faces!
so i think the idea that most convinces me is Logos, and his powers to animate each language, conjuring iron shurikens from japanese kanji and gothic chains from bible's passes, or even deadly scimitars from arabic corsives.
basically he makes letters and symbols follow his will , make them harder as iron, razor sharp and even making golems with loads of them.
the character is basically a monk who lived centuries so the outfit will have elements that combine scripture with martial arts having bits from the major cultures influenced by the writing: the middle and far east, as well as the gothic later on
drop any letter with a number if you got any favs! it is greatly appreciated!
progresses and revisions
i'd love to hear your thoughts if you step by!
i wasn't satisfied with the silhouettes so i'm reworking them strongly even in this steps, i want the hero to be driven by concept first and by shapes second, and i'm figuring out a way to not have the letters create too much visive noise and maybe try to implement them in some bigger shapes while maintaining the idea it is the source of his powers, i wanted to have various languages to show the vastness of his knoweldge, but right now has still to be tuned, arranges some iterations of the heads i choose to go with, and kept experimenting on the costume design.
recordings of design choiches, tweaks and progresses, keeping track of the steps forward to make sure i'm not going too far from the initial recipe but weighing each element towards a working design, this character is shifting like a flag and gave me some difficulties to nail down something .."else"..