ART WAR 5 | 2D Submissions | Art World War | Mystic Shield | khalydm

khalydm 2021-02-01 22:41:41 UTC #12

It took me long enough. But at least I made a progress. Here is some costume iteration I did to find the best suit for her.

Edit log : Minor change for costume iteration

The flag color of indonesia is red and white and I had a big problem designing with only two color. So, I decided to add black color as an accent to make the character looks more appealing, and tried to stick with the actual reference I used. I hope it's not a problem.

Which one is your favorite? Love to hear what you guys think about it.

moirae 2021-02-08 15:15:15 UTC #13

I like the asymmetry of D the most.

khalydm 2021-02-08 15:24:59 UTC #14

I'm thinking to continue with D costume because it shows more powerful vibe.

For this update, here is a weapon exploration. The weapon she used are the shards, a triangular-shaped shield that levitate and move according its master. I already set that the weapon build up from 3 triangles to form trapezoid.

Which one is your favorite? Please do tell me. Personally, I like B and D and I can't choose one between these two.

Also, here is the ideation for shield movement:

When activate, this is how the weapon moved.

As defense mechanism, I'm thinking creating an energy shield from the shards. This will make the cover area a lot bigger.

I hope I can warp the concept before weekend and start the illustration next week.

khalydm 2021-02-18 12:03:38 UTC #15

Here is the character concept. Personally, I'm not sure if the black color in her costume is allowed. Since Indonesia's flag is only red and white. However, black is mostly used for color on the cultures that I use as references.

Illustration Phase
Also, here is a quick thumbnails I did. I create each thumbnail for attacking and defending position. I'm still thinking of the best way to show her power in an illustration. I might be create another sketch later.

A. Attacking action; Berlian is attacking her enemies, locking the enemy and attacking the other at same time

B. Defending action; Berlian is defending the sacred area and creating a magic shield

Love to hear your thought on this. Any crit and feedback is really appreciated. Thank you

prinzmoana 2021-02-18 12:42:15 UTC #16

Also like D the most ^^

dreamsequenz 2021-02-19 17:22:37 UTC #17

I love it such dynamic lines!!

khalydm 2021-02-20 17:58:26 UTC #18

Here is the update for the illustration. I decided to choose attacking thumbnail for her since most of people prefer this than the defending one.

To enrich the story, I decided that she would kill enemy mage first since they have lowest defend skill than others. I might add more bodies or stones to the background.

Happy weekend good peeps!

cedricgo 2021-02-21 00:29:35 UTC #19

Your character design is really neat! I look forward to see your illustration

khalydm 2021-02-24 20:57:28 UTC #20

Color rough. I'm still not sure about this, I might change it later.

studio-petercools 2021-02-25 07:59:59 UTC #21

woah this is amazing! tbh I also like the B composition a lot ^^ Don't want to make the choice harder for you tho

Pregium 2021-02-28 10:34:07 UTC #22

I agree, composition B has a much stronger appeal imho, the sense of action and movement was underlined by more diagonals and was way more funcional, also for the viewer's eye. In the coloured version there is much more to look at (wich is not always a bad thing, but it becomes more challenging to put all elements in equilibrium with a distinct hierarchy). btw very nice job so far!

khalydm 2021-03-01 22:30:50 UTC #23

Thank you very much for your valuable input @studio-petercools @Pregium
I choose A because it's more challenging and I want to push myself in this contest.

Been busy because of work. I decided to change the color as I said previously. Time to render this! God gimme strength!

moirae 2021-03-02 15:25:38 UTC #24

I thought the shield would play a bigger part in the composition as you spent a lot of time on its design, they seem more incidental at the moment.

khalydm 2021-03-18 03:41:16 UTC #25

An update, nothing much.

khalydm 2021-03-21 03:20:50 UTC #26

Another update with small tweak for the weapon. I hope I finish this on time.

khalydm 2021-03-23 21:30:47 UTC #27

khalydm 2021-03-25 12:57:02 UTC #28

An update, decided to change how her hair look for the illustration.

toby.ramrath 2021-03-25 18:47:31 UTC #29

this is so awesome

Edenwickart 2021-03-26 19:39:45 UTC #30

This is one of my favorites to check on throughout art war.

khalydm 2021-03-28 10:38:15 UTC #31

It's finally done! It was fun and stress at the same time

Here is the character concept and illustration of my ArtWar Entry

Name: Khalid M
Email: Khalydm111@gmail.com

Thank you very much for viewing my thread. Best of luck to everyone who participate and I hope for the best