I'm guessing you sketched those in pencil? Awesome to see someone working out their ideas with traditional media first.
I like the design in the center but I like the shoulder pads from the one on the left where she's on fire.
Yes, it's in pencil, I like to do my sketches with traditional media, it helps me think better and I have more fun doing it. Thank you for the feedback, I also liked the shoulder pads! Will continue to work on her design!
Which one do you like the most?
I'm thinking about adding more chainmail to her clothing and also I want the doll to be with her, as if in her belt, like in number one.
Thank you for the help!
Number one is my personal fav! These are looking great
The way you draw the flowing fabric is really nice. These feel like realistic, grounded clothing designs. I think for me the one on the left is the strongest. But I do like the boots on the one on the right a lot.
I liked all of them, pretty solid and grounded designs. I think it comes to what role she plays, the first with the square shapes giving a tankier look, and the others more slender and agile, specially the last one.
Thank you so much! Number one is really everyone's favorite! Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for the feedback! I really did a lot of research, that helped me a lot to make the designs more grounded. I like the boots on number 3 (the one on the right) too!
Thank you for the feedback, it's very helpful! You are right, it really depends on the role she plays, I have a general idea but need to move on to more specific details. There are some elements in all the numbers that can contribute to her design, so in the final version I will put together the best ones...
Thinking about the designs for her shield and sword and finally stepping into some digital sketching. I feel like I need to tell a little more about her story so that her design makes more sense...
For those who don’t know, Vasilisa is a character from an old Russian tale. The tale is called "Vasilisa, the beautiful", and tells the story of a young girl who as mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister (just like Cinderella). One day, they planned on killing Vasilisa by putting out the fire of their fireplace and sending her to the forest to ask for fire from Baba Yaga, who was an evil witch hat most likely would kill her and eat her flesh. Meeting with Baba Yaga, she was told to do a series of house chores that seemed impossible. But Vasilisa had with her a doll given to her by her mother, a doll who gave her advice on how to overcome all the challenges Baba Yaga proposed to her. Therefore, after she completed all the tasks, she earned from the witch a stick with a skull on it, with fire inside to lit back her fireplace. She came back home and when she arrived, the skull burned her stepmother and stepsisters to death, setting the young girl free from torment. In some versions of this story, she marries a prince in the end.
In my redesign, Vasilisa came to Baba Yaga to ask for freedom of her life of servitude to her evil family, and after completing a few tasks, she received a magic sword with a skull on it that could project fire and burn enemies, so she could kill her evil stepnother and sisters, but in exchange had to promisse to serve Baba Yaga forever as a mercenary.
Vasilisa is a young female knight who doesn't care too much about marrying an enchanted prince, since she doesn't need any. Also, she is skilled in battle, but very fragile, using her armor and shield as a way to show that she can also be tough and merciless (hence the big shoulder pads). The doll is constantly there with her, always telling her what to do when she needs help.
Her shield was also given by Baba Yaga and has her face on it as a way to intimidate enemies. I tried different designs for the shield but definitely prefer it with Baba Yaga’s face on it.
The sword is a character of its own. It is intelligent and can use its power of ts own will, belonging to Vasilisa but not necessarily obeying her command.
I really recommend that any of you who didn't know Vasilisa's tale before to read it, it's really great and has a lot of other details that I didn't mention here. There are other stuff related to this character that I will reveal little by little in order not to bore any of you, but the summary is basically that...
Anyway, feel free to give any feedback, it's really helpful!
1 is a classic sword, but I'm also a big fan of 5 and 6. They all go really nicely with her design!
Woaw, Really cool story, I love these kind of character developement !
For the sword design I like the 1 which is really classic and well balance but I also love the way the 7 remind me fire !
For the shield, your left one is certainly the most impressive and it will surely bring fear upon the enemys and I love the shape as well !
Thank you, it's great to know that you liked the story! The shield and sword are really hard to work on, so the feedback is very helpful, thanks a lot!!
Doing some color tests for vasilisa, nothing too refined. I used such colors to remember fire, and I tried different colours for the veil and skirt, but liked it better red. Which one do you think is the best? I personally like number 3 the most...
Nice progress on the character! I am looking forward to see more.
Thanks! I will post more soon!
Took me a while to finish this one... I'm not a professional and still learning about digital art, but it's the best that I could do. I know that a concept sheet is not necessary for the competition, but I wanted to do it.
I still want to do a lot more, but I'm already going to start thinking of my final composition for her.
All the support that I received from all of you has been really good for me and kept me going, so thank you so much!
As always, feel free to give feedback, positive or negative.
