ART WAR 3 | 2D | Villains | Ezulrik the Terrible | canvasman

The first mortal and the second to die makes a deal with the God of Death for immortality. What could possibly go wrong?

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I learned so much doing this and have improved in ways I couldn't expect thanks to this competition. Can't wait to look back at this years challenge like the one I did last year. Goodluck to all

Name: Jerimiah Adams
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Edit made: 1/6/19
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Edit made: 12/28/18

The idea behind Morphos a.k.a Dr. Henry Ezulrick (the archaeologist) is that his obsession with finding the temple of Death lead to him losing his job and family. This didn't stop him from continuing the search and only added to his declining mental health a strong hatred for his superiors. Once Henry found the sacred temple, he drank from the well of Morphos the embodiment of death which in turn bound him and Death to each other's will.

Easily swayed by "The Call of Destruction," Henry's struggle is a combination of disdain for life and a desire to maintain control over the gifts he has traded his humanity for.

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Did some quick thumbnails of Morphos using his collected souls as a weapon. I wanted to give off the feeling of momentum and weight within these almost cloudless faces. The souls he uses are individuals he and others before him have collected since the beginning of life.

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Hey, Thanks Pete I really appreciate that. Working on some more thumbs rn and have taken this into consideration 😁👌

Continuing off of the last post I started working on fine-tuning the design of Morphos. I got some interesting ones out and left a brief description of what I was trying to achieve in terms of style.

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Jumped ship a bit in this phase and tried to work on the composition as it requires the most effort and won't be as impacted by small changes in the costume design. I talk a little more about that below.

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At this stage, I create a semi-final design for the character. I say semi-final because 5 percent of this design may change if it helps the composition or any unforeseen problems arise. After this, I'll begin working on the color composition of Morphos.

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