FINAL | ARTWAR 2 | 2D | The Originator | s-stark

s-stark 2017-12-23 02:05:45 UTC #1

No twitter.
Only personal fb.

I will be representing...the dark side. dun dun dun.

At the depths of nearly unreachable planes shrouded in darkness, the originators slept. Now awakened to turn the tides in the war against light and dark. Spewing darkness, they mold souls acquired in their innumerable lifespan into unfathomable creatures.

mr_dessin 2017-12-23 08:01:13 UTC #2

Oh cool nice to see you there !
Can't wait to look at your first sketches ^^

furichella 2017-12-23 19:46:15 UTC #3

hell yeah!!

malcom 2017-12-23 20:03:12 UTC #4

Nice to see you again.

s-stark 2017-12-24 21:19:13 UTC #5

@mr_dessin ^_^ I look forward to stalking your progress as well. I will be silently creeping on everyone's threads like always.

@malcom Indeed! This year has been busy. :l Idk if I'll finish but at least want to try and participate haha.

@furichella muahahaha!!

s-stark 2017-12-24 21:21:46 UTC #6

Okie, first little smidge of concept.

mr_dessin 2017-12-25 18:22:45 UTC #7

Don't mind you stalk me (I mean my art haha) as always
Your character is super creepy nice you'll give my nightmares for weeks haha

And I really can't say why (maybe because it's full of mystery ?) but the first head on the second line look uber fun !

s-stark 2017-12-25 22:01:49 UTC #8

@mr_dessin
xDD
I kind of want to create some nightmare fuel lol. I'm leaning towards that one or the middle one on the second row as of right now.

s-stark 2017-12-29 02:15:51 UTC #9

My work schedule is so hectic. ): Haven't had as much time as I'd like. Progress for the day:

s-stark 2017-12-31 03:48:01 UTC #10

May or may not keep working on this throughout the night. Definitely getting sick and not feelin great lol.

sanguine 2017-12-31 06:20:07 UTC #11

Looks awesome. I love the purple-black gradients going on. Super spooky!

malcom 2017-12-31 17:35:31 UTC #12

I like this so far as well. If I had to recommend something, it would be to try adding more of the cloth wraps that you had in the earlier sketches. If you add some markings on the cloth wraps, it could give the character a sense of wonder. Like maybe, the wraps suppress her full powers or something. Just a suggestion. Keep up the good work.

s-stark 2017-12-31 21:50:57 UTC #13

@sanguine thank you! Definitely trying to give it that spooky wonder.

@malcom I will definitely be adding more cloth wraps, I got fixated on fleshing out some of the other details lol. I also really like your suggestion and will play around with it. I feel like it'd work well with the concept I had overall, thanks!

mdashow 2018-01-01 16:41:20 UTC #14

Very creepy design so far! The head feels a bit small - unless that was your intention? - and the body and limbs could use some more muscle definition, but it's early and I'm sure you'll get to that. Good start on the flowing cloth and smoke. Good luck with it all!

jonathan-barker 2018-01-01 18:38:05 UTC #15

Oh gosh. Nightmare fuel. D:

jonatan-moonchild 2018-01-02 17:04:36 UTC #16

Creepiness with a slight touch of elegance - I like that combination :).
Keep it up!

Regards
Jonatan

mr_dessin 2018-01-02 20:38:25 UTC #17

That is getting really interesting @s-stark !
Can't wait to see the full artwork nightmare power 10

Oh and I don't know why...but I see him/her wearing a hat (or something flowing ?) above his/her head ...Maybe link to the red crystal (?) on the forehead.

s-stark 2018-01-03 05:09:31 UTC #18

@mdashow Thanks! The head is intentionally as is but I will be working on a bit more definition all around.

@jonathan-barker Yes muahahaha! Creatures to haunt dreams. >:]

@jonatan-moonchild Thank you! I had planned for something a bit different initially but I'm happy it's coming off as creepy with a smidge of elegance.

@mr_dessin Hoping to produce more nightmare fuel soon; tomorrow's my first day off in like 7 days and I've been feelin it. D: Also I might play around with adding something more flowing on top, just not sure what I want to go for yet lol.

s-stark 2018-01-03 06:33:41 UTC #19

Hopefully more progress tomorrow~

Quick idea for the illustration. Suuuuper rough.

s-stark 2018-01-04 01:27:43 UTC #20

Same kinda idea but changed some things around/fleshed it out a bit more. Will probably just proceed with this.

Also figured it'd be a good idea to give context, this was my idea initially:
At the depths of nearly unreachable planes shrouded in darkness, the originators slept. Now awakened to turn the tides in the war against light and dark. Spewing darkness, they mold souls acquired in their innumerable lifespan into unfathomable creatures.