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[vigilantcolossus]

A Croatian soldier with a theme mostly inspired by Croatian culture and memes about slavic people in general.

[vigilantcolossus]

So here is the initial concept.
I wanted to incorporate Croatian folk dress designs mixed with an early 90-s Croatia war aesthetic considering how the Country was started, which largely influenced what it is today and still does to some extent.

I may change the design but I'm fairly happy with this.

[Brush_Tony]

It looks so cool! One suggestion: for me that red\white pattern is what makes it SCREAM Croatia! And you have an amazing place for this pattern: on that pads on his jacket!
90's war aesthetic is a very nice hint!

[vigilantcolossus]

Thanks

The pads on the lower part of the jacket were actually kind of imagined as like armor. Kind of like how certain leather armor looks. Not sure what it is called. Padded armor i think?

However I think that adding a big Croatian Checkerboard pattern like that would draw too much attention from the rest of the design.

I actually made some variants just to explore how I could add things that are more obviously Croatian. I'll post them in a minute.

[vigilantcolossus]

So here are a couple variants I did. I think I'll take the parts I like from each of them and just make an amalgamation with some adjustmenets just to make sure all of the accents and small details fit together nicely.

[Brush_Tony]

Wow! It looks so nice and unusual! Good luck with designs, you're already on the right track)

[prinzmoana]

My favorite is the second one. I especially like the helmet, gloves and the shoulder pad.

[vigilantcolossus]

I also like the second one. I kinda feel like the last one is a tad more eye catching tho but I don't want to be too overbearing with the checkerboards cuz it might look a bit tacky.

Thanks for the feedback tho.

[vigilantcolossus]

So here is the final design more or less. I may add a few more things to the back however since it won't even be the main focus of the final piece I won't overdoo it. I would also like to implement more glagolitic writing on the design.

If you look at the sword it has glagolitic writing on it that says "tihomir" which is a name, but also means "quiet peace" which I think is Ironic and humorous for a weapon of war.

[vigilantcolossus]

Well here I am again.

Sorry for not posting.
I actually started working on the final piece. I've been playing Doom recently and I thought, you know what? I'm gonna do the piece to make it look like cover art for some kind of FPS game.

I originally wanted to just have him shown which might have been smart but I'm not smart so I made it more difficult for myself.
Yay.

So heres the WIP. Honestly I am not entirely certain if I'm gonna make it in time bu't i'll do my best.
The creatures look like vampires, mostly because they are as I wanted him to be kind of symbolically fighting corruption and basic naked pale vampires are nice, simple and to the point.

I actually had a bunch of thumbnails which I might post later and they all had some variation of this kind of an idea of him fighting some kind of corrupt abominations.

I also wanted to make the vamps look like some of our politicians but I'm allready taking ages to finish this so nah lol.

Wish me luck.

[studio-petercools]

Looks great already. Very nice composition. Not sure how busy you are but we still have quite a bit time left right? should be fine. Good luck!

[j_r_c_06]

Love the composition and the idea behind it, this guy gives the idea of a badass and a nightmare to deal with, just look at those vampires, they're screaming in fear... I like the one on the right watching his friend, that expression already tells you he is going home, his not going to be a part of this.

[vigilantcolossus]

Which one on the right, in the foreground or background? Cuz I actually just noticed that the one on the bottom right in the back kinda has this expression of "Oh fuck off this isn't even fair anymore"

[vigilantcolossus]

Thanks dude. Good luck as well.
I'm actually not even that aware of the time lol I just kinda forgot to check and got worried.

[j_r_c_06]

Yeah that one, it looks like this isn't going as planned and he wants to get the fuck out of there before it's too late... The sad part for him is, it is already too late he cannot escape his fate now, it is the night of the blade and the bullets for them.

[Pregium]

really interesting style, the clean shading with a line this thin is something you don't see that often, nice one. i feel tho you could push dynamism a bit more, maybe with some elements in the composition that are placed in the air at different dephts before the character (spark, dust, debris), hope this helps!

[vigilantcolossus]

Oh yeah I'm definitely planning on adding a bunch of flashy particles etc but I'm leaving that for the end once I have the base for everything done and shaded properly. I still have to add blood splatters from the bullet holes and I also really wanna push the lighting a bit more.

Also heres an update.
Its getting there.

[vigilantcolossus]

So I think I'm pretty much done.
Here are the final illustration along with the concept sheet...

I recommend this for the mood

I'm gonna leave it for now and think it over for the next few days, just to see if anything needs to be added or tweaked but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out in the end.

I also had concepts for some alternate guns but I thought the default tommy-gun would fit more nicely.

I might actually uploade some images of the thumbnails I had for the final illustration.

[vigilantcolossus]

Ok I just fixed up some minor details that you wouldn't even notice it without zooming in lol.
Basically I forgot to render the claws on the vampires.

So here are the final 2 pieces along with my personal details since I'm pretty sure I actually forgot to add them. Good luck guys.

• Full name: Dominik Dejanović
• Email: dominikdejanovic22@gmail.com
  *Instagram: vigilant_colossus

[daimonfist]

kills everything!!!...great job...