Female Warrior concept illustration character design update

Female Warrior concept illustration character design update.

I have some time to work on the piece again this weekend, it's almost there...
Well, the whole piece is now kind of set, but I will still have to do some clean up and simplify the overall image a bit more. Then, if possible I might do some light tweaking to make it more dramatic. Also I will have to polish her metal armor (*check out video tutorial of similar process art tutorial draw and paint knight armor metal and art tutorial draw and paint gold armor ) a little bit more. But for now I am going to leave it for a couple days. Look away, then come back to take a final look at it and see if there is anything I can do to make this look better.
Also I might have to refine her hair (*See video how to draw render hairand how to draw and render female lips) a little more and clean up her face (How to draw a woman face 3/4, learn how to paint face portrait). Possibly add some definition to her right arm muscle (drawing body muscle tutorial.)

Anyway, here is the image so far

Here is a close up of the character

This is the Final Version I decided on (Eliminated the busy-ness of the previous version of the image)

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Character concept design process Female Warrior

Character concept design process Female Warrior work in process.
Here is a small update for the illustration project I am still painting...working on it for a few hours after the last post "Character concept art Female Warrior" work in process.

I rearranged her facial structure a bit, add more features, clean up, then hair, shoulder pad and chest and breasts area. This are still just arrangement to get the overall values and get the idea of how the final lighting will be for her figure.

Here is a character close up I have so far.

Also add some nasty sharp spiky teeth to the hammer head

I will still have to paint over for highlights and darkest dark, then clean up the image and then...hopefully it will all be done by early next week.

Thanks again guys for all the feedback and comments.

Quote of the day: "Art is a lie that makes us realize truth." Pablo Picasso

Drawing Software & Tools I used and recommended:
-Genius MousePen 6x8
-Wacom Intuos3 6X8 Pen Tablet
-Bamboo (Small) Pen Tablet (new from Wacom!) Economy for everyone.
Softwares:
-Gimp (Free Download)
-Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Professional software)

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Character concept art female warrior work in process continue

Character concept art female warrior work in process step bycontinue.

So far I did tighten up the very far end background, mid-ground by add some icy snow into it to create somewhat unworldly look into the image. Lava and ice...the are sometimes seen together side by side, but we rarely get to see them. I do have a few video tutorials on the subject there are concept art tutorial painting landscape (Lava, Magma) and environmental concept tutorial ice-snow-scape. You can check them out to get the idea

Also change her face direction from front view to 3/4 view to make her torso or body flow naturally into "C" or "S" arch...works. *If you want to learn how to draw and paint face good there are "How to draw faces" and "How to paint portraits" It also create a little more mysterious element into the image by her looking off to the side suggest that there is another whole world outthere. Hammer head is almost there, still some of the little top flat area to be figuring out and paint over. Also rearrange some of the values on her overall armor (You can also check out video tutorial of similar process art tutorial draw and paint knight armor metal and art tutorial draw and paint gold armor , prep it for the final rendering or painting.

Then fix some problematic area on her right knees (still tweaking) The front guard doggie also change to have the lower body turn the other way so it would create a natural flow because it was almost create a tension with the bottom end of the hammer head (too close) on the previous one. I am trying to get the overall look and feel of the image to be close to the creature concept painting tutorial that I did a while back, except more refine and finished.

Though I am going to make it a bit more blue...the ice, snow and sky still kind of mute compare to the fire...we will see if it will fit. Aha and there shall be some special FX of the hammer and the dogs.

Thanks for all the feedback guys, greatly appreciate.

Here is what I have so far overall image of the warrior girl concept illustration

Zoom in on the Hammer, if you look closely...there are just a bunch of brush strokes and scribble. But zoom out as the image above, it looks just fine and make the illusion as 3D object hammer.

You can post your feedback and some cool images or links to inspire me to work on the one on the comment. Thank a whole lots guys for ideas, advices, and inspirational thoughts.

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Drawing Software & Tools I used and recommended:
-Genius MousePen 6x8
-Wacom Intuos3 6X8 Pen Tablet
-Bamboo (Small) Pen Tablet (new from Wacom!) Economy for everyone.
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-Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Professional software)

Concept art character design digital painting process step by step

Concept art character design digital painting process step by step. Female warrior design continue.

Well, got a few hours to work on it a bit more. And I try to take the painting as far as the time allow me. I was working from the bottom up and try to get the big picture together before I go in for the over all detail. There are lots of problematic areas to be resolved...proportion, values and temperature are really the keys, as far as I am concern at the moment, to make it look alright and take it to the finish line, I hope I can pull it off. Been a busy long week so didn't touch it for a while. I have to pull it thru this time...:P

Thanks for all the feedback guys! Sorry haven't been updating...an old friend since grade school came and visit me for a week so I have been hanging out in the sun a lot. Gets nothing done, but now I am back. For the previous posts goto: digital painting tutorial update and hair style concept art warrior girl

Concept art (illustration) female warrior work in process (WIP)

The doggie body pattern, I am still not sure. But for now...it's a good place holder just in case I didn't have enough time to finish the refine stuff. idea?

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-Genius MousePen 6x8
-Wacom Intuos3 6X8 Pen Tablet
-Bamboo (Small) Pen Tablet (new from Wacom!) Economy for everyone.
Softwares:
-Gimp (Free Download)
-Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Professional software)

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Digital painting tutorial process warrior woman update

Digital painting tutorial process warrior woman update.

Here is another update on the little project that I am going to complete. I was indecisive mid way thru so I change her pose and did another comp. Then I took a break for a few days and I didn't think the new one fits my vision of the whole thing. So I decide to stick to the original idea...no hesitate however it might turns out to be.

Here is another comp I did out of confusion and in the end it didn't fit my vision.

Here is the original one that I reworked a bit more and now I am going to stick to my original idea.

Zoom in of the guard dog that I painted today. :)

More to come...thanks for the all the help, ideas and feedback guys.

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Armor design concept art process warrior girl continue

Armor design concept art process warrior girl continue.

Here is a concept design process. I didn't have time to do much yet...but here it is so far. I add some more design to the torso or upper body part, huge shoulder guard, and gloves...koi tattoos design on her right arm. Here it is... :)

Then I will have to apply all these element into the final illustration or the comp see here (warlord warrior and her guard dog concept design) that I have made.


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Thank for all the previous feedback guys. Your input are very valuable and give me ideas and venues that I sometimes miss. More feedback are welcome. Have a great weekend.

Hairstyle concept for the character warrior girl process

Some hairstyle concept for the character warrior girl process.

Update with some new comp and Emo inspired hair design.
And this composition tweak...slightly a little bit.
Thanks for all the feedback and links guys.

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More creature design sketches and over all process

More creature design sketches and over all process. Step by step from sketch to a full illustration.

Here are some mean mean looking creatures and stuff. It was fun but it took a while to get to what I really wanted for the illustration.

This is the one I decided from the bunch of thumbnails above...but still unhappy with.

Blah!!! Grrrrrr!

I decided that I want the girls warrior's pet creature to be a little more cuddly like more mammal (majestic looking with petable looks rather and cool scary looking thing) rather than amphibian / lizard/ monster look alike creature... so here are some more experimental sketch. It's getting there.

So here they are...more sketches

I decided it should have bigger head and thick neck!

Enough for today,
OK tomorrow will be some more video tutorial for sure. :)

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