ART WAR | 2D | "Red Eyes" Tasha | gamma1661

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Name: Matt
Email: garwinmatthew77@gmail.com
ArtStation page: https://www.artstation.com/artist/gamma1661

Team: Fantasy

Hello, everyone. This is my very first art contest and I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone creates. I'm going to stick to my strengths and make a strong, visually striking female fantasy champion.
From the the title you can probably guess what what her eye color is, but other than that I still have a lot of work to do. I'll try to post often and come up with a bio as well.
Good luck to all the other competitors.

Bio: The devil is real, offering his gifts to anyone brave or foolish enough to want them. In exchange for her soul, the great demon Raza gave Tasha the powers of superhuman speed and strength, making her into a warrior without equal. Her eyes were turned red, a stigma showing that she had contacted and bargained with Raza, earning her the infamous title "Red Eyes".

Edit: Here is my final submission for the contest.

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Here's some rough poses that I'll be using. Right now I can't decide between #1 or #5.

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hi, cant wait to see your project. I think pose 3 and 4 are the best. They have a better silhouette, 5 looks too stiff to me. 1 looks like part of a walk cycle.

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Cool. Thanks for the advice.

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Still coming up with a bio but in the meantime I've come up with some rough ideas for my character. I really want to go for a Witcher/Game of Thrones high fantasy vibe.

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I've come up with a face for Tasha and a couple of hairstyles. I'm not in love with any particular one yet so I might go back to the drawing board and make some more hair.

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I've got a new design for Tasha by mixing and matching her previous 2 outfits. For her backstory I want her eyes to be the result of some kind of Faustian deal with a demonic god/entity so I'm considering designing a demon as well.

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Trying out a new pose. Gonna make a few spears designs next.

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Making a couple of spears. Right now I'm partial to number 3.

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Tasha, now in color. Let me know what you think.

Here's the finalized version of her spear too.

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I was given advice to give Tasha's outfit more detail and to fix her values. Here's what I have so far. I'll definitely have her bio done by the end of the weekend.

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So far so good. I'm going to update Tasha's bio later tonight and tomorrow.

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More updated coloring for Tasha. Her bio is taken care of, but that means I now need to create a demon for her illustration. Since there's only a month left in the contest I might only design just its head to save time.

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Still coming up with design ideas for the demon Raza but I'm also roughing out ideas for the final illustration. I definitely want Tasha to be front and center, maybe with Raza peeking over her should like a shoulder angel (or devil).

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I got more advice to change up my final illustration. After a bunch of sketch ups, I think I finally have a rough idea of what I want. I still plan to have Raza's head peeking over Tashs'a shoulder so I'm going finish that next.

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I've finally have a rough sketch of Raza's head. I think I'll work on the illustration and color him to complement whatever I come up with.

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Getting Raza to peek over Tasha's shoulder is turning out to be harder then I thought. Maybe I should find another way to show him off.

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It's still coming along. I couldn't make over the shoulder Raza work, so I'm putting him in the spear's reflection instead. I'd really appreciate any critique or opinions on what I have so far.

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I'm almost done with the illustration, just a few more finishing touches. After this I just have to finish up the character sheet and I'll have everything ready for submission.

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I did a quick redraw of Raza for the final illustration.