DWIII - 2D - nJoo - Hiviér

[njoo]

First round of sketches for concept/direction

I haven't decided which race to design yet

If you guys have the time, to help me give some comment and crit as to which direction you think would be best maybe? It's still very initial design without much armor/weapon, playing with shapes,etc. I'll spend more time specifically on gears and weapon,etc

Thanks!

http://www.weewung.com/dw/dw_initial_concepts.jpg



Here's a brief description of the concept thoughts

1) Stalker - A insect type concept that is fast and speedy and kill like an assassin

2) Invoker? - Just playing around with some messed up design - it's suppose to be a parasite like race that took over a human body (the body is and upside down human body with the bunghole as the month and ball chin http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/winkrazz.gif)

3) Warlord - Personally I kinda like this one a bit over the others for some reason, the shoulder plate pushes together to form a massive protective shield for the fragile head/inner body, the rock like skin shifts around,etc

4) Invoker - It's a plant like concept that that sucks up energy and life (thus the skull knee and other skulls) which form strange plant like pod that holds the energy,etc

5) Clericon? - Just thought to go for a bit different approach rather then the badass type, so I made a minidood that's a plant type concept again, haven't decided exactly how it heals yet

6) Warlord? - It's a bit more a standard buff type concept, it's a insect lord, the armor are from the ruins of ancient roman temple that was once attacked by swarms of insects god, the hands,etc are form from countless flying critters,etc

Anyways, thanks for taking the time to look at my sketches and looking forward to seeing everyone's entries!

nJoo
nJoo's Dominance War thread (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=4993690#post4993690)

[nendo_3d]

number 5 is interesting i like that. its one of the small cute things that u go awwww. but then get to close and wack. u lost ur head.

but overall i prefer number 3. if u leave the top half alone but change it legs than for me it would be alot better imo. changing it to 2 legs. mor ehumanoid would complet the design imo. but i still love em all XD

[blindsyte]

pretty sweet stuff :D they're all pretty badass... i'd go with 6 though... i like the countless critters idea.

[DarkTownArt]

Okay, here is your fangirl: Go joo! Go joo! Go joo! Goooooooooooooo! :D

[Sentrynox]

Well, all your designs are pretty cool, but I think that if you want to win the contest, you need to find a way to insuflate life into your character... I think the best way to acheive this, is through the eyes of a character (emotions). So the rest of the design remain pretty much technical and aesthetic. And sometimes, stronger emotions are not always the most life like. But anyhow, I think this aspect of a character concept is in the details, and eyes, are among the most important communication media, as it talks to others, in a way that the rest of a character design cannot.

For the rest, go with the design having the most contrast, in textures, colors and size, and you will get what you are looking for!

[walrus]

Great sketches so far! #6 is really interesting, with the shape of the armor and the bees. But my personal favorite is #3 also. What a cool silhoutte he cuts! And the way the front protects the face is really cool. The shapes of the arms, too! The only part that isn't working yet for me are the legs: I like that they're spindly, but they seem too off-center to support the body standing upright. What if you just added in a third leg and made him tripedal?
Anyhow, looking forward to more... good luck!

[Gyorkland]

totally love your style please tell me How do you set the brush to sketch? just curious

[marsyas]

Super sketches!

I think they all have cool stuff in them. In particular, I like the face of #2, the 'flame'-like hands of #4, the expression and character of #5, and the 'different' look of #3.

[RaresH]

Fun sketches here. I like #6. Remember the judges will be looking for designs that look like they could take out the machinists and stand on their own against everyone else.

[SunRay]

Number 3 would be pretty awesome if it had the legs of number 4, in my opinion. Awesome work as usual from you!

[Rezeroth]

Awesome start... I'm digging #3 a lot man... something more original from what i see around here... Great!! i'll be watching you.. >< Good luck man!!

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[Loukor]

Mushroom dude wins it for me, (FEEEAAAR the mushroom monster)... I like the sound of that :P.

[njoo]

Thanks for all the comment guys, I think I'm going more towards idea #3, I'm planning to try to fix the feet like what you guys mentioned, also I'm trying to merge some of #6's idea into #3, looks like I'm going for warlord then..

