ART WAR 3 | 2D | Heroes | Seria Dragon Valkyrie | zer0

[zer0]

Seria is a Valkyrie paralyzed after a plunge into an abyss along with her latest kill, a dark dragon. The entropic depths bound the serpent's bones and soul to hers granting her movement and the dragon's dark powers.

While considered a hero character, Seria often walks the thin line between hero and villain, so... antihero.

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Illustration:

[zer0]

Here are the my thumbnails for Seria. I can already tell the difficult part is getting the dragon aesthetic to sell without it looking tacked on and superficial.

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A more refined set of sketches, I'm starting to explore armor designs here. I plan to experiment with adding wings to this design as well. I've seen many Valkyries with wings and I think it would make sense to further sell the dragon aesthetic.

[glubglubz]

You've got some good ideas, but I would highly recommend reworking your proportions. Try reducing the size of the head slightly and lengthening the limbs quite a bit.

So far my vote would be to go with the 2nd or 3rd in the top row. There's a lot you could do with that design, especially the Egyptian neck piece.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

[zer0]

@glubglubz, I will consider those earlier thumbnails to see if I can make them work in my current iterations. I will definitely do a proper anatomy+proportion pass before the final concept. Thank you for the feedback.

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A few facial sketches and pose for final concept, as well as an initial design for her weapon. I still need the back view. I am currently working on color comps.

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First few color comps, I'll probably make a few more tomorrow.

[PeterH]

Looking through your images, the ones where it appears as if the dragon was smashed into her might best sell the story. The heads with the broken dragon jaw are great. And the ones with the linked spinal cord, really dig those.

GL!

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Final color comps for the concept. I just need to pick one and move on to polishing for a final concept. I'm also going to start on composition for the illustration (put that off long enough).

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These are the four thumbnails for the illustration. I'm feeling like the bottom right is the strongest.

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Getting a feel for the composition and trying to drop a bit of storytelling in the image with the bones.

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Colors are roughed in now and the scene is looking a bit bare. Probably gonna add two more dragons on the sides to keep the composition more balanced.

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[glubglubz]

Looking good!
Try adding some strong highlights in the blood to really sell the liquid-ness of it.

[zer0]

Thanks, will do.

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[zer0]

This is going to wrap things up for me.