourse being able to use those big ass sci fi melee weapons is also a plus , a small hip pocket with a tactical knife is handy which might be able to double as a plasma cutter. , a slot for a oxygen tank on the back or neck for underwater combat with those fantasy fish races. or do the classic ''dynamite into a pond'' trick. you need a communication device, so maybe a little antena on the helmet ? a couple of high explosive to breach a castle wall? or a laser designator to indicate the area a space ship needs to bombard from orbit? ( if not energy weapon google kinetic bombardment satalites). thats some next level micheal bay. I could go on and on as you can see. but I will leave you with this first.

Good luck

[Iago_Cavalcante]

Damn, so good.

I can see Marc influence all over your work, and I mean that as a compliment. For me Marc's style is like if Moebius and Anime had a baby, can't go wrong if that.

[malcom]

@andrewnimble I think my first sketch looks like marcs because it was the last thing I remember seeing. SO unfortunately(not really I guess ) it kinda just came out like that.
I believe I can slim down the armor a bit more and make it more sleek. This is sci-fi so having some kind of crazy tech can allow armor to be this way. I was thinking of giving her some kind of energy things on her face. Like so scifi bit or something. Sketches will come soon. I like gun number 3 as well. I love melee so a plasma sword-ish weapon would be cool. Come one you gotta be team sci fi after that feedback lol. Good luck though and thanks a lot.

@majmufin My sci-fi teammate in crime. First off let me say thanks for all the ideas. Love the the tips and ideas on the gun design works. I'll get started on some sketches. Making a new ref board. We have to remember this is sci-fi so new tech can always be made to make things easier and better. We gotta look into the future and continue to tweak things to make them better. So maybe a new type of plasma weapon can be made to make things easier for out champions of the future.
Yeah no crazy bugs missing with my characters brain. Field of vision is definitely important. I will have an drawing of an exoskeleton. I was thinking of her having some kind of nanits that can become anything. Think Bayonetta with her hair being her clothes but nanits instead. A knife on the hip? Got it. Ok so my brain is working and its telling me that she can be some sort of android made from nanits or an alien with nanit nanotech stuff. I know what you mean with going on and on about this stuff.

@Iago_Cavalcante Thank you!! I believe the reason I have a lot of Marc influence is because seeing his art and watching his videos is why I started doing art again. Honestly didn't know who Moebius was so I quickly looked it up. Interesting stuff there.

[morgane]

Waou that's just amazing ! I can not wait to see more ♪

[malcom]

There will be more to come. Thank you.

[mavkrogan]

Dayum those guns look awesome! (I really like number 3) All the design, anatomy and all looks very good! maybe I'd like to see more story/emotion in the image itself, there's much time left still to explore and go crazy!

[malcom]

@morgane There will be more to come. Thank you.
@mavkrogan I'll add the story and emotion stuff for the illustration step. Thank you for the feedback. I will go crazy as much as I can.

[Iago_Cavalcante]

@Iago_Cavalcante Thank you!! I believe the reason I have a lot of Marc influence is because seeing his art and watching his videos is why I started doing art again. Honestly didn't know who Moebius was so I quickly looked it up. Interesting stuff there.

He's so good.

I see Enki Bilal influences too. But yeah, I don't know, maybe @marc don't even know these guys.

[andrewnimble]

No problem mate. Well I've always been more into magical stuff and mystical creatures. And right now I am working on some character concepts in sci-fi style as a "job" kind of stuff so I think I will seize the opportunity to go Fantasy here Wish you good luck as well since that is the only thing that could possibly help your team to win hahaha !

[independhans]

Great stuff, make me think about my design may not works right maybe need more trubine than just in the wing area.

[malcom]

So I don't go without posting something. Here is a FPV of the gaulet arm things for the concepts at the bottom. Just thinking about it.

Very sketchy at the moment

[majmufin]

I just now saw the arm blade again and thought ''hmm, arent those like really impractical, a sword in the hand can move very fluidly but on the forearm is kind of like those wood chopping machines, very telegraphed where it wil strike'' maybe have tiny plasma blades on her finger tips as claws?

[WillNoviss]

Designs look great! I was thinking for your sword you could do something similar to Optimus Primes sword where it is pulled out of a compartment within the gauntlet. This could create some interesting mechanics to the gauntlets.

[malcom]

@majmufin The gauntlets aren't only for creating a sword as they can shoot an plasma like energy. She can concentrate the energy to make the sword or shot.
But she will probably have other weapons as well.

@Bobstar4575 Funny thing is that I'm watch Transformers 4 atm of reading this. That is definitely a cool idea

[malcom]

Another update to my character which is now characters. I feel like I need a better character than the one I have now so I'm gonna explore some more before pushing something to final.
Here are some sketches and stuff I did. Other stuff will come later such as weapon concepts. Been putting those off for some time.

So here is the front view to the character people seem to like with some base colors. Not sure If I really like this at the moment. After seeing it in 3/4 view, some things didn't transfer well. It's still a wip and i can improve it later. Would love some feedback on where to place colors.

So here are 2 other variations I've done. Slim down armor that is more sleek. AI arms. So I like more melee like characters so I wanted to explore that while still giving her some weapons. These projected arms can take on a physical form to hold weapons an do damage. There basically plasma arms.
Lastly this is something I don't see many doing an those are mechs for the scifi side. Here is an alien infected mech bot thing.

I thought this would be a cool idea to have. A mech that fights on the front lines. Let me know what you guys think of this. Hopefully by the end of next week I have a list of different characters that you guys can vote for me to push to final.