ART WAR 5 | 2D Submissions | Art World War | Canadian Thunderlord | philsawyer

philsawyer 2021-01-10 18:29:27 UTC #1

Combining the most terrifying aspects of Canadian Geese with the power and mystique of a First Nation's warrior. The Thunderlord!

Name: Phil Sawyer
Email: philippersb@gmail.com
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Character Concept and Final Illustration

philsawyer 2021-01-10 18:35:49 UTC #2

Representing Canada, this is going to be interesting, to say the least...

philsawyer 2021-01-10 20:01:47 UTC #3

Some potential ideas and reference.

philsawyer 2021-01-12 20:55:18 UTC #4

A bit of progress today, playing around with different poses, and overall shape. Some props too, deciding on what kinds of weapons to give this guy and just generally seeing where it'll take me!

prinzmoana 2021-01-15 00:07:44 UTC #5

Great expressions I prefer the look of the top left corner one. Do you have already an idea how to incorporate the canadian theme? 😊

philsawyer 2021-01-16 15:58:45 UTC #6

Some of the apparel and armour will certainly have the maple leaf motif in them! As for other icons and patterns it's a little hard to say.

Aside from the cultural histories of the First Nations, since it's so young, Canada doesn't have much to its name that hasn't been stereotyped to death. Maybe crossed hockey sticks...

philsawyer 2021-01-16 16:01:27 UTC #7

Will probably lean toward more of the top left too, playing around with a more dynamic pose doesn't seem to be working out all that well, despite the really cool neck of the goose.

cedricgo 2021-01-17 00:19:42 UTC #8

That should be awesome, haha! I look forward to see more.

philsawyer 2021-02-07 19:52:50 UTC #9

Little more progress today, think I got a pose I like with that middle one. I'll need to play around a bit with clothing/armour. Bit more research is needed I think with potential war paint and regalia...

philsawyer 2021-02-14 18:09:39 UTC #10

Playing around a bit with values and some detail ideas. I'm pretty happy with the overall pose! NO idea how i'm going to colour this yet...

philsawyer 2021-02-23 22:08:50 UTC #11

Played around with some styles of axe/tomahawk

philsawyer 2021-02-23 22:11:29 UTC #12

Bit more render and detail work, still a ways to go but i'm happy with where it's going!

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gabs-fg 2021-02-25 05:03:07 UTC #13

wooowww so rendered looks great!!

studio-petercools 2021-02-25 07:50:28 UTC #14

cool! love the weapon designs

j_r_c_06 2021-02-25 16:44:17 UTC #15

I saw Canadian-cobra-chicken in the title and I NEEDED to see it, gonna say... it does not disappoint!, this is one of the greatest things I've seen all day.

philsawyer 2021-02-26 19:09:59 UTC #16

Bloody terrifying birds XD

philsawyer 2021-02-27 00:52:41 UTC #17

Finished the base and rendering, now to somehow tackle the colour. Self-teaching digital painting hasn't been easy, but i'm pretty delighted with how this is starting to come together!

philsawyer 2021-03-10 23:22:33 UTC #18

Almost there, bit more polish and details where I can think of them... And of course the character sheet.

studio-petercools 2021-03-11 15:06:45 UTC #19

Cool! I like the colors. I think the piece could benefit from a bit of framing. Maybe the right wing gets cut off for example.

philsawyer 2021-03-11 18:59:32 UTC #20

I do believe you're correct, i'll have to see about trimming it down. It just hurts to have to slice off background details that i'm actually kinda happy with.