Dec '18

Hey guys! This is my first Art War, really excited to be able to do it this year! :smile:
My idea is of a villain who gives people nightmares / insomnia, until the villain is able to give them sleep paralysis where they suck the life / energy out of the victim. Once they have enough energy, they'll be able to release their demons to the world. Going for an RPG boss or mini boss kind of feel :smiley:

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These are just some rough sketches throwing around ideas to see what sticks. Let me know what you guys think so far!

Dec '18

Welcome!

I like the thumbnails, all over the place and very weird (in a good way) That first one on the left is probably my fav of the bunch.

Looking forward to seeing more!

Dec '18

2, 3, 11 are my favs from there.

Dec '18

Idea with the flying hands is just awesome! I hope you will chose it)

Dec '18

Thanks! Definitely leaning more towards that one, but trying some designs combining these two :smile:

Dec '18

Having a hard time deciding which one to go with (I think both would be fun to do an illustration for), so I combined them. Which ever one I choose will probably still go through some minor changes, but what do you guys think? :smile: Going to move into color studies next!

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Dec '18

I like the spider wings. Flying hands are cool as well, but maybe not going along with the way she infects people with nightmares?

Dec '18

I think the flying hands are really cool. In your concept sheet and silhouette 2, they were hovering over the character which i think is perfect to evoke nightmare, like an oppressing weight over the victim. It fits the superpower, those Morphean boulder paralyze you/lock you down.

Though i think you're going to have to make a choice between the wings or the hands, having both will probably lessen the impact of both, they'll compete for attention, which would be a disservice to your concept

Hope it helps
Good luck !

Dec '18

Reply to

MarcinKulesza

Thanks! Yeah, I think I might mess around with some quick sketches to figure out how she could attack with both these designs... and also get ideas for the illustration haha :blush:

Dec '18

Reply to

niezniezgov

You're right, moving the hands back up again would probably help the design! :smiley: Thanks, very helpful input!! Going to be a tough decision haha

Dec '18

Looking good.

I keep on staring at the sketch of handsy with and without the poncho and trying to decide on which is the better choice. The no poncho has the benefit of showing off more anatomy skills and has that base line carnal appeal that can be so useful, but the poncho version really hits the shapes well and seems to be a more balanced design more pleasant to the eyes.

Maybe introducing more of that upward pointing triangle into the version without the poncho would help out. The poncho version really has a lot of flow.

GL with the choices

Dec '18

Combining both @niezniezgov and @PeterH suggestions, agree with both you! Instead of doing the full poncho I went somewhere in the middle to hopefully nail down more of the shape. Didn't include the hands since they take up so much space, but whatever colors I move ahead with I plan on making them whatever the dominant color is.
I still might change some minor things with the design, but its time to kick it it into gear and make some decisions! Lol

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Also thank you @seekula for your suggestion with the spider wings, they would be really cool too and it was hard to choose between the two :sweat_smile:

Dec '18

Solid decision, now it really echos the shape language that you have with the gold highlights. :+1:

10 days later

Dec '18

Between the holidays and work, I've lost a few days working on this. Gotta kick it into gear if I'm going to finish in time!
Just worked on the elements for the concept sheet (going to start putting that together now) and thumbnails for the illustration. Normally I'd spend a bit more time on those thumbs, but for times sake I just filled in the basic shapes. Hopefully they're readable enough!

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Let me know your thoughts! :smile:

Dec '18

I like 2 and 3 the most. 1 could work too. They make her seem more like a boss character than the others. Interesting design!