ART WAR 4 | 2D | War of the Elements | Friendship forged in fire | tianlei

[tianlei]

Name: Yuri Cherkasov
Email: ch3rkas0v.yuri@gmail.com
Website: https://www.artstation.com/tianlei_draws
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Background story:
This is a champion of fire - a girl from the race, who have a custom to send a young people to dragon's mountains to find a dragon egg. If the mission is successful, then one become a dragon's master - he should raise and train the dragon. Usually the dragon and master forms a strong bond.

The idea of illustration is - the dragon is protecting his friend from deadly attack, blocking damage with his huge body. its a story of self-sacrifice for a loved one.

Final illustration:

[tianlei]

So these are my rough ideas.
It is gonna be a champion of Fire, she is from the race, who have a custom to send a young people to dragon's mountains to find a dragon egg. If the mission is successful, then one become a dragon's master - he should raise and train the dragon. Usually the dragon and master forms a bond and inevitably master acquires some traits of his companion - he grows horns, sometimes tail, there are rumors - even learn to breath fire

[sanguine]

this looks sooo awesome!! Welcome to the team:)

[tianlei]

Thank you^^

[aleck5andrs]

@tianlei Yooo, thats a cool concept! I can't wait to see more!
Check out my concept too please, critiques and advice are welcome!

[skullguzma]

The baby dragon... oh thats cute...
Anyone who wants to fight that baby dragon Is automatically disqualified for being mean.

[tianlei]

@skullguzma haha^^ its going to be a full grown beast in the final image - just added that baby picture to show their relationships

[tianlei]

so this is a first composition sketch. the idea is - dragon protecting his friend from deadly attack, blocking damage with his huge body. its a story of self-sacrifice for a loved one.

[tianlei]

color variations for composition

[tianlei]

so i changed composition a bit and worked on my forms. no details yet - just form sculpting

[tianlei]

looked at the image with the fresh eyes and realized i dont like value structure at all - dragon looks flat , no sense of scale, weird leg position. trying to fix all of that

[aleck5andrs]

@tianlei
Yooo amazing work with thumbnails, colors and use of brushes! I like every last bit of it, and don't know what else I can say... OH! Since its war of elements, I think there is not enough emphasis on your element, perhaps you should add some fire somewhere in there!
Love confidence in your progression, wish I would have it!
Keep up the good work!

[tianlei]

hey, man, thanks for your comment, and yes you are 100% right - my element needs to be shown. I have an idea in mind, but i cant paint it right now as i want to be sure my forms and overall shape designs are satisfying me. cheers!

[aleck5andrs]

@tianlei
YOOO What about making dragon itself on fire, like of fire elemnt?! Not just breathing it, but eminating fire from inside it body from head, inbetween scales? could be cool!

[tianlei]

yeah basically i do want to make a cracks and the lava oozing through them, but it needs to be a scene of dragon's death, so the fire and lava would be blood like consistency

[moirae]

Rules say your character should be either attacking or defending. Don't forget we have to incorporate the element logos as well.

[tianlei]

true, as i said earlier

the idea is - dragon protecting his friend from deadly attack, blocking damage with his huge body. its a story of self-sacrifice for a loved one.
and the logo should be there:)

[moirae]

Sorry, I missed you said that.
It's just that it doesn't look like a protective pose at the moment. I know it's still in early stages, but maybe have the wings held more around the human character?

[tianlei]

thanks for pointing it out, i'll try to make the pose unambiguous! cheers!

[tianlei]

i guess i want it to be somewhat like these: