Dec '19

I had the idea to make a flame knight, sort of his soul fused with a flame, posessing a suit of armor. Gotta say that I almost didn't enter this since I was having trouble coming up with a design but on a sleepy stuborn state I made some doodles and got inspired again.

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Dec '19

I made a sketch with 3 color palettes. I'm not very fond of the second one but it seemed good at the time I was painting. The third one is more on the theme of "soul fire" at least on my point of view. The first one was the idea that I had to beggin with.

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Dec '19

Wow looks good!
Personally I like the last one best. You mentioned that the soul fused with the flame to posess the armor and I agree that the greenish one is looking more soullike so it might be better fit for the story you are telling.

Dec '19

The last one is also my favourite but I'm a bit relunctant to proceed with it because I fear the colour goes a bit off-topic. But thank you.

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Jan '20

A cleaner color version of the character. Not in any pose or anything. Just trying to paint it a bit nicer and will update once all the color has been polished.
Work has been hard and the will to draw anything is very low but I will try to submit a finished work for the contest.
Edit: I decided to shorten the clothpiece. The first version felt too much on the character.

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Jan '20

The clothing looks very fiery too, have you thought of incorporating more of the fire as the actual clothing or just going with the head and shoulders? I hope you learn a lot from this experience and really enjoy it!

Jan '20

My idea is to paint the tips in the cloth in a more yellowish tone, in a transition from cloth into actual flame or flame like clothing. I'm still undecided though, but by the time I finish this piece I hope to have made up my mind. And thank you, I am enjoying the experience although I'm producing at a very slow pace.

Jan '20

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Here is the finished choloured sketch. Next I might start on the final project. I'm quite pleased on how it's turning out. The thing I like the least is the flames as I can't seem to draw them properly.

Jan '20

Hey hey ! Cool project !
I personally have a big preference for your greenish colour set but the red work as well !

Jan '20

Oh thank you. I also have a preference for the green one but i was afraid to use it. I think it might be a bit off the flame theme by being green rather than red.

Jan '20

I liked the green one too. Fire is fire, if you paint it well enough I doubt people would confuse it for anything else. Red and green go well together too, so you can add warm colours to the clothing anyway.

Jan '20

Reply to

moirae

Red and green only remind me of those tacky christmas decorations. I couldn't mix those two in my project because I'm 100% sure I would end up hating hit. I'm now considering a lot changing it to the green one. The feedback I got here, plus feedback at home, plus my own taste, make me think it's a mistake to go against what I like best in favour of red fire. Dunno if I can paint it well enough though. But without trying I'll never know.

Jan '20

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Oceane_Roh

I'm seriously thinking swaping the palette to the green one based on feedback plus my own tastes. It's the one I like best after all. Hope I can do it right though. Thanks for your feedback :wink:

Jan '20

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Just some character practice I'm working at the moment. I don't feel like starting the final project right now since I'm still missing the idea of how to do it. Will update it once it's done or colored.