Darktiste Sketchbook

[darktiste]

If I’m being totally honest I thought the top right one was really impractical as a dual sword…until you gave your story behind its design…then I was very intrigued. Instead of line art to start with I would like to know the story behind each design before choosing a favorite. My previous favorite was also the dual tipped middle right one until I read the story of the planer angels and now I just want to see that illustrated out as I had all sorts of images floating around in my head reading your description . I know you aren’t taking this to an illustration per se but a 3D design for this story would be pretty awesome. Good luck with deciding but if it were me I would go for a more exotic look and have fun with it…it’s your story, just give us a cool piece and make us believe in it.

That the problem it not a story that fully flesh out it just straight out ''on the fly explanation'' i would say story to answers your guy question and push what leak. But it need world building to make sense since it not assignment from a pre existing setting in the making game the inspiration come alot from D&D but even with a setting it design follow function. Feel free to get inspired. It the same story for each they just have a different use in battle but it also the user who do something of the tool no one use is pencil the same way anyways...not sure what you mean by more exotic look in term of silhoutte or just detail ?Because i still got to design the lineart and it can be very simple detail level to an elaborate ornamented weapon. I am not going to turn this into a 3d design because i want to try to focus more on how to generate idea quickly aswell as develop the look for my portfolio i also want to have larger quantity of design as of right now i feel like i am still to stiff in the way i design to pre occupied by readability for example designing is messy and what i am doing isn't and i think i am wasting alot of time on design that are just gonna get into the trash and that overall stifle my creativity because i play safe because i want it to feel clean and presentable. Designing should really be more about the idea then the result at the early stage just rendered enought to show enought thought as gone into the initial sketch to be approve by a project manager to move on that cleaning stage.Because it really about hitting the need of the project and filling up the space. Illustration is more about selling the whole package or part of the package so certainly i understand why it can be frustrating to see idea stay unexplored.

Thank for sharing thought.