Maybe it's not too clear in the sketch, #3's waist is disconnected with a floating ball, perhaps an ancient ruin or gem, my intent was so that the jaw (it's the 3rd and 4th arm incase it's not too clear) will form the shape of a mouth and the gem will be like some ancient energy blast.

Any idea for his ancient weapon btw? not sure if the ball/gem in the middle counts as one?

maybe i'll move the arm for #6 into the #3 idea and change them to ants,etc and crawling on the rock, like some ant farm,etc. More sketches later today or tmw! Thanks again everyone for the comments!!!

[TheDarkLord]

The mushroom is sooo cute. lol :rolleyes:

[MoNinja]

Has to be either 2 or 3 for me. I think 2 would suit your colouring style more, though i'm sure whatever you do will be awesome

[MartinNielsen]

Superb concepts :thumbsup: Personally I really like No.2, but of course all your characters have potential :)

[BloodTaster]

Fantastic concepts! I really liked the 3#:thumbsup:

[ChuckWadey]

Since you've already chosen #3, I think it would be cooler without the nose on the closing plates. It'll make the guy seem like a big silly walking head when he's in defensive mode. Leaving it with just the eyes will make the face a little more abstract and scarry. And I agree with Walrus on the feet point.

#5 had my favorite shapes but was a little weak looking. #6 seems the most badass and powerfull. #3+#6 will be a good combo.

[njoo]

I decided to go with 3+6, I tried to play around and merge the 2 ideas, with critters coming out of the eyesocket of the shell,etc and whole thing is like a breeding ground for the motherbug inside. Changed the leg to more normal instead of the tooth pick legs, I'm not sure why I'm keeping the floating sphere in the middle, somehow I like his upper body detached but I can't think of a good reason why yet other then the energy of the gem is the heart of the insect lord,etc.

I was picturing his smaller arm will slice and wound enemies while slicin and he punches or whatever with his insect fist, sending swarms of critters to maw on the victim (or the curcuit of machines)

As for ancient weapons.... no idea yet, suggestions anyone? Thanks again for checking!

http://www.weewung.com/dw/dw_3rev_concept.jpg

[MartinNielsen]

Well, if you stick to the "detached"-design, maybe you could use this in the artifact? The "missing" part could be an important element of the artifact. (Sounds freaky)

[jurffy]

That's some tight stuff Andrew. Your current design is crazy.

[Rezeroth]

Very very cool.. Such nice strokes too man... awesome.. I like the idea of having a swarm of bugs as hands, nice concept.. Keep it up!!

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[njoo]

Thanks for the comment guys!

MartinNeilson: Thanks! Ya I'm trying to make the sphere at the waist some artifact too, or maybe the cgtalk emblem, but the official DW emblem have these extra sharp thing around the circle... hmmm...

I'm stuck trying to think of a name for the bugger....my name database in my brain is very small, anyone wanna throw me a bunch of names? :D

What do you guys think of a lance? or something else that's not overused? Trying to maybe stay away from typical axe/knife/gun,etc well maybe... :D

Might do some color pallette test or weapon design tonight... or back view.

[saint-max]

WOW nice nice i liked the idea of the shell work on that ... great job and good luck:wise:

[rasmusW]

hey andrew!

-great work, man. think it's one of the best entry's i've seen on this competition. a crocked lance sounds like a cool idea. maybe with the cgs colors.

-r

[Hideyoshi]

Great direction now, Andrew!
I love how you took those arms from No 6 because I really liked those! :)
Keep rocking, looking forward to seeing first color splashes!

[njoo]

Here's a doodle concept for the weapon I had in mind for the Hivier Warlord (thanks 1mpact for the name)~

http://www.weewung.com/dw/dw_weapon.jpg

It's basically hive like lance, the handle has holes in which the insect swarm hand will grab onto and hill the holes,etc while the etching/engraving on the surface of the is like a path that guides the critters towards the tip of the lance. In an attack the lance first penetrates the enemy and the critters will follow and dwell into the open wound, adding massive lethal damage to the enemy http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif

Anyways will have more later!

