Translucent Character Challenge

[IndrawnArt]

Here's my progress so far. I've been rendering and rendering. XD I'll try to add some color tomorrow.
I added some friends of my sea creature chilling in the background. Wanna hang out, too? XD

Wow guys! Your submissions are so damn awesome! I love your dude and his dragon @WeirdOwl! The colors are well chosen and these crystals look awesome! Like they glow from the inside and the markings on the dragon and the guy's face really connect them. Well done!!!

I love your throne room for your queen, @chiara.arcidiaco. It'll look great when you place your characters in the scene. Maybe you wanna introduce some gold into the picture. Adding golden design elements to her outfit and/or a treasure she is protecting?

[chiara.arcidiaco]

@WeirdOwl your final work is stunning, I understand that you can't polish it more, it's amazing hahah

And @IndrawnArt I love how you're rendering it, it's so polished and the feeling of depth is incredible

I work on it too but still have to render my queen and polish all of course. I like your idea Indra that she could protect something, and yes I wanted to make the sceptre and the crown golden and maybe add something to her dress, tomorrow I have to figure out how to make her look like made of glass (screaming inside )

[WeirdOwl]

@IndrawnArt your monster is looking great. Really feels like he's pulling you in for a hangout One little critique if you don't mind. Right now it's not very clear the tentacles are attaching to his back, I think your very first sketch conveyed it better.
Make sure you finish this! I really wanna see everyone's reactions.

@chiara.arcidiaco I love the colors and the environment. My favorite color scheme! Make sure you make this awesome! I need some new phone backgrounds.
P.S. Gold would be a nice way to show focal points, just make sure you desaturate it to make it look like it's still underwater.

[IndrawnArt]

Thank you, @WeirdOwl. And yeah! Gimme all your critique!!! Tentacles on the back. Got it! But I'm not so sure how to solve it, yet.
Gonna check my first sketch as you suggested and I'll try to fix it.

Thanks a lot @chiara.arcidiaco. I'm glad you like it. And your updated version looks pretty nice! I know how you feel with that "screaming inside" feeling. XD
Right now your queen would be more translucent in her upper body, since the light comes from above/behind her. Maybe her cape glows from the inside! That way her whole body would be luminated from behind and you get the TRANSLUCENT OVERKILL!!!! Wohoooo! Just an idea.

[chiara.arcidiaco]

Do you think that I should change something before sending it to Vika?

I don't know I like it but I don't like it hahah I don't know if you ever feel like this The fact that she is translucent makes her kinda mimetic and it's strange for the actual focal point I don't know let me know what you think maybe

[chiara.arcidiaco]

This is the final I think, I can't work on it anymore

[WeirdOwl]

Where are the puny humans she's looking at with disappointment?
Very nice atmospheric piece Chiara, I think your environments have improved like no other! You definitely have the most complex piece out of the entries I've see.

[BadRooster]

Us. She's adverting her eyes from us.

[IndrawnArt]

Hey guys, here is my entry to the challenge. I slapped a gradient map on the image, but shared the greyscale version, too.
It has been the first time working with gradient maps for me. What do you think?

Can you add my late submission? Otherwise I'd just upload it to the stream today on my own.

[cedricgo]

Good work @WeirdOwl! Your piece looks pretty cool!

Also nice progress on your pieces @IndrawnArt and @chiara.arcidiaco

[WeirdOwl]

Thank you so much. We're showing this on stream today. Slightly nervous