ART WAR 4 | 2D | War of the Elements | Protectoris Terra | SirChargezoid

The protector of earth and forest the living element that fights for the survival of nature. He is neutral entity however if feels threatened he attacks those who oppose.

This is my first ever entry into ArtWars I have been following the contest for some time now however this year I finally found some time to take part.

Preliminary sketches and character exploration. The main source of inspirations were golems from games like League of Legends and Darksiders. I wanted to make him as bulky and 'rocky' as possible so large shape language was very important in the early stages.

CnC Always Welcome

Some more exploration with more wood based character.

After I have decided what characters I like the most from the preliminary sketches I started mix and matching them together solidifying my shape language and character design.

After I have decided on the final character design I went on playing with the colour and over all mood of the character.

Going back to grayscale here are thumbnails of pose exploration. I wanted the character to be posed in attack pose however in the final composition I went the complete opposite and decided to go with a defence pose. I will be posting the final entry as soon as I am done tweaking it.

Working on the Composition of the final piece

Thank you. Im planning on finishing the design today so will for sure play around with this idea

Experimenting here with some colours and blurs. I do like the red with dark blue sky but everyone is urging me to go with the light one.