Another attempt at Samara

Samara's been on this blog before. She's one of my favourite Mass Effect characters - which is saying something because the series is one of my most beloved things in the entire world. But I have a lot of trouble with her character model; she's basically everything I've ever wanted in a badass lady, beauty, ferocity, determination that would make a Terminator blush. and untold wisdom of a thousand year life span. She had so much potential to be perfect but her model makes her look like a sexy strawberry and does absolutely nothing to convey her complexities. I wanted to try another redesign this time playing  around with the styles worn by Asari in game and made them more battle-monk-ish to suit her. I really wish she had have looked something more like this rather than blatant fanservice for the male segments of the audience.

Not even I am immune to X and Y

My roommate and, like, half the people I follow on tumblr are playing the latest Pokemon game. So I drew a cute girl based on one of my favourites, Eevee.

I'll probably give in eventually and by X (if I can borrow a 3DS long enough from a friend to play it; apparently it's really good and I really want to make a Ghost team).

Famine

Famine - Good Omens
Second last in the series (man, am I happy about that). I had the most trouble with him for a variety of reasons, the biggest being that I didn't actually have a good idea of what he looked like and that he was supposed to blend into a 90's setting (90's clothing is the most heinous clothing ever).

Good Omens

Crowley and Aziraphale - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet
Doing a series of characters designs from Good Omens for fun. Started off with everyone's favourite angel/demon duo and will be moving on to the Four Bikers Horsemen and then the kids if time permits. Mostly done War too at this point.
Originally I thought about having each character with their associated mode of transportation (mostly just because motorcycles are ballin' and I could clearly figure out which kind each Horseman would ride) but I'm rethinking it. Started drawing the Bentley but gave up because doing perspective in photoshop is the worst. Liking this design style for the series and I might just keep it up.
This series will basically be the most men I've drawn ever. Hack-hack-hack. That's me.

Samara

Samara redesign - Mass Effect 2

I got the Mass Effect art book recently and was disappointed by the focus on the female character's sexuality in the little blurbs about the though processes behind the designs. Even in game I noticed a major shift in direction between ME1 and ME2; though ME2 had far better characterization I felt that some designs were disconnected from the character they were portraying. Samara, who's one of my favourite characters, was one of the worst in this respect. The emphasis in art book was definitely on her sex appeal and it shows.

Samara is sexy, yeah, but she's also an ascetic warrior who's almost a 1000 year old. I wanted to redesign her in a way that worked more with her character, especially her age. In game she looks younger than someone 1/10 her age just based on clothing. Gave her a simple bodysuit/light armour and a shawl for everyday wear. Shawls, to me, are the ultimate in high-class older women's wear (and Samara is the ultimate in high-class older ladies).

Yzma

Another design challenge, redesign a famous movie or tv character. I chose Yzma from Disney's The Emperor's New Groove. In her original incarnation she looks far more like a flapper than an Incan witch/advisor. She had next to no common design elements with her fellow cast members and pretty much stuck out like a sore thumb despite being awesome.
Kept the colours and headdress (too iconic) and made her overall look fit in more with everyone else. Transitioned her gaudiness into more gold and accessories - it always seemed weird that someone so power hungry wouldn't be decked in gold. For the record, those spindly hands will haunt me for quite some time. The rest of the style wasn't too hard to emulate, but the hands!

It's your old friend, deadly neurotoxin.

Some fanart for a change!

GLaDOS - Portal series

Last week my drawing group had AU (alternate universe) as its theme. I decided to actually do the theme for the week and drew an android version of one of my favourite villains/potatoes, GLaDOS. I worked with just her original design, specifically the white plates. 

Also trying to start creating more graphic illustrations even if it's just a character study. I plan on working with the style more over the coming months.

Sketches

Drawings! I haven't been able to draw lately but here's a few sketches from this week.

Inspirations - I'm not quite sure at the moment, but I'm tempted to blame the large amount of BBC I've been watching since mum invaded. Also a pair of earrings from Oscura, which is a wonderful webcomic that has a very sketchy updating schedule.

Pencil

I'm not sold on the sleeves but I'm liking the head/shoulder area. This is one of those "damn it's 2 in the morning and I was just about to fall to sleep now I have to tumble out of bed to find the sketchbook before the idea leaves and gaaaahhhh why does light hurt so much" drawings. I'd like to work on it more later.

Korra from Legend of Korra

Ballpoint pen

Began sketching this while visiting my dad's shop on Saturday. If you haven't tuned into LoK yet you really should. The series is incredibly well researched and has some amazing production design. If you're a fan of fantasy, Asia, or the Roaring Twenties I cannot suggest this series more highly. I'm going to stop being a fangirl now.

My ballpoint pen skills are lacking. I really need to work on that. Clearly I am out of practice.

I'm hoping that I can get back into the game again soon. I'd like to finish the series started last week (and fix that illustration), get some character designs done, as well as some environment designs, and start experimenting with styles again - I'm not in a rut, but I do feel like I need to up the ante again some time soon. Also, please excuse my loopiness/rambling.