ART WAR 4 | 2D | War of the Elements | Ogún, fire djinn | caro.queffur

[caro.queffur]

Hi ! I’m Caroline Queffurus, and I’m a student from France. This is my first participation to an Art War. I take part in this contest for my Game art class project, so I will do my best ! Good luck to all !

[caro.queffur]

I had a few ideas at the beginning, for which I tried to explore several avenues.
2 principal ideas ; a kind of decaying dog, consumed by fire ; or a lighting mecha ( armoured robot), but noting very original !
I ended up mixing my ideas by focusing on the element of fire.

Here are some of my silhouettes to start with

This character is an ancien mecha whose armor is no more than a carcass it’s no longer functional, yet it has been re-animated by a spirit of fire (the “internal blaze” of the first creature!), but which deteriorates the armor again and again. Maybe an intelligent/smart spirit living through the body it inhabit ?

[caro.queffur]

Today i research for some ideas for the equipment, the different parts of the mecha, there are some of my references, to understand how articulations work !

[caro.queffur]

To continue, after my research i tried to explore different part, focusing on the arms and the rib cage !

Here are my trials

[caro.queffur]

To continued, some references for the head,

and tests !

For this, I based my approach on my previous research, at the level of the articulation, to be able to assemble my legs.

[caro.queffur]

In the meantime, I changed my mind about the shape of the head, and I finally chose my equipment assembly, here is my line !

[m.tollemerbologna]

Pretty nice work !

[caro.queffur]

Thanks man !

[tj-works]

Nice attention to detail in the body components. Love the ribcage.

Won't lie though. His head reminds of those crocodile clips from my Science classes in my childhood. Good luck on making it!

[caro.queffur]

Aha, its' true, the ressemblance is there 🐊 ! Thanks a lot for your comment, I wish you good luck too !

[himalon]

Nice design on different body parts, especially the rib-cage.
The addition of strong back bone may help the mech to look like more strong and powerful.
Anyway, Keep fighting!!!

[caro.queffur]

It's soo cool to have feedback on my work, tkank you a lot, i will do my best !

[MarcinKulesza]

Very nice, thought-out design. Hope you'll manage to finish it on time!

[caro.queffur]

That's kind of you, I will do everything to finish on time !

[caro.queffur]

It's time for coloring ! I still have a little difficulty to decide, regarding the "aura" that I want to give to my character,

Here are my tests

sorry for poor image quality 😥

[caro.queffur]

Here is a concept of my character !

[caro.queffur]

Here is my composition for Art War IV.

[caro.queffur]

The previous background was very disappointing, not sure that this one is better