FINAL | ARTWAR 2 | 2D | Akantha | deivcalviz

deivcalviz 2018-01-03 14:10:10 UTC #1

Name: David Villegas ( Deiv Calviz )
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Side: Dark
Character Name: Akantha
Idea: She is a summoner of demonic creatures. At first glance she looks human with decorative dark armor but as you look closer, it is actually part of her. She can summon multiple forms of grotesque creatures.
Story: A god of the underworld awoken in her deep slumber. She longs to find and kill the gods who cursed her.

Final Illustration:

Concept Sheet:

mr_dessin 2018-01-03 19:01:41 UTC #2

Welcome back @deivcalviz !
Can't wait to see your art again

Best of luck and inspirations !

deivcalviz 2018-01-16 16:52:33 UTC #3

Sorry for disappearing! Lets just say I procrastinated too much playing games lately.. Here are my studies. I went straight to the front view instead of doing thumbnails. I felt like these are more usable than those tiny random thumbnails.

I chose the last one here but with less skin.

deivcalviz 2018-01-18 14:12:39 UTC #4

Very busy with gaming.. lol.. here's my chosen champion of darkness. Will render this now. Thanks for looking!

deivcalviz 2018-01-21 07:50:00 UTC #5

slow progress... aiming to finish tomorrow

rgdraw 2018-01-21 17:37:26 UTC #6

Something cool I missed again! Really great work dude

EllyettWee 2018-01-21 18:37:55 UTC #7

Very cool character - I like the colour palette you chose and can't wait to see her in action ^-^

evehartman 2018-01-21 20:23:00 UTC #8

Nice! I really love your design I do feel that she could use a complemantary colour besides the green in the design, I think it would probably make the details pop out more. Can not wait to see how you will progress

deivcalviz 2018-01-22 14:23:33 UTC #9

Thank you very much! I feel like I'm also missing out on the other entries. I will check around for your works!

I can't wait for the illustration too! I want to make her feel as epic as those MTG planeswalker artworks.

Thanks for the feedback! I actually want her colors to be simple and minimalist, maybe like Malificent or Hela so I will stick with this simple color scheme.

deivcalviz 2018-01-22 14:32:44 UTC #11

Here is the finished front view! I'm doing the back view now. I like this so far but feel free to crit.

I have been playing starcraft 1 and 2 lately and I feel like I was influenced by Kerrigan a bit. Other than that, I also saw some epic korean artworks from sangsu-jeong so I'm definitely influenced by them. I think it's perfectly fine to take inspiration from existing stuff and make it your own.

rgdraw 2018-01-22 14:50:24 UTC #12

Bad ass work dude! And it's true there's a bit of Kerrigan vibes in her but like you said it's fine to have influences

mdashow 2018-01-22 15:07:47 UTC #13

Great work! Really distinctive silhouette and shapes overall, and simple, effective color palette. I really like how you've tightened up the details in this last post. The striping/piping on her shoulders and upper arms is my favorite detail here.
Are her "fins" - on the top of her head and end of her tail - solid or would they be semi transparent. I'm just wondering if it would look cool to see some of the tentacle behind her head showing through those fins above her head. Just a thought...
Anyhow, great work, looking forward to seeing what you do with her for the full illustration. Good luck and have fun!

deivcalviz 2018-01-24 13:48:46 UTC #14

Great idea about the semi transparent fins. I can edit it to be like that. I'm really glad you like it so far!

Anyway, here is an update on the back view. I'm just gonna leave it at this style to save time.

deivcalviz 2018-01-24 16:31:29 UTC #15

Finally done with the concept sheet. Time to start the illustration!!

(updated the artwar logo)

rgdraw 2018-01-24 17:12:11 UTC #16

Awesome! Can't wait for the illustration !

deivcalviz 2018-01-30 15:55:27 UTC #17

Here's the start of the illustration!

I had an art block again and my PC was dying on me. Cleaning it seemed to resolve the issue.

Anyway, here I didn't really do much but change her poses. I'm curious what you guys like better.

EllyettWee 2018-01-30 21:34:51 UTC #18

In my opinion B has the most interesting pose, but all 3 version seem a little bit unbalanced - maybe you should switch the claw or whatever is in the foreground to the right bottom corner to get a counterweight for the character and also not to hide her that much. Otherwise I would use C - with her hand and the fireeffect in the centre there is a good focus but here I think as well that the claw in the foreground takes to much space. Oh and I like the background of A most

Either way I like the color and the light scheme of your illustration and can't wait to see your progress ^-^

Tesat 2018-01-30 21:40:39 UTC #19

I agree with @EllyettWee B looks better

mdashow 2018-01-30 22:42:19 UTC #20

To provide a contrasting opinion, i like B the least out of all three.
To me, B's pose says "look, I've got shapely curves, look at how sexy I am," while A is much more standing proud, like she's going to defeat you in battle. The raised leg is nice in C, but otherwise, it's not clear what she's trying to convey.
Anyhow, great mood in all of them and nice work on the character sheet!

rgdraw 2018-01-30 22:58:20 UTC #21

Well I don't mind the "look I'm sexy" of B, if your body is weapon, you can use it x)
A is cool too, but I feel like C could work great, the pose need to be more fierce and dominant, stronger, (sorry i can't find the word i want it's quite annoying xD ) I hope you see what i mean!
Hope I could help and good luck for the artblock and computer being an ass (I know that too well man ) You can it !!!