Below: Just now realizing that could've been a shadow haha. Well, anyways, this is only the character design and with that comes the importance of knowing what he/she/it looks like from the back. At first, I was very hesitant about messing up the focus but since this is only a guide, I relented.

Below: Here I focus on the structure of his back and how it should compliment his front. lol. If I were to do a turnaround of this character would either side be equally appealing and would each provide enough information about the character on it's own..

Below: While this is a pretty big jump, hopefully, you can notice some changes I made to the front side. Okubi's back maintains the idea of flowing energy and data which I wanted to convey. I'm saving the rendering for later on in a compositional piece.

I did this in the span of 10 hours today because of a change in the tools I used. There was greater efficiency in my work process than there would have been otherwise. Now that I have a thorough understanding of who my character is (focus wise) I'll begin the phase of reiteration and trying to see how I can do better . Maybe I'll post some weapon designs as well. until then, see you guys later... :smile:

Below: These are the guns designs I've created that sort of fit the character. I really wanted to enhance the traits so I went for a more technology-driven design. Since this is my first, well second time drawing guns, I didn't have a lot of mental references. As a result, I had to eat sleep and drink weapons in order to understand the components. Hopefully, the first rendered design fits the character.

25 days later

In my next rendition, I took the same concept of technology but I wanted to move it into something more executable. I had a hard time coming up with concept scenes for the original character design but this one may show some promise.

Now I really need to speed things up. Here are some notes I left on the mechanics of the design to add more believability. I want to be invested in the end result of my drawing and knowing how my design functions is a great step in the right direction.