ARTWAR 2 | 2D | The Darkest Princess | frankenstejin

[evehartman]

Would have to agree with tbrk, third design is the most interesting at the moment.

[frankenstejin]

Thanks for all your feedback, appreciate it a lot
@alexbrewer2238 The chakram looks great, I like it a lot. Thanks for your input, now I have a name so I can do some research.
@tbrk Yeah you're right, I should try to pop up her eyes little bit more. There are too much black and yellow already.
@evehartman I will go with the third design, I like it too ^^ the spikey shape fits to the dark theme also

[frankenstejin]

Last update before 2017 ends. I wish you a happy and prosperous New Year!

[mdashow]

Great design so far! Even though she's smiling, the eyes are pure malice. She definitely looks bad.

Great start on the weapon designs. The bottom ones have lots of spikes, which is always great shape language for evil and nasty, but I personally really like the rounder ones on the top as they are so clearly sharp and dangerous. You might consider combining aspects of both the blades and spikes for more variation and to tie them together with the jewelry pieces you posted in your previous post.
Anyhow, great work, looking forward to seeing more!

[frankenstejin]

@mdashow thanks for your reply, I totally agree with you. The spikey blades are looking interesting, but maybe little bit too much spikness.

[frankenstejin]

I found some battle inspiration with a ring blade ^^ (Tira from Soul Calibur)

[gilis-dominique]

Really love your style, that look awesome !

[frankenstejin]

Not much progress for today. Anyway I decided to give her a big ring blade which need some cool design and two little fellows at the end of the cape arms. She can spin around and make her enemies flee. Also I fixed the eyes, the gloves and much more detailed stuff.

@gilis-dominique Thank you ^^

[Tesat]

I love what you did with the hands and the ring blade suits her well and I believe you are going to design a much better ring blade soon

[frankenstejin]

Thanks ^^ She needs the gloves for the sharp blade edges haha

[frankenstejin]

Photobashed real quick the composition to check the values and light. This looks pretty red, holy moly, I should fix it little bit. Any suggestions to improve the composition/values?
Appreciate your feedback ^^

[mdashow]

The warm colors are really sumptuous! Her values are pretty similar to the ones behind her so she doesn't pop that much. (Ditto the underside of her cloth.) The ring blade is a great framing element and helps frame her well, but having stronger value contrast would also be a help.
Good luck!

[frankenstejin]

Thanks @mdashow I'll try to fix the contrast. Those hints are great.

[Tesat]

I like the idea that she's in some sort of Indian palace but the comp kinda lacks to show her epicness , maybe you can have a little story going on in the piece ( doesn't have to be complicated, it can be as simple as fighting the enemy), maybe you can try different dynamic poses , angles, lighting. Also you can add something interesting to the background/ foreground. I really like her design tho. I hope this ends up something awesome

[frankenstejin]

@tbrk Thanks for your reply, I hope I can make something epic and don't disappoint you ^^

[frankenstejin]

The progress so far. I decided to work on the back view for a while and added some more details. Still I have to fix the cape arms. I have a new idea for that, maybe kind of cape claws. Still looking for something "perfect".

[mdashow]

Looking really nice. Love the limited palette and repeating motifs throughout. I also love just the suggestion of "cape claws," looking forward to seeing what you do with that. Good luck!

[frankenstejin]

@mdashow Thanks appreciate your feedback

[frankenstejin]

Here's the design for the cape.

[Tesat]

Are those blades on the tips?