Design Lab [ocean warrior] - 1/2

Episode 4 of design lab is a comment submitted idea to do an oceanic tribal warrior. The process for character design is slightly different than the rest because of the strict constraint of human proportions and anatomy. The design process becomes slightly more idea-based, rather than visually based. (swag?!)

I encourage you to share your own ideas and opinions! Your feedback always makes the second part more interesting and unpredictable for me.

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[zippythewildone]

I have a hard time drawing with my whole arm rather than my wrist. When your drawing small thumbnails are you STILL drawing with your arm, or do you draw less and less from the arm as the drawing get smaller?

I've been trying to get better about drawing with my whole arm and I find my elbow doing most of the moving. Is this how you draw or do you draw from the shoulder?

[sinixdesign]

@zippythewildone At a certain level of detail, I'm using more finger control (similar to how you would write small notes). The wrist is something I don't use. The elbow is such a basic hinge joint, that while it can work well as an extension of the shoulder, I'm not sure how you would comfortably use just that. It should come naturally if you're making sure to not put any weight on your arm. As long as you can hit a quick straight line the length of a page, you're fine.

[omanitnathan]

I use photoshop and I can't find a good size for my canvas'. what size do you set your canvas? width and length in pix. i'm a noob at this.

[sinixdesign]

@omanitnathan For most casual things, I just use any random number size so that it's at least bigger than my screen resolution (example might be 2000x2000 pixels at 300dpi). Then I set the zoom to a basic 100% and just draw the screen. I crop the canvas later on, to finalize the composition or layout. The important thing is that the DPI is at least 300. If you're planning to print stuff, set the canvas to the inches of the desired print and the DPI to 300 (or more if needed).

[ahoynateo]

the concepts i liked most were from #6 with the harpoon and the stance as well as the armor of #4. and the assassin feel of #2 was kickin with the seaweed/some kind of tattered cloth that he may have found from a sunken pirate ship as a cloak/cape. and there should be coral growing from it, and the weapon. and like just barnacles ERRYPLACE!!! :O

[ahoynateo]

DUUUDE that was my COMMENT yayay !!!

[zippythewildone]

@sinixdesign That's a relief I thought I was drawing completely wrong and was going to have to re-learn drawing using my whole arm.

[abcgefp]

6 is interesting and it has room for you to expand on it and play with it and it definitely isn't super literal

[killerpimp069]

Please don't do the gayish trident thing!!! Try mixing the 7 and the 2, I bet there's something eerie in there that could work just fine.

[o0OSorataO0o]

i like #5 and #1(somehow it reminds me of "Waterworld" with Kevin Costner, don't know why) most

[Riddimensaur]

When I first heard the topic I imagined thick rope nets and seashells. One of the first design ideas that sprang to mind was a type of chain mail or plate mail made from different types of shells being strung together or overlapping one another. In terms of fighting style I imagined a mixture of Retiarius gladiators (fought with tridents, daggers and nets) mixed with Native American and perhaps even tribal Africa cultural themes. I think a combination of 1 and 4 would work very well.

[kirpid]

I think #2 had the strongest gesture. I can see him popping from the ocean.

[zippythewildone]

I like the shoulder piece on 1 and the head piece on 3

[fusobotic]

I kind of like the number 5 design, feels a little less cheesy than the others. That's most likely because I'm swayed toward heavy mechanical stuff, and I'm digging that shell backpack. almost looks like a pyro from TF2. Or maybe like some sort of electric eel style thing, that shoots lightbolts. Really love your videos, can't believe I didn't know about this until now! They're really great.