Yesterday and today I've been playing around a bit with the concept.
It's just some rough scribbling.
Painting fire is pretty fun.

Ahh this is much more readable! Of course mine was just a guideline but I'm glad you found it helpful! You could even make her a tad smaller to give contrast between her and the flames. Good progress so far

You have very good advice!
Making her smaller would make the scene definitely look more epic and dramatic.

I jump to the actual painting way too fast. To be honest, I believe I don't think enough before starting yet but that's why I joined the contest.
Getting into the workflow, getting feedback all while putting myself out there!

You still have 33 days left, so really you could leave the illustration a bit later and really flesh out everything else (and those thumbs) a bit more if you're not sure (and if you have the time of course haha). It's up to you though! Imo you never get a good idea on the first try. But if you really try and work on more you could end up with something even better!

I might as well do exactly that!
We'll see where this takes me.

I felt like I wanted to revise the horn design I have going for her.
Those are some examples. My favorites are Number 5 and number 2!

Ooo these are nice. I agree on 2 and 5 as well, although 6 look pretty rad

cuuute :smiley: 2 and 6 for me :wink: although depending on the angle of your final illustration 5 could be great :3

Thank you!
I asked on my twitter too, a lot of people like Number 6 .
So I am thinking of trying that one out too to see if I like it in the final draft!
I am thinking that I might have difficulties making number 6 look good in my idea but we'll see!

Thanks! Yep, it seems 6 is definitely a favorite!
I will put them all on her in the draft I have and see what I think!
Will share them here too when it's time. :smile:
I just wasn't quite satisfied with her original set.

Her original set design clashed a lot with her actual outfit, when you have horns that size and shape you can't have big shoulder designs or collars as the horns would both clip through them as well as just not look good, so I'm glad personally you decided to change them. The overall shape language of the 6th also looks more fiery so I think it suits her more!

Yes I noticed while sketching around that it did give me big problems and that it wouldn't work for attacks and such that I planned for her!
So now I scribble around with 5 and 6. 6 is turning into my favorite too because in the larger picture number 5 might not be very present anymore as they cling to her head a lot!
We will see :relieved:

I scribbled two attack poses down in my spare time.
Today I don't have too much time to work on this but I wanted to at least a bit!

Quick note for myself before I forget it.

I am thinking of working on my thumbnails and incorporating the sun in the final illustrations as that is what her people worship.
Would add another dimension to the artwork for sure.

5 is great! But yes I want them to still be a very important point in the picture and 5 would probably a bit small for that sadly!

Going to update soon again, not much time these past days (:

The following days I'll need to fix some anatomy here and tweek everything before I continue working on rendering the piece more.

Ahh nice it's coming along great! I would suggest to change the colour of the background/sky though and either make it cooler in tone to offset and contrast with the fire or have it harmonise hue wise. I think with it being so dark just behind her as well she's blending into the background and has lost silhouette and detail.