[Gatlingg]

Hey mate!

I decided to hop on over from your dA link to the source and comment/subscribe. I cannot wait to see how this develops. Did you have any other weapon concepts available? Or were you going to go with this latest from from the jump?

[Roboto-kun]

Nice sketches man, the design looks pretty tight so far. (though secretly I was rooting for the mushroom man haha) anyways love to see how this turns out.

[AxelAlonso]

HI Andrew,

I am very interested were you take this character with his lance and powerful gem, I think you have already enough magic to crack those evil machines; I will definitely keep both eyes in your thread!:eek: Also juts a quick suggestion maybe you can add those gem’s powers as beam connecting to the arms, for your main bug as a better use to simulate the hearth and their veins?:shrug:

[njoo]

http://www.weewung.com/dw/dw_inside_concept.jpg

Here's a update for the DW, haven't had time to do much lately, but decide to go a little bit indepth with the inside critter as well as a few shell variation, thinking of top left or right, basically it's if theres a tiny space where the head can peek out, if so, the top of the head will be somewhat of a hard shell.

Also I liked the fungus design at the beginning I decided to add some fungus like stuff on the base of the waste, like how the ancient magic sphere was left there and the bee tried to grab it long ago and mutated into its current form, possibly breed a new race.

Also still trying to think of some leg ideas, not sure if I should keep the humanoid like legs or try something different, don't want to pull to many attention away from the top mainly.~

I'm almost done with the concept and maybe start working on different view and color version, a bit more on the weapon perhaps and little tweak here and here http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif

[Rezeroth]

Looking great man! digging your stuff. I do think that The shell that resembles a head/face would be very intimidating.lol.just a thought. Keep em coming!! time's short!

[Genghis-Kwan]

Hey drew looking good. Love the criter thing inside. Since it is holding a lance maybe have him on for legs like a horse.

[balasa]

really cool concept man. i cant wait to see more developments of this character.

[andy6308AAA]

Wow
That looks crazy good
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=234&t=604654

[ericvedder]

Looking great bro.. cant wait to see it done!

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[Gough]

that's sickkk! it's hard to choose which one i like, but maybe the fungus one too. cool idea.
love your studies!

can't wait to see more!

[njoo]

http://www.weewung.com/dw/dw_pose_rough.jpg


Time's running out, so I need to quickly move on~ Here's the latest part of the dominance war, a rough line before I start doing the colors~ For those that wondered, this is approximately the amount if detail I put in the linework before I start coloring. I do most of the detail and refining during the color stage, linework's more for the guideline,etc http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif Thanks for everyone's suggestion, I decided to make it into a quad leg http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif

As for the story of the concept.

After the demons were defeated long ago, their restless souls were trapped into a magical sphere prisons and burrowed into the ground. As time passes and land shift and changed, the magical prison became weaker and at the same time soil above slowly washed away. It's not clear what exactly the history of the Hivier race is. It was said that some insects were attracted to the glowing aura of the sphere as it mistaken it for a glowing flower, its body were sucked towards the demon's soul and merged as one...
Thus the demon face resembling shell protects the fragile body of the hivier, evils walks the land once again sworm to destroy all in its path.

Thanks for everyone's comment and crits, I take them all into consideration while doodling and I wish I can do more updates but things had been super busy and trying my best to finish this contest to the end!

[MartinNielsen]

Looking good. Hope you make it :)

[ericvedder]

nice post. cant wait to see the colors!

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[Gatlingg]

I think your artifact is my fav of this competition. Nice stance you've decided for him. I'm rooting for you.

[njoo]

http://www.weewung.com/dw/dw_pose_final_small.jpg

Here's the final colored version, I think I'll go back to it when I have time maybe to touch up on a few more things, still have the 3 views,etc to do so I wanna get this one finish first no matter what so I know I can make the deadline~! Thanks again everyone!

[Rezeroth]

Brovo Njoo!! Bravo..I love it!!! This is spectacular..Nice nice rendering.. All the best of luck man! :D

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[MartinNielsen]

That's the stuff :thumbsup: The environment is great too :)

[ericvedder]

Excellent brother.. most excellent!

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[BloodTaster]

wow, its looking great! well done and good luck!:thumbsup:

[Hideyoshi]

Wow, you've been working hard! :)
Looking totally rad already!
Really love the insect swarm idea!

[njoo]

Thanks everyone, it's my first time at the Dominance War, and everyone's input and support helped a lot, I wish I had more time to pump out more sketches and bugged all of ur for more crits and comments, but it was great fun, I might still do some changes to it, but for now I'll leave it at how it is until I finish the 3 view pic ;) Thanks again!

[hakanpersson]

Damn I say, eye candy warning! Thats a really creepy monster. I am really impressed how you managed to blend so many styles into one character, and it still works:thumbsup: . Nice touch with the blooded areas.

[walrus]

Lovely work, you've really brought it together well. You've done a good job at conveying the many different textures that make up Hivier's body, too. Good luck with the other two pages!

[DTRAN]

Brilliant! I love this! I love all the little flies/bats/insects. made my skin crawl when i saw that...yes i hate insects, but that doesnt stop me from enjoying this piece! :) oh yeah the painting is killer!

[daelon]

very nice!

[QuantumPixel]

Way to think out of the box. The little bugs remind me of a character from the series Weel of time I think it was, were this creature had these blood flies that would seek out its pray and feed on it causing it to reveal itself to be crushed by the creature.

Very cool

[RobThornely]

i love your painting, great character, more please!!

[balasa]

wow. this turned out really really well. amazing character design

[Genghis-Kwan]

this looks awsome drew. I love the design. I hope u do well in the competition. Cheers!

[kenzoabeki]

Great!

My Dominance War III

[elbenicio]

painting turned out great!. good luck to you in the comp.

[AxelAlonso]

Love the final design! He is so ready for the war! the details of texture look great! Best of luck!:thumbsup:

[kukut27]

geez, buzz stinger, definitely can sting any foes!

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[Dizz-De-Sykes]

Wow, This has to be my favourite entry so far, and there are alot of amazing entries. Great Stuff. I love the uniqueness of your design, and the weapon kicks ass.

[njoo]

http://www.weewung.com/dw/dw_concept_sheet_final_njoo.jpg

http://www.weewung.com/dw/dw_modeling_sheet_final_njoo.jpg

http://www.weewung.com/dw/dw_winning_pose_final_njoo.jpg

Here's the final set that I'm submitting, I wish I had more time to do on on this, but I had other work that I had to put as priority T_T it's suppper late now and I need to get some Zzzz.z.. Thanks sooooo much to all those that gave feedback and support, I swear I was gonna quit cuz I didn't have time to finish but I decided to kick my ass and get this done haha. Thanks again guys! I'll wake up to type more, my brain's now dead.... x_x

[JayEpperson]

Nice work!

[jingudyi]

your piece is so good~ good luck~

[darrenwhite]

man that rock. good luck.

[calyx]

Liking your model sheet/ character design, it has a nice silhouette! In contrary to your winning pose final though, the pelvic area seems a little diaper-like there... but all is still good!

Grats for completing it! :D

[nathanmckenna]

one word. evil.

[BloodTaster]

fantastic! congrats buddy!:applause:

[JediHindu]

This is some great work! I love how rich and lush your colors are in the winning pose! I want mine when I go back into it to have that feeling! I hope you place! You deserve it!

-Vin

[jttruong85]

Wow, this is badass. My fav. Good luck to you.

[kinonato]

WOW, :D absolutely a can't miss. Good luck :)

[Dizz-De-Sykes]

Good luck!

[Blaschke]

awesome! Really original design.
Great work man.

[MartinNielsen]

Nice going. 16'th place :)

[walrus]

Way to go, Andrew! Congrats on your win! I've always really loved this entry, one of my total favorites, glad to see you get the recognition you deserve. :thumbsup: Nice work, see you for this again next year! :)

[OKMER]

THis was one of my favorites and hoped to see it higher up as it already is.
Huge work man and congratz on a well deserved place man!
Hope to see you back next time!:beer:

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