ART WAR 4 | 2D | War of the Elements | Egggshelll | gokudera-hayato08

gokudera-hayato08 2019-12-17 13:10:49 UTC #1

I have a very basic idea that I want to make. lol

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gokudera-hayato08 2019-12-29 20:44:51 UTC #2

Rough thumbnails for ideation. I want to copy how riot artist design their champions
I decided to go with lightning element. The idea started off with wanting to do medusa with lightning snake hair but then I wanted to explore a little bit more, so I gave my self the prompt: Lightning, Hair, Instrument.

I decided to go with the 3rd on the bottom thumbnail because of possible fun gameplay idea. I will be refining these thumbnails just as practice and possible portfolio piece then work on more variety exploration.

I know this is an illustration contest but might aswell take the chance to challenge myself

Tesat 2019-12-29 20:56:03 UTC #3

I like the 2nd one from the bottom

gokudera-hayato08 2019-12-29 20:59:35 UTC #4

Thanks! I like it too! It's actually the last one I drew. He feels too much like Qiyana from league with the circular thing around him that's why I didn't go for him

Tesat 2019-12-29 21:11:18 UTC #5

I definitely see the Qiyana resemblance

gokudera-hayato08 2020-01-04 00:29:03 UTC #6

I knew I wanted to push and explore number 7 but I wanted to take this chance to get more drawing and design practice. I tried to put enough details so when I comeback to use these designs for painting practice, I would have enough to go on.

Tesat 2020-01-04 04:19:49 UTC #7

my favorites are 4 and 6 but can't decide which one to pick

sheepnerfer 2020-01-04 04:25:44 UTC #8

looking awesome! the second one has a great feel about her

gokudera-hayato08 2020-01-16 23:40:00 UTC #9

I'm so stuck trying to find the right design/feel for this character. I started out doing some varation from my previous thumbnail but it wasn't quite hitting what I had in mind. I wrote down some keypoints that I had in mind and started more exploration on paper and digital. It was when I started doing the rough splash thumbnails that I kinda understood what I wanted.
Still far from finish if I want to put this in my portfolio, lots of stuff to figure out.

I'll be going with number 2, next step is figuring out the design then hopefully take it to finish.

gokudera-hayato08 2020-01-22 18:59:45 UTC #10

Kinda variations, small and subtle changes. Trying to get closer to final

gokudera-hayato08 2020-01-27 17:13:46 UTC #11

Colour variation

gokudera-hayato08 2020-01-27 17:48:02 UTC #12

Starry hair variation and composition tweaks.

gokudera-hayato08 2020-01-27 19:17:33 UTC #13

the starry hair is pretty cool but kinda feel like it doesnt fit

nesokaiyoh 2020-01-27 19:21:32 UTC #14

This is looking awesome! That expression is pretty entertaining haha is that a tiny person I see at the center of the lightning?

I quite like the galaxy hair, I think it could be incorporated, although it does take from the focal point a little.

gokudera-hayato08 2020-01-27 22:41:18 UTC #15

Thanks for the feedback! I like the galaxy hair too but the idea is he's kinda of like a lightning chaser and eats them, so he tries to catch the lightning before it hits the ground, I feel like the galaxy hair doesn't help in terms of backstory or origin, unless I make his story related to zoe or voids from league of legends (my goal is to fit this character in the league world). He's Ornn and Volibears nephew. Ornn made him drums and Voli plays with him using lightning/feeds him lightning, I imagine he plays with gnar and smashes head against each other xD. That's basically what I was keeping in mind. I'll let it sit for a day and comeback haha

A tiny person catching/harvesting the lighting and this guys catches them could be interesting

hahaha sorry for the long rant

nesokaiyoh 2020-01-28 01:21:09 UTC #16

Ahh I understand now! And yes by the sounds of it it wouldn't fit into that lore, which is perfectly fine lol either way I'm looking forward to see what you do with it

gokudera-hayato08 2020-02-05 01:16:01 UTC #17

I think this is my final, I could probably render it better but I have no idea how to push it further without messing it up and spending too much time so I'll call this one finish and move on

nesokaiyoh 2020-02-05 01:24:12 UTC #18

So you did go with starry hair in the end? xD Looks great, loving how powerful the light from that lightning is

gokudera-hayato08 2020-02-05 01:27:28 UTC #19

Yep! It felt too boring and empty on the hair side and I didn't want to paint the hair ahahaha

gokudera-hayato08 2020-02-05 16:27:19 UTC #20

Some tweaks because some things were bothering me