ART WAR 4 | 2D | War of the Elements | Water Medic | thea-jacobsen

The final sketches

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So after much back and forth I essentially combined the two sketches above, hoping to convey a feeling of desolate searching. A simple medic looking for someone to heal.

First i drew the one on the left, which i liked, but I felt i could push the backpack even further. This is sci-fi after all, why would it not be ridicously big. So that's what I did and how I ended up with the sketch on the right. I'm gonna use that as my final sketch I think, but I'll still need to figure out the colours and how the line art will fit together.

Oh and if someone was wondering the backpack is not only a tank of water, but also has basic and advanced medical supplies, defibrilator and basic mechanical bone saw. The tubes are a part of a water cooling system in the armour to prevent overheating. And the rolls and sticks are basic stretchers that can also be used as a make-shift tent.

PROGRESS PICS

I had done some other colour experimentations, but I had to delete them because i reached my layer limit in procreate

I wanted some sort of pale ish colour pallette, since its a desert enviornment I wanted to use some desert camo colour. For the pants I also added a white stripe in the front as a visual refrence to nurses aprons during the world wars. I imagine this strip of fabric could be easily replaced. Imagine scrubs merged with an old timey nurse uniform.

I also have the red cross on the chest signifiying it's a medic (sue me, the red cross is a universal symbol). But then I also wanted the blue patch on the chest plate kind of as a rank/troupe signifier. So anyone who sees those colours know its a water medic.

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I'm always kinda scared of doing line art because so often it turns out more bland than the sketch, so I tried to use different line weights and a textured brush. Revolutionary, I know...

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I also wanted a lot of textures cause the desert is very gritty and dusty, and also give the impression that their skin was sunburnt and raw. Also added the holo map, which I imagine is what they use to find wounded and track enemy movement.

But yeah that's essentially it. I'll post the final piece in a separate post with a little flavour text, cause why not! Hope you have liked my process pictures.

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The heat warps the sun scorched sands as a lone figure shields their eyes. Rainbows of fractured light dance beautifully over the ground. Their steps are heavy from the weight of the tank. Water is scarce here and the there is honour in being its defender. Far far away they can hear the steady rumbling of war. They're heading towards it. The red blips on the map are steadily multiplying. The Medic picks up their pace, reaching the front line is the only thing that matters, they need to defend those who will finish this war.

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A tiny update to the background, but mainly just to change the logo emblem. I had edited it slighlt in the last submission and I wanted to make sure I didn’t disqualify myself. Thanks for the likes though!

Thankss! yeah I was going for sunburnt middl-eastern. Head scarf is mainly meant as like sun protection, but I see what you mean, which is a cool association i think

I agree with the arm, I kinda flaked out on it, but your comment makes me want to fix it. Thank you!

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I got some lovely feedback about the length of the forearm being too long. I tried to fix it as best i could, but its hard to do without redrawing everything. However, even if it isnt perfect it is better i think. Whenever i reopen the file i start changing small things... but its really fun to keep picking on it. Thankss for the feedback!

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Another tiny tiny update to further try fix the arm, realized i hadn`t carried the highlight from the bicep over to the bend in the elbow making it look kinda strange, so here is the fix for that!