No need to be sorry at all! :smile: I just figured that her having human face under deep waters don't quite fit well so I decided to step away from it. ^=^

Added some basic colour and shadows! :smiley:

Oh hello there. :smirk: Oh wait...Marc said that I shouldn't flirt with others characters! :scream:

Crystal theme! Love it. Can't wait what you'll do with these guys. Will the dragon be translucent, too?

I have to work kinda the whole day today. But I'm gonna do some studies in the evening and try to work on my challenge a bit, too. And I still need to prepare something for the LiveStream as well.

First off it looks really awesome and I love the idea that she can shape her tail into differents forms.

I think the deltoids of her tail (wow, that sounds weird XD) are a bit too flat and the different sections of the abs are kinda the same size in your image, whereas in reality they differ in size.

The deltoids on the main character look okay to me. Maybe the trapezius would reach up a bit higher towards her head.

Hope it helps and makes sense. ^^

Ahahaha! @IndrawnArt the goal is to make him very flirt-worthy. Too many pretty girls in the stream already :joy: And yes, the dragon should be full translucent, the guy—only partially where transformation starts.

Looking forward to see where you go with your sea creature.

Guys what a progress :scream: @WeirdOwl I was waiting something not sea related, you made me proud of you hahahah that's a great idea!! Also a man, finally HAHAHAH we want him super sexy please :joy:

And @ivancatamora15 great ideas!!! I love the idea for the face, super creative!

Guys this will be a great challenge :grin:

Nice works guys! I will try to join with something glass-made :3

Hello friends :smiley:
I'm new here but I'd love to join if it's okay!

It's not super original, but reading @WeirdOwl 's description made me really want to draw a jellyfish character!

Here's my brainstorming so far...
I'm having trouble trying to figure out how overlaps of body parts work in a translucent character... Where do they end? How do you shade? Hmm...

Welcome to the challenge @chrihoonart! The more, the merrier. :smile:
Jellyfish would be super cute! I like your sketch at the top right corner. As for shading, you can go anywhere from light translucency (only edges shine some light through) to almost complete transparency. Up to you.

Shading will be tough for all of us, I don't think anyone here tried translucent characters before, that's why we came up with the challenge.
Here are the few things that could be used as helpers:
1. Art School class on Physics of Materials (Term 7, class 1)
2. References of the creatures to be mimicked. I will be using this step-by-step for crystals by @art_side_of_life (taken from Instagram):

Here's a good example of a jellyfish character from Art Station: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ybL00K
I also like the simplicity, and high quality of this one: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3LEzJ
3. If I can get my willpower together and dive into Zbrush more, I'm thinking of using modelling there as a reference for the final painting. Here's a tutorial on how to make separate subtools transparent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF3MFblYETM

Good job and lets make this challenge awesome everyone!

Thanks for the advice!

I like the way the jellyfish references that I've looked up seem to be glowing, so I'm going to try and imitate that! I think I need to make overlapping areas luminescent as opposed to darkening them...

I really like the second example you gave me!

@WeirdOwl I'm looking forward to see your crystals!! Now I think that you're having a super good idea, so different from the others. For that I'm really excited about this haha

And @chrihoonart your jellyfish character is so inspiring!! Waiting forward to see how it turns out :heart_eyes:


Wanted to post also something that I was doing in these days

Before I was brainstorming to get some elements from the references that I found but I was not conviced at all. Then I wanted something more like an illustration, so I've done another thumbnail :see_no_evil: I think that until the end of the challenge I could change idea again hahah

What do you think? Now the challenge is to find out a good reference for this pose :see_no_evil: also for the throne haha
Also the little guys needs to seem floating instead walking on the stairs haha
But in this project I don't want to rush, just step by step and have fun with this

Ohh! I really like the throne thumbnail! Very powerful look! You are right though, if it's all underwater, there's no walking or stairs (unless it's a sunken temple). I have so many thoughts coursing through my head for this setup... You could make the visitors other sea creatures or humans with diving gear... Very good idea!
I like the sitting pose you gave your sea lady. Much more interesting than sitting up straight.

Very cool! I love how big she is in comparison to these tiny humans in front of her. You also drew her in a very beautiful pose! And yes, it can be a struggle to find good pose references. Maybe you wanna check some Game of Thrones scenes. Maybe an actor takes a pose you can use.

@chrihoonart Can't wait to see more of your jellyfish character. I'm sure it'll look awesome!

Any favorites on the guy? Will work on the dragon design next.

OMG I love all of them hahaha I think that I like the most the first one and the third, but I also super like the "jacket" of the forth one :joy: I think that the 1 has too much Chrystals, but he seems worried so mayyybe it's for that reason haha like they are increasing without control. Sorry it's late evening and maybe my comments are not that good hahaha but I wanted to say that I super like him :heart_eyes: Did you give him a name?

I'm leaning towards combining elements from 1, 3 and 4. My favorite outfits are 3 & 4. Having trouble deciding.
And no, I haven't named him. Should I? Is that a requirement now? :sweat_smile:

I don't know if this could be a requirement but it can be really interesting hahah to give to our character a bit more personality :grin:
Personally If I have to choose the 3 or 4 outfit I think that I prefer the 4, but I don't know it depends on which style you want to follow. The 4 seems more like "futuristic" :joy: and the 3 seems more fantasy, maybe with a dragon is better the fantasy one.
Or maybe you can create a steam punk dragon scene hahaha I think that no one has seen it before :joy: just kidding, but I have to say that the 1 has a really good :peach: :joy: :joy: I love the fact that the belt seems a super cool elastic of his underpants ahahah

@chiara.arcidiaco
Yooooo. That illustration thumbnail is so cool. I'm a big fan of the composition.

@WeirdOwl
Hmm... I appear to be in the minority but I actually like the top right one haha. I think it might be because I like the contrast of the simple outfit and the complicated crystal designs? Not too sure why, but it speaks to me!