ART WAR 3 | 2D | Villains | Umthakati, the Corpse Scavenger | velo_emp

velo_emp 2018-12-04 04:32:57 UTC #1

Name: Velo E.
Email: velo.emp18@gmail.com
Website: https://velo_emp.artstation.com
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velo_emp 2018-12-04 07:31:24 UTC #2

Early sketches to get the overall shape of the character.

I'm struggling a little bit with the items and the mood of the character. I guess I should think more about his lore to figure out better that stuff.

sefadicloud 2018-12-04 09:17:37 UTC #3

Wow, this is looking good so far, keep it up

velo_emp 2018-12-11 08:10:09 UTC #4

Hello! Sorry for these days of inactivity. I fell into a little crysis about the coherence with the character and his backstory.

As a Sorcerer who got corrupted because of messing up with crazy dark magic and necormancy, he ended up broken by the force of the magic he was trying to spell and dominate. Thus he must look like a very distorted human.
The shillouettes I developed a week ago where too human and I felt that they looked very simple and unattractive, also I was unsatisfied because of the very human-like look of them.

After days of thinking and thinking I came up with this idea of a humanoid and very strange creature, I started with a simple human body in a pose, I distorted a little bit and then I began putting some clothes, armor and so on. That detailed one will be the base for other 4 iterations I'm currently designing.

I'm getting late in the contest so I'll try to ve more eficient.

3dc 2018-12-11 13:50:39 UTC #5

i dig the 4 arms, seems more menacing if all of them can pop magic spells at once or something. That thumb nail 4 was interesting but agree didn't feel sorcery from it. (maybe future design?)

velo_emp 2018-12-12 06:23:31 UTC #6

I took the advice @3dc gave me about giving Xoel more arms, but I thought it would be nice to give each arm a particular function or object to carry, even though I must think on the items he will bring with him.
I also improved the anatomy of the character, and that gave me a more clear idea of the volumes that allowed me a more focus on clothing and that kind of stuff.

I'll design these three as different from each other as I can, thus the selection will surely be a nice and well-planned design.

I'm still thinking in the superpower, but maybe it will be the power of reviving corpses and rotten organisms to use them in the battlefield. Any suggestions?

velo_emp 2018-12-12 21:53:36 UTC #7

I've been developing these iterations further. I came up with the idea of rolls of paper with spells, different items or each iteration and later on I will combine the ones that like me the most.

niezniezgov 2018-12-13 00:21:44 UTC #8

Hey man,
i really like the middle one, his 4 arms modify his anatomy and make his body really weird, unsettling, as two additional arm should, i also like that they're placed like wings, on the back

velo_emp 2018-12-13 03:43:02 UTC #9

Hey mn, thanks for your feedback.

I'm agree with you about the wings-kinda-thing from 3rd option, and I plan distort even more that arms that 2nd has.
I could merge the best looking aspects from 3rd and 2nd to form the final design of the character, what do u think?

niezniezgov 2018-12-13 09:54:52 UTC #10

I agree, making the two pair of arms really different seems like a good option, in terms of anatomy, check out the witcher 3 b&w, has some pretty cool, and plausible muscle grouping :

velo_emp 2018-12-14 01:46:33 UTC #11

Awesome suggestion!

I will check that stuff you mentioned.

A friend told me the same thing about the arms, is more credible to have them from the torso and not from the shoulders.

velo_emp 2018-12-14 06:05:46 UTC #12

I finally decided the iteration I will develop even further, and I took the elements of iterations 1 and 3 that seemed interesting to me.

About the superpower, I think it will be something related to decomposed bodies and miasma.

I can't wait to add him some color!!

velo_emp 2018-12-19 00:42:39 UTC #13

I designed the back view of the character, also I added some items to de character.

I realized about some issues with the values of the character. I think I'll trace this views to make flats of value and then hue.

velo_emp 2018-12-19 06:46:27 UTC #14

I'm done with the flats and line art of front view. I think tomorrow I'll block in the shadows and highlights and then add some color to it!

innocent 2018-12-19 12:28:22 UTC #15

Cool design! Can't wait to see your thumbnails. In the end, if your character doesn't walk, have you considered giving him atrophied legs?

velo_emp 2018-12-19 18:02:54 UTC #16

I actually forgot that option!
That's a pretty nice idea! Thank u.

velo_emp 2018-12-19 22:21:17 UTC #17

I finished rendering the flats and now this guy is ready for some cholor schemes!!

I replaced the "baculum" idea ofr a kind of white talisman to give some contrast to the character.

velo_emp 2018-12-19 23:59:10 UTC #18

First scheme completed. I'm not satisfied with it tho, but I need to think what could I change in it to look better.

velo_emp 2018-12-21 23:34:13 UTC #19

I'm finally done with the development of the color variants, I also added the color of the magic he will use.

Which one looks better?

I think I'll go with the third one 'cuz I liked a lot the color of the magic and the palette of the character itself.

mr_dessin 2018-12-22 10:13:11 UTC #20

Somehow prefer the last one.
But first and second could work too.