05-26-2013, 03:26 AM
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Starting out my sketchbook thread with a current project that's been in my personal files for awhile!
Last November, I finally participated in National Novel Writing Month and ended up starting a novel I had been gestating on for years (the morbidly curious can read the NaNoWriMo excerpts here). It made me realize there's such a wealth of narrative and imagery to be mined from my own characters that I'd be a fool not to bring these ideas to fruition for my own purposes.
I'm hoping to go the way of Dan Luvisi with my own novel/art book featuring my creations. Right now, I'm just in the redesign phase of dusting off these old ideas with a new layer of polish. Also taking the opportunity to delve into the character design process and teach myself more techniques related to concept art, which I am highly interested in.
First up, Melakim Fahré.
Setting: "Song of Exile", high fantasy setting, medieval level tech.
Brief: Melakim is a Hunter specializing in monsters who are closest to humans and human behavior (vampires, "Rot"/zombies, werewolves, possessed, hauntings, etc.). Wife, mother, former street kid. Every time she makes a kill, she adds a notch to her tattoos. The more notches you have, the higher your respect is amongst other Hunters. However, respect is a double-edged sword, as other Hunters might want to make a name for themselves by challenging you to a Hunter's Duel in order to prove their mettle by defeating you.
You can see a step by step of the redesign process with more detailed notes at her wipnation thread.
![[Image: concept_warmup___female_melakim_fahre_by...5ijghk.jpg]](http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/294/7/5/concept_warmup___female_melakim_fahre_by_angelasasser-d5ijghk.jpg)
![[Image: d44266982b3f941c6394a04200c0a5a1-d5qptje.jpg]](http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/006/d/4/d44266982b3f941c6394a04200c0a5a1-d5qptje.jpg)
![[Image: concept_doodle___melakim_tracking_by_ang...5rgcly.jpg]](http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/013/8/a/concept_doodle___melakim_tracking_by_angelasasser-d5rgcly.jpg)
![[Image: bcf2354d02e19d89c91c62a24bdf1cd3-d5ry4i3.jpg]](http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/022/b/c/bcf2354d02e19d89c91c62a24bdf1cd3-d5ry4i3.jpg)
![[Image: 6d014e56cd563674dc495997833ebbf3-d5sqma3.jpg]](http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/025/6/d/6d014e56cd563674dc495997833ebbf3-d5sqma3.jpg)
The final base:
![[Image: melakim_full_body___clothed_by_angelasasser-d5t316j.jpg]](http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/031/a/0/melakim_full_body___clothed_by_angelasasser-d5t316j.jpg)
Next up, gotta design this gal's gear!
Exploring some of the clothing for Melakim. Still many more iterations to go, but I feel I've gotten somewhere promising by the end of this first row!
![[Image: melakim_clothes_row1_by_angelasasser-d63k6ej.jpg]](http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/119/1/9/melakim_clothes_row1_by_angelasasser-d63k6ej.jpg)
More to come!
On DeviantART – http://angelasasser.deviantart.com
On Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/AngelicShadesStudio
On Tumblr - http://artbyangelasasser.tumblr.com
On Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/angelicshades
Starting out my sketchbook thread with a current project that's been in my personal files for awhile!
Last November, I finally participated in National Novel Writing Month and ended up starting a novel I had been gestating on for years (the morbidly curious can read the NaNoWriMo excerpts here). It made me realize there's such a wealth of narrative and imagery to be mined from my own characters that I'd be a fool not to bring these ideas to fruition for my own purposes.
I'm hoping to go the way of Dan Luvisi with my own novel/art book featuring my creations. Right now, I'm just in the redesign phase of dusting off these old ideas with a new layer of polish. Also taking the opportunity to delve into the character design process and teach myself more techniques related to concept art, which I am highly interested in.
First up, Melakim Fahré.
Setting: "Song of Exile", high fantasy setting, medieval level tech.
Brief: Melakim is a Hunter specializing in monsters who are closest to humans and human behavior (vampires, "Rot"/zombies, werewolves, possessed, hauntings, etc.). Wife, mother, former street kid. Every time she makes a kill, she adds a notch to her tattoos. The more notches you have, the higher your respect is amongst other Hunters. However, respect is a double-edged sword, as other Hunters might want to make a name for themselves by challenging you to a Hunter's Duel in order to prove their mettle by defeating you.
You can see a step by step of the redesign process with more detailed notes at her wipnation thread.
The final base:
Next up, gotta design this gal's gear!
Exploring some of the clothing for Melakim. Still many more iterations to go, but I feel I've gotten somewhere promising by the end of this first row!
More to come!