ART WAR I 2D I Skatral I Albaest

[joshculpart]

I love your linework!

The skulls are super cool, and the first dragon in the second image has a really cool shape to him.

Looking forward to seeing how your image progresses!

[rgdraw]

Looks interesting, looking forward to see more

[berrysquare]

Nice work. Love your sketch style! I will be waiting to see what comes next!

[albaest]

Thanks! I am really excited to design a creature this time

[albaest]

Thank you! I hope I can finish all this stuff on time, I am a bit late to this.

[berrysquare]

Naahh... 15 more days to go. I am sure you will be doing great!!

[albaest]

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NEXT UPDATE:

Here is the thing that has made me develop this character and the concept behind it:

How could I design this creature after being trapped there, without any chance of escape while it eats just enough to survive lost in the interior of the ruins, the knight suddenly just a dead corpse, and its body is groving but it´s not strong enough to scape in that first decades. How its anatomy developed and twisted to make the holes and adapt to the prison to make it its home.
It gaves me the chance to make its wings pale, like an insect, all the color washed out from its body after being in the darkness so long, only its decorated head remains with a touch of the coloured palette its scales could have once. Skull bone shows in some parts of its head, the tail is twisted from being inside the cage too long, the wings had to adapt to being the arms, more muscled, its fingers endured to support the heavy load, for the real arms are still trapped there, between the cage and the armor that hangs, few times can be seen, scratching the metal.
Designing the head with six eyes and with that weird bone and muscle has been a challenge to make it work in form and in the general silhouette.
Sure it ends with some weird care for its deceased owner and caretaker, the knight that still hangs from the cage. And a dragon with some Stockhlom syndrome I think
The dragon keeps the head with the helmet and it has a special place in its nest, now the entrance of the ruins where it has lived all this years. Takes care that nothing touches the rests of its knight and it has always a fire near on. The gold it founds it keeps inside the armor, maybe has an offering, maybe to always carry the treasure, this nobody knows for sure.
Strange customs of a dragon left alone for too long and still grieving.

So, updates of the dragon body and design, also, armor knight sketch and final

ps: have a lot of work recently but I have been sketching scenes for the illustration while I polish the concept image. And I am excited for this project, really enjoying it
Thanks so much for your time and support!

[rgdraw]

Great progress on the design, looks amazing

[berrysquare]

interesting consept and story! I hope you find more time to draw for artwar even id you have lot of work. I like your drawings! I have a lot of work also so I totally umderstand you.

[albaest]

Thanks! You are really nice guys, really grateful for the support.
An update for the concept sheet!

[albaest]

This needs a bit polish, but posting it already
If I have time I would like to touch more the wings and the fingers there, overall I´m happy with the result
And working fast to get to the deadlines
Will try to post soon sketches of the illustration, if my slow internet cooperates for once.
We have few days I wish you all the best and a lot of inspiration!

So, here it is the view from the back of my champion!

[rgdraw]

This looks really great ! I hope you'll get time to finish !

[albaest]

Concept sheet for my character.
And I will post soon the progress on the illustration.
3days !

[rgdraw]

Great concept sheet! Good luck for the illustration !

[albaest]

Thanks
Now I´m back at my pc I can upload some progress shots
A large piece, putting the dragon in center, maybe defending some people from some raiders, I still have to decide it. Green and cold colors I think

[albaest]

Update for the Illustration!
A lot of work still for the lights, texture and the knights but I really like the pose for the dragon and working hard!
From a green palette and a rough idea

[albaest]

More work done for my champion!
Still need some work texture and details
Getting there bit by bit!
Thanks for watching!

[rgdraw]

Looks nice! Can't wait to see it finished

[albaest]

Thanks so much for the support @rgdraw
And phew, I did it.
Here it is! Protecting villagers from raiders!

Like to think of my champion has one with a personal view of good and bad.

FINAL ILLUSTRATION:

Skatral The Wingless One

Some bits I wrote while thinking of my Champion background and the scene:

The local people knew about it, it is a figure that has been twisted from legends and tales in the night.
Some of them even recall from long years ago, the great figure of the knight, carrying a big jail in his back while asking for the old ruins to never be seen again... The
elders say the dragon still remembers its master and that´s why it still wanders the place, some who defends its intelligence says it knows it must follow the code its master followed while alive.
They respect it and leave it alone, they know well that, while the main body is trapped there, the creature is able to breathe fire and move nimbly with its wings now two strong arms. Terrifyingly swift for the ones unfortunate enough to try to sneak and steal from its nest.

What they know later it´s that the dragon, in its particular vision of the things, doesn´t attack hunters when it meets them by chance in the forest, doesn´t like to be disturbed when it is devouring a sheep, just walks by the village from time to time to get somewhere and that it protects them when danger is upon the villagers.
After a girl and his brother ran into the ruins fleeing from the attackers a year ago,
fearing the blades and raiders more than the chance of meeting the dragon in his nest, the beast had suddenly appeared observing curious the scene behind the falls.
For a few seconds brother and sister stared frozen just doubting what would be their end, now trapped between the two evils. Fortunately the dragon focused on the raiders and had shrieked towards them unleashing its fury.
One of the wings as the girl said later, was in front of them, almost like a shield for the two kids. The smell of burned hair and meat filling their noses in their way back home minutes later, unscathed and still with the fear inside but alive.
So that´s a bit how the story goes, village feels in debt, gives the dragon meat and cleans the entrance and shrine from time to time. The people grows less weary when near the dragon and the mysterious creature seems to let them and observe with curiosity. Maybe a part of it welcomes them and likes the contact that fills the years of solitude trapped deep in the ruins.

[rgdraw]

You're welcome ! And congrats you did it !
Really nice work