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Published: 2012-02-25 12:24:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 16648; Favourites: 514; Downloads: 232
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Rarely drawing these days (all work and no play) but had these old designs for Winter classes laying around and thought I'd put them together here.For the game Sacred Seasons 2 .
Swarmer was called ' Black Sun' or ' Black Flock' swarmer during development, based on Danish giant flocks of starlings that literally darken out the sun. (it's true! Wiki ) Swarmers were ment to be a creepy and mysterious magic type class.
Butcher was unconsicously inspired by Audrey Hepburn and looks more like a maid than a butcher : ).
Bandit is based on Raccoons.
Enjoy!
Art and designs Β© me and Emerald City Games.
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Comments: 27
0_0 I will need to look at these further...
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no problem.
and i want you to know that i am a huge fan of your art work.
its the best.
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the designe of clothes is so coool like it ^
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[link] : my gallery
check it out hope you like it!
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You're alive! Do you do anything but work anymore?
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yes occasionally but don't tell anyone 
Summary of it all: 6 more months and I'll have an actual diploma... till then it's mostly work and little play.
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Well, me and the rest of the world are missing you, so hurry it up!
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That spy is epic. The Swarmer also a favorite. I like how you pick a style and create the characters based on it. Really adds to the class of the whole thing.
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I've missed seeing your work!
Really loving the color palette here
good luck with everything!
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pretty awesom, and quite original Seems to fit with the feel of winter; cold, aloof, dead or harsh
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I love how sinister these guys look!
Swarmer is going to be a fun class to try out, too bad Spring Swarmer wasn't on Spring Various 2!
I was given a hint at the theme, and my imagination is running wild.
The maid-butcher theme can definitely work, but it'll probably depend on the skills.
These bandits are shaping up to be a varied bunch!
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all of these outfits look so fun to wear as cosplays!
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The eyeball lining on the swarmer's cloak is a neat touch.
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The only thing that bothers me is that the spy looks really conspicuous. Don't you think that he'd be instantly spotted in a corporate setting or in the government? I wouldn't hire HIM to do my espionage
But seriously. Amazing designs. I really like how the bandit looks like a raccoon but not so much that it's all up in your face.
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Ah... youre so amazing..
I bet theres no steady one answer to this, but: what is the process you go through when you design a character? Any good tip you can give?
Its fine if you dont know how to explain it, thanks in advance anyway!
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Hmmm... I'll try:
Sometimes you have a jackpot idea straight away, other times you need to brainstorm along a certain theme (like raccoon: look up raccoons, sketch raccoons, analyse what are recognizable features of raccoons, experiment how you can put these in a character, pant raccoons, hat raccoons, tail? ears? etc) Sometimes you have a smart idea for a starting point (e.g. I want to use this hat) and everything else follows. Other possible starting points can be an idea for a personality, a weapon, a silhouette or something the bigger group of designs so far lacks. (e.g. an older character, a huge pants silhoutte, a straight hairstyle. I already had two big muscular butchers, so for winter I wanted a petite female one and something with skulls, so that was my starting point.)
I always start with sketches on paper, very quick simple ones, most of them are no bigger than 5 cm without details. They are very ugly and not worth posting ^^. They are for developing the idea, getting the volumes right and exploring variations. (for example for a hat I do also a bigger hat, even bigger hat, no hat, different shape hat etc.) I also check if it balances with all the other designs, the overall style, and check that I haven't already done this silhouette or shape before.
Then when I'm kinda confident this could work, I draw it in PS, check with my employer, do adjustments, and finally place in in a huge grid together with all the other designs and do colour, size and detail adjustments to fit the overall style) Then: done! Hope this answers your question a bit : ).
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