I'm a sucker for anything ancient Egyptian, so this is fun to watch! I'm very disturbed by the floating head one, but maybe that's a good thing?
Hehe, I do want her to give off a menacing vibe so that could be good possibly xD
Cool glad i could help, though i did like the mechanical type of aspect of detached head to her design, and was thinking why not try both long and short, short in the front long at the back(princess/queen and or nun style hood but with hair)? and for the face maybe add Anubis (dog head) type of subtle(minimal) design to one side of her face, or have some sort of glow to one eye or something of that nature. (in the Egyptian style of course) & yea for me I think less lines on the design might help bring it all together. However right now i guess it isn't so busy or you made a subtle change and it looks better now.(or viewing it so close lead me to believe it was busy) I guess in the color phase that would become more apparent right now seems fine. (i get really busy with my designing also, so i go super easy on the eyes now, worried about the details being too much for the viewer so i guess i am projecting, so sorry if you like the cloth design and would rather leave it.)
I might keep the head floating but as a sort of dark voodoo/undead resurrected thing but not go with the robotic lore, metal does rust with water so I'll have to either rewrite her background story to make more sense or go with another direction. Hehe that's no problem at all, I'm all about worrying about the details lol
I'm not entirely sure why this got deleted but here it is again, So i went ahead and did some variations for the head. I also drew her phase 1 form, which is a normal stance with no liquified parts of her body. I don't like the idea of keeping her fully human, I think I might go with the 4th option of a floating head resurrected shaman.
Yeah cool progress ! 
I prefer her with short hair,it put the emphasis on the floating head. As well phase 2 is way more cool !
Thank you! Yeah I guess I’ll go with the short hair to emphasize more on the floating. I should get started on the illustration soon, I’ll get more understanding about her mechanics more when I do!
Here are some composition sketches for my character that I still don't have a name for yet. I did however write her 2 backstories.
As you can see I experimented with 2 directions, one is fantasy and the other is scifi. Sketches 1-5 are sci-ish portraying the science experiment gone wrong in a glass domed secret laboratory/street urban area. The remaining sketching are set in the mystical forests of Hatshepsut in East Mongolia giving a more magical vibe.
What do you guys think? Which approach/comp do you like most? I feel like for the magiccal ones I'm missing a prop, an orb or a staff of some kind because it looks kinda dull with her just using her hands for water powers.
I really do like the sci-fi theme with the bad ended experiment theme, It get less contrast but I feel this is the most natural environment for her.
I guess the 1 is a really good composition and I love it, but I feel like the 5 is more suitable because we are seeing her in action
I really like No. 1 the most from a visceral perspective. The only problem is it might not fit the contest purposes compared to your other composition ideas.
No. 2 is similar to No. 1, and you can tweak it to feel more like an offensive action shot without changing the composition too much.
Otherwise, picking a different concept might be best. 5, 6 or 7 could work.
Yeah 1 is my favorite as well, but she is attacking in 1 by taking the water out of the floating bodies behind her isn't that enough to fit the rules?
Well... it might still work. It does showcase her powers and embody her element, which may be enough. I think because of how it's framed and her position in the composition, it doesn't feel dynamic enough. (It might also be because she looks like she's posing for a fashion model magazine, with how she's posed and how she's smack-dab in the middle like a magazine shot. Might just be me.)
Go with No. 1 if that's what your gut instinct feels.
ohhh you do have a point with the pose thing. I'm trying to make her look as if she's walking confidently away from the people behind her, but I'll sketch other different ways of how she could be that would look more dynamic. thanks!
I think I like number 1 more, not too sure why.
Me too, it conveys what I'm trying to show more
Also, number 2 looks unbalanced like she might fall over. Number 1 is more powerfull ever if it is more static. I might be wrong, both would probably look good when rendered. I guess it's down to what you like
best.
