For my entry, I want to create a character with a strong silhouette. I haven't worked out all the details yet, but I want something mechy. I want to push myself out of my comfort zone and learn a lot!

FINAL SUBMISSIONS:

Concept Sheet

Final illustration

For the ArtWar3 challenge I wanted to focus mainly on challenging myself as well as having fun. I have a profound passion for character design, and I learned a lot! This is my character Iva. She lost her arms when she was young, so she is using her levitation super powers to control her hovering mechanical arms as well as being able to manipulate gravity.

Details:

Name: Tonje Kristin Mortensen
Email: t.o.n.j.e@hotmail.com
Website: artstation.com/tonjo

Good luck to try out new things with mech concepts !
I always like them too.

I've been exploring with some shapes for now, trying to figure out what I want. While I haven't 100% decided the theme for the hero yet, I am definetly wanting something mechy! What particular shapes do you feel stand out to you?

hi! they all look stunning! I love the first two the most,they both have really nice silhouettes and interesting shapes, I like that although shes mech-y she still has a tail, goodluck! great job! can't wait to see more :blush:

Thank you for the feedback! :blush: Yeah I agree with you, I'll keep exploring those two and see what comes of it. :smile:

Thank you! I'll keep this in mind in further concepting. :smile:

8 days later


Update on the design! A very rough sketch so far, I think I am starting to get what I want from the thumbnails. She's supposed to not have any arms attached to her body, so the big arms will hover and was thinking she could do lots of cool stuff with the arms like sending them far away and kick peoples asses and such! Any feedback is welcome. :smile:

10 days later

looks cool! maybe you can try different palettes, even tho this one already looks good :smile:

Really liking it so far! Looking forward to where you take it :smile:

I love how her design ( the armor and such ) contrast with her innocent looking face. Also the idea of the detached arms is great.

Looking forward to the finished design.

18 days later

Final render of Iva! Any feedback is welcome, I've already realized some problems with how the arms would function as well as some design mistakes, but overall I'm happy. :smile:

Nice character and colours. Just triple check your perspective.
I don't know what will be your illustration but the golden parts on her shoulders might hinder her face. Just bend them a bit backward?

That's a good point, I will keep this in mind when I make the illustration!