Jan '20
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I can't believe I didn't check out your entry until now. Really beautiful design! I also happen to be a sucker for warm tones and fiery themes, this is some great eye candy to behold. I like how the contrast leads the eye to the center of the design.

My only concern is in your final illustration making sure that the character reads clearly. In the most recent image of the full concept (I understand it's just a concept sheet and not the final illustration) I find it slightly difficult to make out the facial features, just because of the molten lava oozing down the face obscures its readability. I worry the design may be a little overcrowded in a few places?

To be quite blunt it is a nice illustration of your design but as a reference sheet/character design sheet it's a little hard to read or see where everything is, if that makes sense? For such a complex design I feel it deserves full on front and back view concepts. But that's not really relevant this time around because they are only going to be looking at the final illustrations.

All in all a wonderful and red hot design, keep up the great work! :smiley:

(also don't forget we gotta clearly incorporate the emblem in the design somewhere, if it is in there and I just didn't see it, my bad!)

Jan '20

This is definitely an amazing draw to express the mood and the colours. I can really feel the story of your character !
I may have the same concerns than obsidiante about the readability of your character in "real" situation but it will certainly depend of your composition.
(You like angels like character don't you ?)

Jan '20

Thank you everyone for the kind words! I didn't expect feedback like this so I'm both really happy with my work and that you all like him!

Jan '20

Reply to

obsidanite

Omg thank you so much for the compliments and feedback! I agree with you wholeheartedly, and I share the same concerns. What I'll probably do is that because the character is so big anyway (like mountain big) it's It's likely we'll only see part of him in the final piece anyway. His wings are certainly far too big to have on the whole page, and I'll really only focus on the torso up! I struggled a little with the skin tone and making it blend seemlessly whilst also having it stand out, but I also do agree with the lava running down his face. In the final I'll make it simpler, and probably not have the glow from underneath his helmet.

Reference sheet wise you are also right, I only intended for it originally to be a simple flat tone sheet with no detail or painting. I either got too ahead of myself or just had too much fun rendering it. I do have the original file though so I'll release a flat colour and no paint version too, and that should help with readability! I have plenty of time so I might honestly do the back and side sheets too, and I'd like more indepth closeups of what his crest looks like, and maybe even some mood sheets and how that reflects on him! The emblem I was planning to have on the front of the crest but in this case I totally forgot lol I think I might put it somewhere else though like maybe the sword... Hmm..

Thank you so much for this feedback, I will work on what you'd said and improve him :smiley:

Jan '20

Reply to

Oceane_Roh

First of all yes, yes angels are absolutely my jam lmao I'm not religious so it's more just for the fact they're super duper cool looking dudes.

Yes I do also agree, I always go a little too far on details so I'll try tone it down for the final. I want to work on atmosphere and scale for my final piece anyway so I've planned not to even use most of his body

(Oh and, can anyone tell me how to reply to multiple responses at once? Unless I'm just dumb I can' seem to figure it out lmao)

Jan '20

I don't think you can replay to multiple post in the same time but you can tag multiple people on the same post.

Jan '20

omg I feel so dumb thank you I didn't realise I could tag people

Jan '20

Wow! This is epic!!! Amazing work so far!!! Can't wait to see more!

Jan '20

Working on commissions today so I didn't get any work done for Phaedrus, but I did revisit the full body of him and took away all the painting basically and made it flat shading so I can show the design and colours off better! Any feedback is welcome! I'm thinking of making his floaty drapery more red to purple in tone as I don't like the pale fleshy kinda colour and I want to make it richer in colour. I did mess around with some but I wasn't really happy with much. I did maker it lighter with these flats though as I felt the value with conflicting and wanted to make it read better. Any suggestions?

Jan '20

I almost like this simpler version better, he looks so elegant and clear. I love how the drapery looks like billowing smoke, its so cool!

Jan '20

Thanks! Yeah I tweaked a few of the colours and values so they purposefully read better and it is clearer too. I want to find this balance when i come to doing the final piece, so it's likely some individual elements will change (such as the colour of the rocks for example)

Jan '20

Well it's awesome so far and I can't wait to see the final!

Jan '20

Reply to

nesokaiyoh

already looking a lot better on the side of readability. I agree on the color changes you have planned, the pale fleshy color on the drapery is almost unsettling to the eye, lol. Would definitely say to keep it if you were aiming for something more horrifying, but this guy, he's so majestic, he deserves all the richest and most regal of colors ;D

I think you could keep some of the molten lava coming out of his chest where the blade protrudes, as well on the hands, I think it'll read fine - maybe just be a bit more sparing with where and how you place them and I think it'll look awesome! Not sure how familiar you are with principles of design, but I'd take a look at doing a few studies on the principles of design to inform your designs in the future if you want. I use this exact document as a reference when I need to brush up on a certain element of design:
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-rgrXVLTUJoY%2FVLPunEtz_PI%2FAAAAAAAAAP8%2Fxm0DRmVhpSc%2Fs1600%2Fprinciples_design%252Bcopy.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

Looking great, this is gonna be a delicious illustration, yum!

Jan '20

@obsidanite Oh the lava will still be in the same places as was featured in the previous one, I omitted it for the sake of clarity and readable purely so you can see the colour of his skin! He will still be leaking so don't worry xD But yes, I will review his colours a little bit, overall happy with most of it, just the rocks and drapery that don't look right to me. Thank you for the link I'll be sure to read over it, and I'll be doing more sketches and mini paintings for Phaedrus so I can get him looking prim and proper for the final piece! Thanks again for the feedback :smiley:

@tck Thanks so much! And nah, I've only really been here a few days, I still have so much planned for this challenge!

Jan '20

Reply to

nesokaiyoh

OMG! I lovee the design of your character! The color palette is very vibrant!! Maybe change the color of the dagger to a cold one, to accentuate that someone else attacked him