ART WAR 3 | 2D | Villains | Annük, the old demon | benoit-duverneuil

[benoit-duverneuil]

"Annük, an ancestral entity, as been discovered from earth. Far away from here, this mega living form seems to use his size and his attractive force to crush solar systems together. Annük seems to pursue a specific goal that the scientist aren't able to establish yet. However, one thing is certain, if he comes close to us to accomplish his purpose, it could be the end for every one of us."

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Concept Sheet

Benoît Duverneuil
Email: benoit.duverneuil@gmail.com
Website: https://benoitduverneuil.artstation.com/
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[benoit-duverneuil]

Here is my mood board for this project, my intentions are to mix a lot of mythological aspects of various cultures in one character to make him unique.

Indeed i'll use a lot of eastern symbolism like chinese, indian etc. And i'll try to cross them with nordic cultures and environments.

[musagi_scarlett]

nice man , it would be cool to see mythological stuff

[benoit-duverneuil]

Thx, I'll try to put it in application ASAP
Stay tuned !

[benoit-duverneuil]

A quick update to show you my first character ideas, mainly focused on silhouette and poses.
Now I'm gonna go further in clothes, accessories and magic spells.

[benoit-duverneuil]

Crossing more references to the characters and surely but slowly building up their personalities.

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Another step focusing on the character's powers

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Detail update for the first two characters. Refining the volumes, light and dark to be more readable.
They're still very rough and are subject for redesign during the all process.

[benoit-duverneuil]

Quick update after a big week-end.
I'm starting to like how is turning the third character, i'll maybe dive into it a bit further and try some compositions.
The struggle is still there with the pose. It's cool, but square , I'll certainly have a hard time finding a good composition.

[benoit-duverneuil]

Here Is some color comps test that i did today for the third character.

[benoit-duverneuil]

And here is a second one where I entirely changed colors and posture, looks more dynamic but less hostile.

[benoit-duverneuil]

Still playing with colors and backgrounds, trying to find something who fits well with the character.
Here Annük is more like an astral god , giving him more presence and scale

[benoit-duverneuil]

Quick update for the last composition, adding details to the background.
What do you think about these ones ? Should I keep going on this comp ? Or do I try some more ?

[benoit-duverneuil]

For now I'll stick to this one and keep refining it. BG colors are cool and make a good contrast with the character in white.
I will also have to change the pitch for the contest because everything changed.
I will later refine the character so he can fit with the composition and the story behind it.

[mr_dessin]

Just one little detail that is bugging me...the "crown" looks a bit too much attached to his skull maybe ?
Can't wait to see the result and also explanations on this !
Is he controlling spirits or galaxies or something ?

[benoit-duverneuil]

Hey, thanks you're right the crown is too low on his head and don't seems that it's flying ^^'
I'm focused on the bg details for now but everything on the characters is subject to later modifications =D
Yeah something like that, I was thinking about a gigantic entity how's crushing galaxies to avoid the Universe expansion. In a sense he's good because of that, but for his residents, he's an unstoppable power of destruction how could one day destroy entire solar systems or galaxies to maintain the balance of the Universe...

[benoit-duverneuil]

Moar details

[benoit-duverneuil]

The Black Hole.

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New Update refining the character shape and rendering clothes.

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Crown rework plus adding ornaments and details again and again