ART WAR | 2D | Ximéroma | rakisan

rakisan 2017-01-12 07:12:23 UTC #1

Theme: Fantasy

Name: Raquel Sousa Ferreira
Email: raquelsousaferreira@gmail.com
Website: Artstation
Twitter: N/A
FB ( art profile ): Facebook

Hi guys! I’m new here. Art War seem like a fun challenge so taking part in it too!
I’m team Fantasy , working on a Demi-God. I didn’t had much the chance to do a lot of painting yet and since I have been doing only Scifi stuff and samurai or fan art I want to challenge myself and get out of my comfort zone and do a character that features only things I haven't painted so far, like that I'll have to push myself and hopefully level up and have fun with it too.

Good luck everyone!

Update 22.01.17: Was quiet stressed with all the things I have to study that I almost forgot to update the final illustration but here it's is and this concluded this project : I was able to improve while working on it so glad to have taken part in Art War to push myself, it was fun!
Update 20.02.17: did some little adjustment to the final image, thanks a lot PetitChat for all the feedback ^^

Final Illustration

the forum seem to resize the image so here is the 2048px v: http://sta.sh/0c80cc2dfzv

Final Concept Sheet

-- 12 January --
I started this project back in 27 December , I wanted to post it sooner but was in vacation in a small village in the mountain and the internet connection was way too bad to even open the forum correctly so posting my progress of what I have so far ( wips screenshot) with a summary of what I did now that I’m finally back home . All the other futur update will be posted as reply so I can know what you guys think.

-- 27 December: --

I started working on the concept, I didn’t had my tablet with me so I started it with a pencil, scanned and twerked it a little in photoshop ( reduce noise + smart sharp + curve and things like that)
-- 28 December -- :
A few days back I asked a friend to sent me my tablet by post office , I got lucky it arrived sonner than I expected so I was able to start working right away . I like to start with just a basic sketch and add some value in B/N, I avoid adding light at this stage as I find it easier to do it with layers mode later on. I had a pretty clear Idea of what I wanted to do (him arriving using a portail) so I used this little guy here to just quickly try some poses and variation. later on I added some colour with a layer in colour mode and then started to give it a little of shape.
Software: Photoshop

-- 29 December -- :
I decided would do the wings at end the so I stared working on refining the character and his amour and while I was at this stage I started playing with the colours maps and layes mode to give a special texture to the armor , I wanted to do the type of effect Jana did on her "Angel 2" Piece so I played around with it a lot until I found something I could start painting on.
Software: Photoshop
-- 30 December - 5 January -- :
I almost took the character to a finish and start to work on the environment and effects
Software: Photoshop and CLIP STUDIO PAINT as it’s easier to to painterly type of work in it.
-- January 6 -- :
I was not happy with where I was going with the void type portal so I spend my free time this day on it and decided to go with a magic portal instead since my character use magic.
Software: Photoshop and CLIP STUDIO PAINT
-- January 7 - 10 -- :
I thought it was felling really weird how I put the clouds juste around him, make it look like he was just sitting there so I tried to ad a little more depth to it and played a little with the clouds composition and decided it was time to do the wings since I was going to start to colour correct it.
Software: Photoshop and CLIP STUDIO PAINT
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here are the reference image I used as inspiration

PetitChat 2017-01-12 10:59:31 UTC #2

Nice! Especially with the wings His face is beautiful. Very handsome man His armor looks cool so far although it lacks sth special right now. Nevertheless great design!

rakisan 2017-01-12 12:19:10 UTC #3

Thanks PetitChat! glad to know you think so, was a little worried people would not like it It my first time doing armor so not much my cup of tea but I will make up for it and give it a little something with the painting part! or at least I hope

rolandogrizzly 2017-01-12 14:26:49 UTC #4

This is looking awesome! my only critique right now would be to revisit the anatomy of the back view. it seems a little liquified at the moment. otherwise great cant wait to see this piece finished

