4/4 - 4/11 Art Log

For the past two weeks I was a little stumped on how to continue any of the major parts of the games, so to try and use my time wisely i revisited some unfinished things, mainly the icons for the characters and starting to redesign/rewrite Edel.

Working on Icons
The main thing holding me back from finishing these when i sketched them out is not knowing if I was confident with HOW  I drew the expressions and head shapes, unsure if they were either too detailed or too simple, but knowing how little time I have left I decided to commit to the sketches and go with what I had.  Since each character needs three icons for winning, losing, and neutral state, I really wanted to demonstrate the personality of the characters through them, with the best being Ikaris (despite the lack in changing the expressions TOO DRASTICALLY). While Wu and Luxs icons were more expressive, I wish I did make them vary more since both have at least one icon with their tongue sticking out, but I do still think it fits for them both. The last set that needs to be done is Edel which will be done once I'm fully confident in his design.

Edel Progress

Edel has been the toughest character for me to feel passionate for, mostly due to his initial design and leaving ALOT to be desired, as well as the fact me and the others didn't have a concrete idea for his backstory, but that was until recently when I sat down n really tried to do better. The first move to make him stand out more was giving him TWO HEADS, taking inspiration from the snake symbol that's used to depict Loki traditionally, also being able to represent a more deceitful personality, with one head coming off as publicly presentable and charming, with the other being the opposite, but both equally as manipulative and conniving.