i love the idea of insignia for your character! most people skip this detail. i cant wait to see more iteration from you. 
Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?in24.2k
Lady Death Fanart Collectible: Part 6 Polypaint and base Hi, it’s time to share with you another part of the process to create this fanart piece. Polypaint As this is my first collectible fanart I didn’t have previous experience with polypaint so I tried my best and played a bit with it.I wanted to give a ghostly and eerie look to Lady Death, she is beautiful and deadly, but at the end of the day she is a woman that died and was reborn at hell as an avenging spirit, that’s why I gave her skin tone a bluish very cold tone.As you will see I gave myself some creative freedom to deviate from the traditional color scheme that this characater has in comics and illustrations.To add a bit of sensuality by painting some freckles on the face and the chest. The dark nature of this character was the perfect excuse to gave her a kind of goth make up, very dark shadows around the eyes, blue lips and fingernails. I know that the original character includes sexy red lips but I wanted this girl to have a sexy but at the same time creepy look, that’s why we can see some thin veins emanating from her eyes. The biggest chromatic change I did for this character is at the hair. Lady Death has a characteristic white weavy hair but in my fanart I decided to gave her a very saturated blue color.The reason behind this wasn’t only an aesthetic choice. I want that the face area strongly pulls the attention of the viewer so this area needed a stronger contrast. Another reason is that I want her to have a more modern look, as I mentioned before, I’m strongly attracted to women with goth/punk look. I gave myself half an hour or more to analyse the work of experienced sculptors that create collectibles and I discovered that the use of darker values on the skin is often applied to create a greater sense of volume and three-dimensionality. I found that areas with heavy ambient occlusion are the perfect places to paint with darker colors in order to increase the separation between different forms. Even though she has a bluish skin tone, I used a bit of warmer hues in areas that, in real life, tend to go towards red and pink, this is very obvious in the nose, cheeks, and knuckles. Thinking with a logical mind it’s completely absurd to have warmer tones on the body of a zombie like creature but I didn’t want to limit myself by using only blue tones, it looks boring and artificial. In real life these colors are created by blood vessels in areas where the skin is very thin. ** Scythe **for her weapon I applied a cool gray with some warmer variations, this color scheme is influenced by the work of H.R giger. Base I’d like to talk about the design for the base which, to be honest, I forgot to develop along with the character.My main idea with the base is to show that Lady Death inhabits a very sterile and arid land, at the end of the day she is at hell.You can see a that she walks over dirt and rocks, a sign that she’s surrounded by death and loneliness. As part of the landscape we can see some bones and skulls to reinforce the idea of lack of living creatures, yet we can see three hands that try to reach her legs.This hands represent that all creatures are subordinated to her power and seek an evil blessing with a simple touch of the princess of the damned.1- The hand with skin burns represents the souls of those who are newcomers to hell, tortured souls that suffer for the sins comitted on earth.2- The hand with greenish rotten skin and pustules is the reminder of the decay that has infected the souls of those who have been trapped and have forgotten their humanity3- Last but not least, the hand of a demon shows that even dark creatures and entities bow before her presence. The cherry on the top, at least in my vision, are the simese twins that emerge from the ground, this malevolent creatures remind us that in hell there’s only perversion and any trace of innocence is lost. Thanks for reading till this pointI’m really happy to be very close to finish this creative journey, last but not least it’s mandatory to talk about splitting the sculpture in several pieces to be printed, this will be my last entry before showing the final rendered images. See yaMay Zbrush be with youin1.4k
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Hello! My name is Vithor, I am from Brazil, studied Design at a local college worked as an illustrator for more than 10 years. I took a time off around 3 years ago and am trying to get back in my art shape and maybe become professional again. Here are some recent pictures: You can find timelapses for most of them on my instagram: www.instagram.com Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) • Instagram photos and videos 123 Followers, 638 Following, 19 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) Comments and critiques are always welcome.Cheers!in793
Thank you @daceronine! If I remember I save in google cloud, I will have to stick a note to do it more often. Lamp is from life. Poses are from refs but I look at refs for a while and then try to do it myself and look it up if needed. Outfits and rest is from imagination Something went wrong while installing system so we will have to wipe everything again... pc works but something is wrong. We will wait till internet is done and I will save everything on cloud this time Threads came out in eu. It's been 3 days and I had more engagement than after half a year on instagram. It feels really nice I hope it stays this way A portrait of old dude. It's the same character I posted a while ago. Inspired by Bayard Wu work. At first I thought of him as a bear but I named him Fenrir and I think wolf suits him better. Eye gave me a bit of hard time but I think it is fine now. I focused on face and forgot about area below. The way I draw hair clashes with greying hair. I had the same problem while doing Lohse's white hair. Does it looks like it is greying here? I love how desaturated red looks blue there. I keep lying to myself that I will use different color scheme but It all comes down to this blue and yellowish one it is just flipped this time Have a great day!in48.0k
8 days later
My initial idea for Phoenix, was that she was a character called Sarah Renasi. Sarah was an ordinary village girl, but would sometimes go out to into the forest to explore. It was there that she met a dying phoenix and merged her soul with it to save it. She then gains new powers and becomes the warrior known as Phoenix.
4!
Easier to put the armor on.
Yeah, I was thinking of going for 4 as well. Thanks! ^_^
In the end, I decided to go for 3 and 4. I figured it could show her in her village dress and what she wears whenever she goes out into the woods.
With her hair, I originally wanted it to be bright red, but I then figured that it would clash with the red of her armour. Maybe later on, I can find a way for that to work out, but for now, I chose to stick with a normal brown hair.
With the sword, it was obvious that the Phoenix motif I designed would fit in with the design of
the hilt. I just had to find a way to design it well so it would look and feel semi practical.
When it comes to a lot of my designs, I don't really do multiple iterations. I mainly make improvements to the previous designs, while keeping what worked. And with that, I went with number 4 for the design of the sword.
After adding some red to make it more identifiable, We have the appropriately named Phoenix Blade or as the writing on the sword says, "Blade of the Phoenix"
These are some movement/pose thumbnails I did in preparation for my final image.
With number 1, I had the thought that Phoenix could be showing a demonstration of her powers by shooting fire from her sword.
Number 2 and 3 were more just poses and stances for her with the sword. (Which can also light on fire). The idea was that I would also find different perspectives for these poses if I were to choose them.
Number 4 felt like a more majestic take on her. I wanted the shot to convey a powerful stance, and the fiery wings on her back were to show the phoenix inside her. It also works as part of the demonstration of her power. That being manipulation of fire.
I decided to go for number 4 because I felt it best showed her character and personality as a fierce feminine warrior.
This is the sketch I did for the final illustration. Along with the size required. I tried to use the colours to incorporate the mood I wanted to go for. I do also have the concept sheets in the works.
19 days later
It's the end of the Contest, and I'm proud to say that I have completed my final illustration!
As you can see, I changed the angle and composition a bit, but the overall feeling I was going for is still there.
In the end, I'm proud of myself for being able to finish it on time, although, I still need to work on the speed of my drawings so maybe next time, I'll be able to go through more explorations.