PetitChat 2017-01-12 14:28:00 UTC #5

I'm sure he'll look great at the end. Considering that it's not your cup of tea it looks awesome

rakisan 2017-01-12 14:43:28 UTC #6

Thank for the advice @rolandogrizzly ! will look a little more into back drawing and redo this part then can't let him have a weak back xD I posted my progress so far ( was not able too before because bad connection) and will post the most recent version soon but in full size

Thank you for the kind words @PetitChat ! I will try my best !

rakisan 2017-01-13 09:07:25 UTC #8

Here is the most recent version, I still have to finish the right middle wing, the cloth part ( don't know how you call it in English ) and do adjustment here and there and I still have to see how can I take further, but getting there I made the image smaller to 2048, the original is 2615x3380 so just in case since I don't know what size the forum support yet but there is a close up .

I think I will work first on the concept sheet, as rolandogrizzly pointed I forgot to draw the back muscle so have to correct it

PetitChat 2017-01-13 10:03:07 UTC #9

OMG! This is fucking awesome The lighting, effects, rendering and those wonderful detailed wings.. great job! Just two trifles: 1. His 'boots' look a bit blurry. I think some sharp shadows will help and 2. his loincloth looks too stiff for fabric

rakisan 2017-01-13 10:15:26 UTC #10

Thank's a lot @PetitChat! And thank's for the advices too ! the blurry on the boot must be because of effect I painted and the layer mode I used on the magic cercle around him I think , so will try to work on adding the shadows it would have cast on it ! For the loincloth ( thank for the telling me the name of it btw ) working on it ! doing some search on fabric to see how I can make it more dynamic and fabric like ^^

moirae 2017-01-13 11:56:34 UTC #11

I'm wondering how the wings are attached. The lowest pair in particular just disappear behind him and don't seem connected to him in any way. I think the angle at which his body is twisted away from us we would see some of the nearest wing's equivalent of a shoulder leading into his back.

rakisan 2017-01-13 13:30:28 UTC #12

Thank's for the feedback @moirae! The wings are not finished yet, but all of them should connect to his back, so yep I did forgot to draw the shoulders on the one that is nearest to us. Will work on that and on the others too , thank for bringing it to my attention!

rakisan 2017-01-16 13:58:16 UTC #13

Tried to follow everyone advice and critic and changed the things you can see below ( huge thank for all the feedback! ) , and put a little preview of the current version and I think this is gonna be the final one for the illustration.

Now time work on the description and background of my character after that I will work a little on the presentation of the project. I'm gonna update the first post with every thing when I'm finish and add the full size of the current version and of course I will still be open to critics and try to work on them!

I have to start studying for my exams this next week so trying to finnish or go as far as I can before that since I don’t know when I will have time again to work on it again.

rakisan 2017-01-17 14:54:20 UTC #14

finished the description/information of my character. English is not my native tongue so If you were brave enough to read it and noticed I worded things in a weird way please don't hesitate to tell me!

I also redid the wips so it's up to date, now time to work on the concept sheet a little

I wated to recreate the style of my concept sheet so I created a custom font with my own writing to do the information part easyer that to wirte everything by hand

kinonato 2017-01-18 01:49:57 UTC #15

A champion is born

rakisan 2017-01-18 08:03:18 UTC #16

Thanks @kinonato! and yep a new fighter is up , lets see if he will be able to prove his worth is this Art wars!

rakisan 2017-01-19 12:51:36 UTC #17

Took the concept to a finish and correct the anatomy, and added some shadow and shine to the armour for it to look a little more like metal.

now I will try to organize the first post with everything

Jason_Roll 2017-01-19 18:01:42 UTC #18

Absolutely beautiful sketching and character concepts. Love it!

rakisan 2017-01-19 18:55:00 UTC #19

Thank's a lot @Jason_Roll! Really glad you like it!

rakisan 2017-01-22 09:24:09 UTC #20

Was quiet stressed with all the things I have to study that I almost forgot to update the final illustration but here it's is : I was able to improve while working on it so glad to have taken part in Art War to push myself, it was fun! Now it's time for me to study ^^

PetitChat 2017-01-31 08:38:51 UTC #21

Beautiful! The loincloth looks much better now just the back part is hard to spot. His anatomy looks great as well and those wings o I really admire you for your patience to add all the details!