February contest WIP

[braden H]

@Aleksey I'm a fan of #3! Reminds me of a crescent moon without being a crescent moon if you get what I mean

[ArtofAleksey]

@Braden-Hallett yeah I totally do

[chrisaakins]

@Aleksey Cool idea. I am curious to see where this goes. I really like the one to the left of #3. Whatcha got planned?

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok so i mixed a few ideas and got this scyth looking staff

@chrisaakins My idea is to create a “night” character that looks like a legendary or deity like being kind of “cutting” through the sky creating nighttime.

Once I design the staff ill design the character then do the scene i hope I’ll have enough time. It is February afterall

[ArtofAleksey]

I think its gonna be wooden with a ceremonial style crescent moon. Trying to mix up the simple/complex, might minimize the line and paint in the textures

That weird line coming off the middle was an accident

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok i think i solved a lot of the issues I’ve been having

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok i think the prop is done, next up is the character design!!

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok i made a few poses and i had the idea of creating an offhand lantern like object as well to match the staff
I numbered my preferences

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok i played around with it a bit more. Can’t decide on magic crystal or magic egg. I’m gonna play with it more im not satisfied and I think an egg goes well with the bird face on the staff.

[chrisaakins]

@Aleksey This looking cool! I do feel like the brightly colored handle pulls away attention from the blade. But I guess the hand of the person would be hiding most of it anyway. What was your inspiration for the piece? Reminds me of Celtic art a little bit.

[ArtofAleksey]

@chrisaakins thanks chris, dungeons and dragons hah..

[ArtofAleksey]

Yeah i think i like the previous egg one

[ArtofAleksey]

Not sure im gonna use this I’m gonna take a break and think a little

[burvantill]

@Aleksey I really like these, but...

"My idea is to create a “night” character that looks like a legendary or deity like being kind of “cutting” through the sky creating nighttime."

...would a deity that is creating night, carry a light?
Just a thought. I know you'll pull it off.

PS. The light is very cool BTW.

[ArtofAleksey]

@burvantill yeah I thought about that and ya cant have night without day? Idk dont wanna over think it. But thank you, maybe i do need to hone in on the idea here.

[KaraDaniel]

Cool lantern. I like the stance of figure #1. He looks in action.

[ArtofAleksey]

@KaraDaniel yeah i do too

Also i think i cane up with a design I like

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok it took a while but we got there. NOW i can do character design

[chrisaakins]

@Aleksey I like it!

[chrisaakins]

Have you ever seen work by Chris Riddell? Your props remind of his work. He wrote and illustrated YA fantasy in the early 2000s.