ART WAR 4 | 2D | War of the Elements | Lightning - Oyá, Mother of Storms | EllyettWee

[EllyettWee]

And again some progress - I really could do that metal and cloth rendering everyday meditative somehow

[nesokaiyoh]

Ahh beautiful rendering so far, and those expressions are really good! I'm glad you went for this one in the end, I do have to say her expression in particular is really well done, difficult to work on emotions like that but you nailed it completely! Her pose too, very expressive

[EllyettWee]

many thanks for your kind words @nesokaiyoh I really love to catch and display emotions - they're giving so much depth to a character. I'm currently writing my master thesis about expression through body language because I'm really fascinated about the whole emotion theme Just started the research but I'm curious where it will take me in the end.

Anyway I didn't work on the artwork yesterday - sometimes one needs a social live but I did today and this is how a came so far - will start with the refinementment tomorrow - still a lot to do but every part is at least base rendered and that's a huge step

[Sergei_Pakhomov]

Absolutle incredible work! Wish you good luck!

[EllyettWee]

thank you @Sergei_Pakhomov I wish you good luck, too

[EllyettWee]

Started with the details - at this point it is so hard to see the progress T_T

[yazziixx]

Wow this is a great drawing! I love your character, gives off a Star Wars vibe, I know this is a WIP but I would say add more lighting bolts/vfx maybe some dust flying at the front to give it more depth

[EllyettWee]

many thanks for your feedback @yazziixx - I'll definitely add more vfx, particles and SPARKLES!!!! But all that vfx stuff is the very last thing I do because I'm getting distracted and it is way to easy to lie to myself and say "yeah I don't have to work this out, it will be hidden behind the special effects" which leads to unclean parts and putting effects where I wouldn't have them placed if I had worked out everything before Besides it is really annoying to turn those vfx layers off and on again all the time to work on the stuff around it^^

[EllyettWee]

Worked Oyá over a little bit today so she stands out from the background.

[EllyettWee]

I'm super excited because tomorrow is the day when the whole thing gets all that fancy specialeffectssparklesparticlesdustsmokewindstuff and its finalizing
Today I fixed everything I thought would need some fixing and detailing.

[matteoy.sarazin]

So beautiful, i hope u'll be chosen for the next step

[EllyettWee]

Thank you for your kind words @matteoy.sarazin I have seen so many awesome character designs and beautiful illustrations, the decisions won’t be easy and I’m glad I’m not one of the judges

[EllyettWee]

Soooooo I'd call that finished - I might have a look over it tomorrow with fresh eyes, but I think that will only be minor changes if any.

Initially I wanted to add some wind/dust whirling around her, but it totally destroyed the whole image so I deleted that. I guess it is enough stuff flying around^^ What do you think? Anything I should change?

[EllyettWee]

Soooooo did some last minute adjustments because I wasn't happy with the colors - I also tried to add the ArtWar Logo somewhere but it bothered me everywhere But I guess I won't get disqualified if it is not on the picture

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[nesokaiyoh]

Whirlwind of emotions here, I'm glad to have been here for the process! It looks amazing and I wish you all the best of luck for the contest

[EllyettWee]

thank you so much @nesokaiyoh that you went with me on the way and for your advice - and of course thank you to everybody else for the feedback! Go team lightning!

[nesokaiyoh]

Awh I'd love to support team lightning but team fire will certainly be the victors!! xD

Best of luck my friend

[EllyettWee]

Well if team lightning will be beaten by your titan I can live with that

[nesokaiyoh]

And I'll feel the same way by you xD

[EllyettWee]

Made some closeups for everybody who's interested