FINAL | ARTWAR 2 | 2D | Ludwik The Crystal Warrior | tbrk

Tesat 2018-01-01 23:44:03 UTC #23

Thank you!

mdashow 2018-01-02 15:17:10 UTC #24

Nice designs so far! Any of those colors could work well for a warrior on the side of Darkness. You might try varying their shapes and sizes some more to add more visual variety... maybe even making some of them a lot more spiky like your bottom row of references. Spiky feels dangerous, while having all of them flattened at the top looks much less so.
Good luck and have fun!

Tesat 2018-01-02 16:16:33 UTC #25

Thank you! True, what I need is a little bit more visual variety and I was actually going to do more spiky stuff and maybe different armor designs as well but I kind of wanted to go for the weapon design for a little mood change because I was stuck on armor design.

Tesat 2018-01-02 19:51:20 UTC #26

Here's some weapons for my character. I hope you like these. I might add more weapons later

mr_dessin 2018-01-02 20:26:58 UTC #27

I like the third design (green crystals).
But a mix of 2 and 3 would be nice too maybe !

For the weapon...maybe 5 ? Just not sure if that fits with Ludwik.
Good luck for all and for choosing @tbrk !
Never easy for sure.

Tesat 2018-01-02 20:31:56 UTC #28

I'm not so sure as well, that's why I posted it here in hope people will give feedback. Thx for you suggestion btw

Tesat 2018-01-03 03:52:29 UTC #29

Small update on weapon #2. Which one do you like more, A or B?

mdashow 2018-01-03 04:52:56 UTC #30

It's hard to say for certain but some of them feel a bit... dainty?... for Ludwik. 1 is definitely too slender and delicate for him, 2 and 3 might be as well. 4 and 5 are a bit meatier... but even 5 could use a bit more heaviness in the handle or at the bottom edge. It might help to see the finalists mocked-up in his hand(s). Good luck!

Tesat 2018-01-03 05:00:06 UTC #31

You are right, Thanks for the heads up! These are early options so I will make some of them more suitable for the character and the others like #1 will be discarded

Tesat 2018-01-03 05:56:57 UTC #32

Thanks you @mdashow Considering your suggestions here's a quick fix on #2,4,5 ( I left 1 and 3 the same so we can compare)

Tesat 2018-01-04 01:43:24 UTC #33

I improved the armor over the shoulders and made the crystals more spiky and got rid of the rocky layer
I might change the helmet as well

Tesat 2018-01-06 05:28:52 UTC #34

I haven't posted anything in 2 days which is kinda sad but I was trying to figure out if I should do a viking version of his armor and clothing since he has a helmet with horns. I also might try to come up with a short background story featuring Norse mythology to help with the composition later on.

mystarryspace 2018-01-06 05:39:16 UTC #35

Really like the way this is turning out! I think that for this character, try some mace and hammer designs as well and see if you like those; for his body type, they should be good weapons because they’ll allow him to use his blunt force effectively. He doesn’t really seem like the type of guy to use an a sword because he’ll have the muscle for a blunt weapon and perhaps lack the accuracy for a bladed weapon (if you are going for a beserker-like character, which based on the silhouette and musculature seems to be the case).

Also, viking variations would be cool to see and in fact might take you on a different path. Who knows? You still have plenty of time for experimentation

Tesat 2018-01-06 15:36:53 UTC #36

Thank you! @mystarryspace agree with the sword part, I made those for variety, I think I might go for a viking axe ( not the small ones) with all those cool patterns, of course I'll try a hammer and a mace too but the axe is my priority in this case

mdashow 2018-01-06 16:13:39 UTC #37

Nice improvements on the weapons. I think the crystals on the armor are working better on the legs and arms. The shoulders have changed, but they still fall into a lack of variation. You've just swapped out sharp and spindly for think and blunted. I think it needs a mix, but I also think you need to find a way to convey sharp and pointy without making them so thin that they'd easily break off. Here's an example...

...but in the end, this is just my opinion, you should do what calls to you the most!
Good luck!

Tesat 2018-01-06 16:22:43 UTC #38

Thank you @mdashow. I think I could use something like this ( you read my my mind btw I found something similar to this )

Tesat 2018-01-07 21:03:12 UTC #39

Here's the Viking version I mentioned before. I tried to make the right arm almost completely covered with crystals this time , should I keep it like that or not? I will post some Viking weapons soon

frankenstejin 2018-01-08 00:08:39 UTC #40

Now he has something special with the arm covered with crystals, I like it a lot. Maybe he can shoot spiky crystals or use the arm as protection. His faces looks so sad now because of the eyebrows.

Tesat 2018-01-08 00:13:28 UTC #41

Thanks I looked up some viking helmets which covered the face and all of them had eyebrow like metal pieces on. I don't really know if I should just erase it or tilt the corners up to make it look like an angry expression

mdaven_art 2018-01-11 04:01:43 UTC #42

The new design definitely works better. Keep it up!