Wow - late to the party but really want to give this a go - already so much inspiration in everyone's work!
Stayed focused on ideation and visual development.
Going ferral for this - kind of a big cat (tiger/lion) or hyena/wolf mash up - classic I Know, but made sense under such a short deadline as I'm just coming of a fan art piece for LMS -Ronin's who's a werewolf.
see current dev for that piece HERE -
Inspired by the Kurgan from Highlander & Mulan's Khan version - big, broad shouldered, cat like facial & demeanour - wild air. I still want him to feel heroic - so I kept everything more symmetrical - also easier in time delay.
I also wanted more of a tie in between the cards - don't like how a lot of the dual cards out there don't have a cohesive thread outside of the character. So trying to match the background/location or tie posing/actions together - before & after style. Also placing emphasis on a minor "story" element - once morphed into beast - the armour is represented in an amulet each beast master must carry in beast form. Lose that, and you remain in beast form until you slowly are taken over by the "inner beast." So all the advanced cards show the end of the transformation with some lighting emphasis on the medallion.
I posted the base card comps and advanced card comps separately, and then as likely parings - still having a hard time choosing which paring to illustrate, though I'm partial to the first - #2 & A.
Also posted my first set of roughs for character design - as well as the close to final armour variants.
Nest step some studies - specially more Viking type armour - wanted to incorporate some of that shape language and design patterns. Might just finish the design stuff as I paint up the illustrations.
Wishing everyone drive and focus in the coming week!
NOTE - didn't wanna go traditional route and have a lion head on a breast plate or wolf heads on the shoulders - thought a more abstract/stylised design across the armour might be more interesting. Despite the semi Kraven the Hunter phase, I think the armour variant designs achieve that and still read well enough.
Stayed focused on ideation and visual development.
Going ferral for this - kind of a big cat (tiger/lion) or hyena/wolf mash up - classic I Know, but made sense under such a short deadline as I'm just coming of a fan art piece for LMS -Ronin's who's a werewolf.
see current dev for that piece HERE -
Inspired by the Kurgan from Highlander & Mulan's Khan version - big, broad shouldered, cat like facial & demeanour - wild air. I still want him to feel heroic - so I kept everything more symmetrical - also easier in time delay.
I also wanted more of a tie in between the cards - don't like how a lot of the dual cards out there don't have a cohesive thread outside of the character. So trying to match the background/location or tie posing/actions together - before & after style. Also placing emphasis on a minor "story" element - once morphed into beast - the armour is represented in an amulet each beast master must carry in beast form. Lose that, and you remain in beast form until you slowly are taken over by the "inner beast." So all the advanced cards show the end of the transformation with some lighting emphasis on the medallion.
I posted the base card comps and advanced card comps separately, and then as likely parings - still having a hard time choosing which paring to illustrate, though I'm partial to the first - #2 & A.
Also posted my first set of roughs for character design - as well as the close to final armour variants.
Nest step some studies - specially more Viking type armour - wanted to incorporate some of that shape language and design patterns. Might just finish the design stuff as I paint up the illustrations.
Wishing everyone drive and focus in the coming week!
NOTE - didn't wanna go traditional route and have a lion head on a breast plate or wolf heads on the shoulders - thought a more abstract/stylised design across the armour might be more interesting. Despite the semi Kraven the Hunter phase, I think the armour variant designs achieve that and still read well enough.