DWIII - 2D - Hideyoshi - Yamiten 闇天

#33

Thanks a bunch, balasa, rawwad, gough, DavidSmit!!

Balasa: yeah, I agree! For the final illustration I will prolly go for a stronger build for him again! :slight_smile:
David: thx for the thoughts! I completely agree with you - I think going for some traditional Samurai wouldn’t be that interesting, so I thought of something else now… :slight_smile:

What about a coffin that holds the darkness inside, unleashing it upon the foes in battle? :slight_smile:
Laurentiu also made a good remark about making the dark fog short-circuit the machines - I think that’s a cool idea! :slight_smile:

I should definitely settle on something soon, or I will not make it to a finish… O_O

Anyway, here are some sketches, definitely rather lame on a design standpoint.
I also really wanna have him have an additional weapon like a sword or a japanese bow beside the artifact weapon. I hope that’s along the rules… (?)

#34

really nice paintings and some cool concepts

#35

Wow, I think the coffin idea is great! and original too. One think though… I didnt know it was a coffin until you mentioned it, probably it because of the color? It could be just me :wink: .
Anyway… cooooll character concept from the beginning to this stage.

#36

Cheers for the comments. I wish my stuff was asfluid as yours though, you have a really nice loose quality to your line.

#37

Thanks, Robert, Wilson! :slight_smile:

Getting more serious now, here is a sketch for the final illustration. I had intended to go for more action, but I quite like the composition with this one, so I might go with it. Not much time left anyway…

I’ll change the color scheme drifting more towards blues and blacks and dots of red (like the logo).

Also, finally found my character’s name!
Yamiten: ‘yami’=dark, ‘ten’=heaven

He is turning the sky black with the dark mist from his coffin! Cool, eh? :smiley:
I guess he runs as an Invoker now. Too much magic involved for being a warlord I guess…

#38

amazing development so far. can’t wait to see the final illustration. Checked out your other finished work on your website and it’s really strong…great color, etc. I’ve got high expectations for this one.

#39

hurrying towards the finishing line now! :slight_smile:

here is a color update, some more detailling also. Need to fix arm anatomy…
still a lot to do :confused:

#40

Looking nice, Hideyoshi! The muted palette is nice, and I like how the smoke from the coffin is so heavy that it’s obscuring the sky. You haven’t established a strong light source yet, but it could be kind of cool if his head and left shoulder were in shadows from all the smoke billowing around the sky. it’s okay if you obscure the character a bit for mood: You’ll still get to show his details in the other two sheets. Or at least I think it would be okay! :slight_smile:

Oh, and you might want to consider making his head a bit bigger in the color painting to fit the body. In your earlier concepts, he’s 7 heads tall, but here his head is so small that he’s a full 8 heads tall.

Good luck with the rest!

#41

Mike: thanks tons for the great feeback!
I agree with you, currently this is an ambient-light-only situation. I actually like how it’s only lit diffusely without any direct light source.
But then, I also like the idea of having him lit partially like you suggested with his head in shadows so I could also show more detail on his body in a better way…
Well, kinda clueless right now, here are 2 different ideas. I went for blueish light, kinda otherwordly. Using orange/yellow light didn’t work well with the cool palette I am aiming for.
Also, I made a version with stronger ambient light from the sky reflecting off of the character which I think looks pretty nice.

I’d really appreciate if you guys could let me know which you like better, thanks! :slight_smile:

#42

Hey, still coming on well, really like the latest work. Still keeping your looseness too. Well done man.

#43

great job, love pose and mood so much, looks fantastic.

#44

Thanks for the comment, I’m working on textures soon but will probably run out of time. Will keep checking your site as I love your drawing.

#45

Robert, Tibor: thanks again, dudes! :slight_smile:

Uargh, too bad. I don’t know if I can manage this.
Still painting up my main illustration and then I also need to do the orthos and additional sketches…
It’s soo damn tight, this will be very close if at all possible… :confused:

#46

Ok, here it is!
Possibly my final winning pose. I might do some tweaking maybe. Calligraphy done by my mother btw. :slight_smile:
Need to tackle the orthos first though! And sketch up some action shots for the 3rd sheet.
Wish me luck! :slight_smile:

Name: Yamiten [color=RoyalBlue]闇天
Class: Invoker
Artifact weapon: Coffin
Power Type: Darkness
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#47

Orthos:

#48

Hey Lorenz, nice going there! Looks like you’re going to make it!

Nice work on the modelling sheet too. But I think his arms are maybe a bit too short (in relation to his body)

#49

really cool style~!

i like it!

#50

Hi there!

I just went through your samurai, cool concept and Nice line drawing, so versatile and clean, makes me jealous=)

Zoddler–>DWIII

#51

Alright, here goes!
Final rough draft sheet and I am done! :bounce:

Thanks, Art2, jingudyi, Kukut27! Good luck to you guys!

Yeah, the arms are a wee bit short, but I was aiming for a very athletic built, rather heroic so that’s fine I think. :slight_smile:
Also, don’t wanna mess with it any longer even a minute - phew, this was exhausting.

#52

Congratz to finished stuff friend! It looks fantastic, love design so much, also idea with cofin is briliant. And great sketches in concept sheet. Good luck :slight_smile: