ART WAR 5 | 2D Submissions | Art World War | The Mongolian Rider | Gondo

Gondo 2020-12-29 01:11:14 UTC #1

My first Idea was someone riding a war horse. I chose Mongolia as nation because after short thinking I had a plan.

I try to update when I reach certain points.

Now It is time for some ArtWar! ^^

midnightmoon-shortline 2020-12-29 01:24:13 UTC #2

Good luck! ^^

Gondo 2020-12-31 17:02:55 UTC #3

I finally found some time to figure out some Ideas. I know it is really ugly at the moment, but it will get better with the next posts ^^

I think I will go with the 2nd one but do some minor changes or additions.

Currently, I think just about the character. Weapons and the horse stuff will comes later

So the next post will be a cleaned up front view line art version of the character

Gondo 2021-01-03 01:06:18 UTC #4

Here is the final sketch of my character. Next I turn the sketch into a cleaner lineart version before going to value and color. The look of the horse and the weapons I will do separately and show that in the concept sheet next to the character. (the sword is just there because it is tied to the armor)

Gondo 2021-01-07 19:30:35 UTC #5

And here is the cleanup.

I sadly can not take as much time as I want to. Maybe I will do the concept just in flat colors and use values just in the final illustration, but I am not sure yet.

Either way the next thing will be the concept for the horse and other equip. After that comes color

Gondo 2021-01-11 16:59:17 UTC #6

So the concept is set.

I really struggled with the colors because I wanted the blue from the flag in there but together with the red it always felt a bit wrong. But I think to make the metal a bit bluish works well and the blue for the emblems is not too much.

The horse and the bow I left a bit sketchy just to get a direction. There might be some minor ideas to add in the Illustration.

So next I will take on a final Illustration. Therefore, I hopefully will take me way more time than for the concept ideas. I try to make some update posts here and there

prinzmoana 2021-01-14 23:57:51 UTC #7

I love the clothes and all the little details you put in there. One question, is it on purpose that the arrows are so short? I mean is it a certain sort of mongolian arrow, or was it a design choice? 😄

Gondo 2021-01-16 12:14:41 UTC #8

Well, I first thought on a kind of short bow which can not use the long standard arrows. But now i have a bit the feeling that they are a bit too short too ^^

Gondo 2021-01-16 16:38:02 UTC #9

Btw after some thumbnailing and thrown away sketches i choosed an idea

this is the sketch for the illustration I decided to go for

It is a night scene with 2 warm light sources in the form of fire and the moonlight from the back. There is a simple landscape with mountains in the background and for the foreground I wanted a bit of movement.

All in all I am happy with the idea and will work on this further

Gondo 2021-02-28 20:02:02 UTC #10

Finally, I am finished

"It is the red rider of Mongolia. She wanders through the Land and Hunts Evil creatures at night."
This was the initial Idea

In the last days I was really frustrated by working on this peace because I was not able to do what was in my imagination.

I noticed that I need to learn a lot more when it comes to paint night scenes. Especially in the background I felt lost. I also need to learn how to use multiple light sources correctly.

So I need to study more and work on other things where I have more motivation for right now. Maybe I will do some more edits in the final days of this project but for now I think I am finished. ^^