ARTWAR 2 | 2D | Whisper - The Light Walker | Wlkongg

[douglasderi]

i cant wait too hahahaha

[mystarryspace]

Looks great so far! I love the idea of the flames on your character. I think that in terms of the final composition, it would be cool if you added a path of flames/debris/magic going from Whisper to the worm, with them shrinking in size as they get farther away. This will really help to add some depth to the composition. Adding some indication of movement with the like-walk ghosts (idk what to call them) would also help, such as a motion blur or some directional lines in the direction of their movements.

[wlkongg]

Thank youuu @mystarryspace I'll be sure to add them

[wlkongg]

[wlkongg]

I've changed the ideas and background so many times haha, I think this should be an interesting one, hopefully

[jfreyz]

Aww yeah! this guy is siiick!!

Great concept, great thought process. I love it! Especially those action shot thumbnails! gah!

It's gonna be hard to beat you, even though we're on the same side

Keep it up man, this is awesome!

[wlkongg]

@jfreyz Hahaha thanks goodluck to yours tooo

[wlkongg]

I ended up scraping the previous illustration ideas because it wasn't working for me, I had a tough time figuring out what colours would work but it seems to much was going on and character did not turn out what I expected, So I've been sketching out some ideas but it keep going wrong and wrong, until i took a look at one of the professionals work "Jessica Oyhenart's Varus" I realise the the character was dominating the piece, So I tried doing that as well so I got this silhouette which look really interest

This is the pieces i scrapped:

The redo illustration piece:

and I ended flowing with the piece and got up to this bit which made me super happy and really motivated me to keep going unlike the piece before where I kept changing ideas

Sorry this is me rambling about my thought process of the illustration and an interesting phase that I went through having to give up a work and start a new one

well atleast I'm super keeen on working on this piece now

[mystarryspace]

Don’t worry about scrapping the old composition; sometimes I have to go through like 20 thumbnail sketches before I’m happy with one haha!

I think that working with some perspective would really lend a “wow” feeling to this new composition. Currently the piece looks a bit stretched horizontally (flip the image and it’ll usually help you notice things like stretching, skewing and anatomical errors), but the pose is really dynamic! Perspective and foreshortening are hard, I know, but it will help add depth to the piece. What I liked about the previous composition was that it had a foreground and background and a way of connecting the two; I think the main problem now is that the new composition lacks depth. I hope that helps

[mystarryspace]

Also, not sure if posting images as critique is allowed, but I couldn’t figure out how to put this in words:

Particle effects are always reallyyyyy fun (the blue line is there to indicate the path of the flames)

[wlkongg]

Thank youuu @mystarryspace

[mystarryspace]

No problem Good luck!

[wlkongg]

@mystarryspace Gooodluck with youurs too

[wlkongg]

Update for today, pretty burnt out haha

[wlkongg]

derp

[evehartman]

I really love how your character is evolving, and man, you have so many options for your illustration! The flames on his armoured boots are awesome

[frankenstejin]

I like the very last composition. You can focus his sun boots pretty well.

[wlkongg]

Thankk youu guys @evehartman @frankenstejin

[wlkongg]

Update for today
It's getting somewhere which is good

[wlkongg]

need to edit the flames more and change the lighting tomorrow