Dominance War III | kalabre | Phoenix Arayleus

[kalabre]

Dominance War III | kalabre | Phoenix Arayleus
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[DollyRot]

hey cant wait to see your sketches. Please post!

[kalabre]

SOOO i have a few sketches in progress, i havent figured out what exactly I want to do.

I know she's female and her name is Phoenix, she is going to probably use the vegetation magic thing because her weapon I came up with is all foresty. Hopefully I'll get some pictures up soon, I just wanted to get the basic idea of her out there.

I think either a fairy/pixie or elf. How generic right? =P.

[GOGO]

I think its just me and all the girls doing vegetation...interesting O_ o

[kalabre]

vegetation is where its at.

[kalabre]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/kalabre/outline1copy.jpg


So I havent gotten a lot of the things I have drawn uploaded yet but I want to get something out there, even if its basically just reference pics.

I want to do something in the hair which really incorperates her "vegetation-ness", very earthy. So yea, some pretty rough outlines and reference until i get around to scanning schtuff in.

[kalabre]

OH so more about the character really quick too:

Her weapon (that I need to get on here) is basically a lance that wraps around her arm with vines and roots. The lance is essentially a large type of special flower her people harvest and it creates a sharp "deadly" spear shape when twisted properly. Since her power is vegetation when she hits people with her sword it leaves a trail of seeds basically, which grow super fast into roots and trees or flowers that expand and grow within the victims body and eventually find there way to sunlight by any means necessary.

Thats the basic gist of things, I'm half asleep so it might not make much sense. =P.

[DollyRot]

thats a neat idea. Just throwing this out there, but when you said she was going to be really earthy, I imagined one of her hands could turn into roots. Then she could dig it in the ground and come up where her foes are, crushing them....but i like the idea of vegetation overall. Unique and brave.

[Muchomuchacho]

I really like your costume outlines, the big clod-hoppers are a unique and playful touch. I want to see more veggie tales too, bring the thunder, or in this case...Bring the Foliage! Yeah. Maybe consider like a huge gauntlet on one of the hands out of branches or bark to kinda add to the thing your shoes have got going for them. Good stuff, I look forward to seeing the rest.:paper:

[Razorb]

concepts concepts ! :D

[mr. poopypants]

sounds like a good start--you could really push the vegetation aspect of it, i think--for example, maybe with her hair the vines/etc are almost alive, sort of like medusa-ish--? you also mentioned some pixie/elf creatures (i assume they are small, "fairy size")...what if those creatures lived within your main characters hair and/or aided in the magic--? perhaps they increase magical power--? maybe her outfit is entirely made up of intertwined vines/foliage that could mold/change form and shape depending on the situation (offensive vs. defensive)? just some brainstorming--but would be cool to see more thumbs/sketches...:)

[kalabre]

Yea I really do need to push some sketches out, those would be really cool to incorporate into her. I dunno I was thinking of just redesigning her all together and going with a different power, I was looking through a lot of entries and the few that had vegetation were basically the same angle i was looking at lol. Sooooo I might change it up a little, but I do like the idea of having her hair be alive so i could try and work that in to my next thumbs. :)

[kalabre]

So change of pace, my characters going to now have the water element because it seemed like a lot of people went the vegetation route and I wasn't too far along with that anyways SO just for the heck of it...

Phoenix is a decedent of Poseidon, basically Poseidon had a child with a mortal similar to Zeus and Hercules but Phoenix is more of a great (x 100) grandchild of Poseidon.

SO her artifacts which were past down from generation to generation control water, one of the artifacts will give her the power to pull water from anything and control it similar to a fireball but its a waterball. Making the robot army rust, she'll also have a water sword thing that sharper then steel and can cut through anything.

few rough ideas on costume, more to come:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/kalabre/roughwater.jpg

[Muchomuchacho]

I love the lacey look, keep the shorts from 1 they're unique. Maybe 2's starfish would look cooler draped over her shoulder? Have something else for the artifact maybe? I like the stomach outline on 3, you should try to incorporate that into the lace. I like the shell tucked into the pants, though its prolly just a personal preference. Looks lovely and good call with the repetition of characters!:D

[ThatDon]

I'm feeling the last one, #3.

[Argon]

I like the last one, but I like the first one's hair style. Really nice work! Keep it up!

[ThatDon]

Updates, I demand updates!

[jennygraf]

I agree about the stomach outline on the third costume, and I like the hair as well. It'd be cool to see some sort of mesh/netting with little pearl insets somewhere on the costume maybe? Kind of aquatic. I like the colors you are going to be working with.