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Here's an initial sketch of my warrior. I see him as a leader of a tribe of creatures who live in a jungle. I want it to be a very colourful, decorative culture so plan on adding lots of jewelery and tatoos etc.Just a general layout at the moment;
I've added a bit of shading - all I could get done today but more to follow soon.
Having a look at colour ideas at the moment. I want him to be very vibrant but keep it looking natural. I've been having a look at African tribal clothing which is surprisingly colourful. Lots of pinks and blues.
Added some textures to get a more skin like look. Also some bounce light to bring out the darker areas.
Decided to add the weapon - trying to get a good weight into it and keep it looking quite organic. Will colour it soon.
Last post for the day. Started to add some decoration on the fabric and skin and darkened down the BG to match the shading ideas for the final BG.
this looks really cool and badass there's just one thing: I don't understand your color concept.. sorry. I think it looks more interesting if you choose a specific color palette
Thanks for the reply - I'm trying to get a jungle/tribal colour palette on the go. I'll put together some references. Been working today on the back view of the character so I can have a better idea of how he looks when I'm doing the final image.
Didn't have much time to work on this today so I've just been pushing on with some of the shading for the back view. Going to have a go at some other colour options next.
I've had a go at doing some more controlled colour concepts based on real jungle animals. Feedback would be great!
These look much better although the middle one looks a bit like the belgium flag I like the last one most. His jewelery is a great light/dark contrast on his skin. Besides that the colors harmonize really well. Maybe you can play around with less saturated colors so that there's a main color and the other colors are just for support. This is a wonderful vid about the effect of colors when they interact with each other
I think the rightmost gives the vibrant palette you were after, whilst still being cohesive, although as said, you might want to play around with the relative saturations.
Had a go at updating using a toned down palate. I think if the clothing is kept decorative the muted skin tones could work quite well.
