ART WAR 5 | 2D Submissions | Art World War | Canada | cedricgo

[cedricgo]

I'm not sure what I'll do yet, so let's see what I can come up with!

Name: Cédric Godin Olicard
Email: cedricgoart@hotmail.com
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[toutydroid]

Welcome to the Battlefield. Ho Ho Ho.

[cedricgo]

The fight is on Toutydr-ho-ho-ho-id

[cedricgo]

So, I still have no clue what I'm gonna really do, but I assembled this reference board based on some of the official symbols of Canada (because apparently that's a thing!) and a few other extra things.

[WeirdOwl]

Maple syrup gun!!! You have to do it Jk, looking forward to your champion.

[abdelkarim.guessous]

A hockey player type character sounds pretty cool actually! xD

[cedricgo]

Thank you @WeirdOwl and @abdelkarim.guessous!

So yeah, it's been a little while with no progress made at all In this scenario there's no better thing to do than start less than 2 weeks before the deadline! XD

Here are some quick head sketches to figure out what this guy will look like. I'm probably gonna pick one of the two at the bottom who have scribbles beside them.

[WeirdOwl]

Procrastinator much? How very artistic of you

[cedricgo]

Of course! Je suis un artiste!

[cedricgo]

Possible idea. He uses the big wood pads as shields. And I guess they can also be used offensively by hitting people with them!

[philsawyer]

'No one messes with our goalie'... pretty sure that rule is written in stone on the walls of Canadian parliament. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

[prinzmoana]

Wow I love this concept idea, very original 🤩

[cedricgo]

@philsawyer and @prinzmoana Thank you!

So the deadline is coming and I such I won't spend too much time on figuting out the pose and composition of my illustration .

My first idea was to have something dynamic with him jumping around while blocking stuff with his shields.

But then it didn't really allow me to show the flag motif that's on the shield all that much. So I did this one which is less epic, but allows me to shows the front of his shields.

I think I'll try to do a third option based of a more dynamic goaler's pose. And if I like it I'll probably go with it.

[philsawyer]

Googling 'Goalie Fights' can potentially give some pretty good pose references, considering how they have to stand and move with those huge pads on their legs. I find it gives them a strong, wide stance. It might give a bit more insight with what pose to go with.

Maybe a strong, wide stance with raised fists, the whole 'put-up-yer-dukes' sort of thing with those cool blocky pads on the arms?

I do love that first pose too!

[cedricgo]

Thanks for the feedback @philsawyer

It's pretty rough, but I think I like this. I might change it a bit, butI get to show the pads' front and it's more dynamic than my second one.

[sparksofdawn]

I love his expressions from earlier, he's gonna be awesome! I agree with the previous comment about the stance, the hockey goalies have a very specific stable stance, but the lunge can be cool as well!

[philsawyer]

Vicious uppercut, love it!

[cedricgo]

Thanks guys!

Here's me trying a more goalie pose. I dig it. I feel this defensive pose fits better with the kind of personnality I had in mind for him.

So in the end think it'd be between that one and the lunge one I posted just before. I'll think about it and decide tomorrow

[cedricgo]

So I quickly sketched an inbetween pose as I thought neither of the two I had quite worked with what I had in mind. And I like this one better. It's still defensive, but has a bit more movement to it

And heres my very messy comp. He'll be in a snowy place with trees around. He'll be protecting a little creature by blocking various projectiles.

[cedricgo]

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