ART WAR 3 | 2D | Villains | Exodus - Shadow of an Astral | r4yl - Forums

r4yl · Dec '18

Here is a concept sketch of what my villain will eventually look like.

r4yl · Dec '18

More conccrete concept for the boy in his natural state, and his summoned Astral state.

I have pointed a few differences on the concept art sheet for the boy as to what he has in both form and how he looks.

r4yl · Dec '18

Astrals concept designs, I’m leaning towards number 3 because I feel it captures the character from the story in the first post.

Feedback is welcomed, you can see that I more or less combined the first 2 for 3, it was fun exploring these characters.

r4yl · Jan '19

Here I have his main weapon, which is called a lightning spear. It can be used by both Exodus and his Astral. His main source of power is the Astral energy which is fused with him.

I’ve also started doing some clothing concept, after working with a bunch I boiled it down to these as a lot of them were still too complicated especially for the time I have. This my first Art War so feedback is much appreciated.

aegilrod · Jan '19

Yeah no. 3 seems quite fitting.

aegilrod · Jan '19

Nice backstory, although to me it seemed to lead to being a hero
Costume no.3 seems to have the most defined silhouette, so I'd keep iterating on that one.
Keep it up!

r4yl · Jan '19

Thank you, yeah at first I wanted to go hero. But I thought what could be more sweet a villain that has no morals, he’d just be empty, being controlled. Theres a few easter eggs in the story. A devil in disguise, a tainted heart. The true villain is the Astral that lost it all. ^_^

r4yl · Jan '19

Got some silhouettes on some of the Astrals, I feel number 3 and 5 give off the most personalities. Some I’m looking to combine the 2 somehow.

If you guys have any you like please don’t hesitate to mention. ^^ thank you.

mr_dessin · Jan '19

4th may be interesting too.
Good luck !

r4yl · Jan '19

Thank you, Ill see what pops up when finalising.^^ Appreciate the input.

Tesat · Jan '19

Nice sketches, I like #3 more but 5 is not a bad choice either

aegilrod · Jan '19

I'm liking 3 and 4

r4yl · Jan '19

As you can tell I'm feeling 3, 4 to me had a younger feel, almost like it's still a kid and not quite ready for whats to come. Really appreciate the input ^^

r4yl · Jan '19

Here I made a quick pre post story image of how our villain lost his arm and when. It’s a little graphic. I hope it isnt too much gore. If so just teach me how to hide from view and only viewable when clicked.

aegilrod · Jan '19

Well I'm no moderator but I feel this does reach inappropriate levels, which collides with the guidelines, so if this one has to do with your final illustration I'd suggest against it to avoid any potential disqualification.

r4yl · Jan '19

It doesn’t, it was just an illustration to show pieces of the past in the story.

r4yl · Jan '19

Finally started working on the final comp. Got the base down of what I want where. So next stage is base colors.

noodles · Jan '19

Such a cool background story, you can make a whole universe out of it!!

About the comp, may be it will look different with color and more polish, but the dragon looks as important as the main character in your picture, if that was the idea its fine, but you can try pull it backwards or make the values have less contrast.

Looking forward for the next stage!

r4yl · Jan '19

Finally added some color to the comp, I’ll work off of this now till the end since I got only 2 days left.

r4yl · Jan '19

Finally Done, I’m having a few problems submitting with the crop and that but I’ve updated my top story to contain these images.

So grateful for all the amazing input and comments, it’s been an amazing journey for me. It really helped me grow as an artist. Thank you guys, really appreciate it and hope you enjoy.

Concept Sheet

Final Render