FINAL | ARTWAR 2 | 2D | Isaiah | aunhana

aunhana 2018-01-04 23:51:03 UTC #1

Name: Anna Berill Bartal
Email: aunhanaart@gmail.com
Website: https://www.artstation.com/aunhana | https://aunhana.deviantart.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aunhanaart

CONCEPT SHEET

ILLUSTRATION

Isaiah is an ancient temple guardian who turned against his Gods. He is a powerful warrior as well as a sly manipulator: his contagious magic affects the mind, causing confusion, doubt, uncontrollability of thoughts, which makes his opponents more vulnerable to his attacks, also it often results in turning them against their allies.

HIS BRIEF BACKSTORY: Isaiah used to be a guardian of a temple of a now forgotten era. The fold praised the Stars as deities and their guardians were ones who beared magic believed to be a gift of the Gods, given to serve and guard the Temple.

Isaiah turned against their Gods. With finding out how his sacred magic could be manipulated, he became corrupted, wielding enough power to destroy the temple and wipe out/turn the faithful within. Now, he roams between the ruins as he became a walking representation of his doubt, hatred and anger.

Hello everyone!

I'll be creating a character supporting the DARK side. Something more “ancient evil”.

I did some rough brainstorm sketches while having a basic idea of what I want him to look like and focusing mainly on his armor for now.

aunhana 2018-01-07 20:15:11 UTC #2

Sharing my progress so far. I cleared up his concept and made some color variations:

My personal favorite is 4/1, but nothing is set in stone. Feel free to share your opinion and thoughts with me!

Tesat 2018-01-07 21:18:22 UTC #3

3 looks good as well

aunhana 2018-01-08 10:22:44 UTC #4

Thank you for the feedback @tbrk! I'm glad you like that one!

Mellowochi 2018-01-08 20:22:21 UTC #5

Great clothing design! It has a clustered feeling but is still easy to look at and discern.

aunhana 2018-01-09 00:13:25 UTC #6

Thank you really much @Mellowochi!

I tried to finalise his design and colors. In the end, I decided to go with my favorite variation, though changed the lights rather to a more greenish-turquoise color.

I also decided to changed the way the cloth is attached to the one around his waist as I felt like it might would be a bit too much. I kind of like it better this way, but it's a detail I'm still not 100% sure about. What are your opinions regarding this: shall I leave it or was it better before?

Mellowochi 2018-01-09 07:42:03 UTC #7

I think it's improved! I like how you went with the green light but kept the all earthy tones in the clothing. I think the green does really well as the biggest highlight color for earthy tones! I'm not sure if it will work, but, exploring using more greens in what you already have might make it even better. Just a possibility though.

aunhana 2018-01-09 18:48:30 UTC #8

I'm glad you think so @Mellowochi, thank you! Good suggestion; I'm currently working on finishing his reference sheet and added a motif to his armor where I could add more of the highlight color. It won't be too much but might be just enough.

aunhana 2018-01-09 23:24:52 UTC #9

THE CONCEPT SHEET

I'll add some information about him later on.

aunhana 2018-02-03 18:01:49 UTC #10

After a little break, I finally started doing the illustration!

My concept is Isaiah powerfully standing before the ancient temple he used to be a guardian of. Smoke and his corrupted magic spreads around him while he is ready to strike, probably a last killing blow on his victim from which perspective we see the scene.

Feel free to let me know what you think!

evehartman 2018-02-03 18:15:06 UTC #11

Nice work, great additions with the cog-wheel details! The lantern with the green light suits the dark theme best, good decision. I also like the dynamics of your first illustration draft, so keep it up!

aunhana 2018-02-04 19:23:56 UTC #12

Thank you a lot @evehartman!

Started to refine it.

mdashow 2018-02-05 15:38:31 UTC #13

Great perspective! And I love how you shaded just the top half of her. Great work so far, looking forward to seeing it in color!

silartworks 2018-02-05 20:10:37 UTC #14

I like that steampunk vibe, good composition 👍🏼

aunhana 2018-02-08 23:12:14 UTC #15

Thank you kindly for the feedback @mdashow and @silartworks!

This is my progress so far. There is still a lot to refine, though I'm currently not very happy with it, so I decided to upload it to hopefully get some helping feedback. Please, feel free to tell me your opinions, any suggestion would be welcomed!

chris_r_art 2018-02-09 22:08:58 UTC #16

hey there! I really like the colors and the general vibes. I also feel something weird about this but i can't really grasp it.. well first that step on the rock isn't really coming across as believable to me it looks kind of off. I don't really know what else to criticise but maybe this invites others to also comment! ^^

aunhana 2018-02-11 10:00:07 UTC #17

Thank you really much @chriswhatelse! Every little helps a lot! ^^
I'll correct that step as a start and see how the whole will improve with further refining then.

grafik 2018-02-12 17:54:43 UTC #18

Very nice design and great work on the composition! a bit more separation between BG and FG... Its all in the details now, would love to see more colors and variations! Rock on!

Mellowochi 2018-02-14 08:51:11 UTC #19

I agree with a lot of the stuff said! This is really awesome, but I do think maybe you could push some values harder maybe? Mainly for getting a stronger feeling of foreground and background, not that it's not obvious, just to improve it even further! I love the rendering of his armor is really nice so far too btw, it feels really solid

snakebearer 2018-02-14 17:19:33 UTC #20

Oh my. Definately a top contender when it's finished.
Both the concept, details, color choices, brush work - it's all spot on.

The only thing I could give any kind of input on that would give it an edge is that the illustration piece doesn't contain any narrative elements yet. I hope you'll get to that though.