ART WAR 5 | 2D Submissions | Art World War | Russian Bogatyr | grafit2122

[grafit2122]

Hello everyone!

I'm representing Russia. I think to take as a basis the image of Russian folklore hero - Bogatyr, and imagine how he might look in the near future. Maybe add some cybernetic detail to it.
In general, I will try to post here as often as possible, about how the work is progressing and what I'm currently focusing on. So if you have a comment or advice, I'd love to hear it!

Personal details:
Name: Misha Tarasov
Email: grafit2122@gmail.com
ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/grafit212
Instagram: https://instagram.com/grafit2122/
Site: https://grafit212.github.io/

[grafit2122]

Made a small selection of references

[grafit2122]

I started making sketches and now I think that in order to bring modernity and even futurism to the character, it is worth abandoning heavy armor on the chest, and maintaining recognition at the expense of smaller but more expressive attributes, such as a helmet, weapons and so on.

Posture and body type are also extremely important. Broad shoulders, musculature, outstretched chest, solid legs.

Also in the last version, I thought it would be interesting to add a faithful companion to the character. I chose the falcon, since the culture of falconry was highly developed in Russia. It has over 2500 years of falconry history. Such hunting was extremely popular with Russian princes.

[maximrybinsky]

Oh yeah, for Mother Russia!!!

[grafit2122]

I decided to work out the last concept. It seems to me an interesting idea to make a cybernetic arm, a falcon can just sit on it. I also decided to add armor on the shoulder and futuristic shield to balance the image and so that cybernetic arm would not look lonely.

Now I'm thinking about how the weapon should look like. I think it would be interesting if the weapon will resemble an old Russian scepter.
In general, I like how the image comes out. Now I will finalize the details and work on the color scheme.

[grafit2122]

Hi
Phew, this was a very impressive break. Unfortunately I was very busy. Only now I managed to devote at least a little bit to finishing the concept of the character in color.

I really hope that I will manage to finish everything before the deadline.

[oleg.evglevskyy]

great character!

[grafit2122]

Thanks @oleg.evglevskyy !

[prinzmoana]

I really love the mix between the eras and the fact that the concept still looks cohesive 🔥👍🏼