2d Mini: Wrath of the Death Knights

[Mogster]

Hellstern - yea me too Bw to color hates me ;p cant really help you there im afraid.

[katana]

Hellstern First off great piece. Be sure to work in layers. Block out the color for each major piece as a separate layer, that way you'll be able to color correct what you want. Generally I work from the background forward. I also try really hard to avoid noodling the little details before I've got a good idea as to the base. You'll work your lighting and color base in tandem, that way one won't get to far a head of the other. You'll probably end up with a dozen layers or so before you'll get to the noodling. Everyone works different, but let's say you like a cape in blood red and spend a few hours painting it out. The you think, "hey maybe I like it in blue" So you'll paint a different layer. At this point you'll be able to switch between them to see what really worked in the end. It takes more time, because you're painting the area twice, but in the end it gives a truer idea of the final. You can also start by color correcting the grayscale to get you into the ballpark before hand. Hope that helps some.

[dwinbotp]

@SpikeCB, thanks man, I felt a lvl 55 should look the part, don't know if i overdid it, hehe
@Slide_Helena, looking great! can't wait for the colors to come out!
@Nicolas Tey, looking good man, kinda reminds me of Gaiking though
@Hellstern, looks awesome!
Everybody's entry just oozing enthusiasm! I can't wait to see more!:thumb:

Orcs are apparently very popular, aside from the female characters I guess, so I hope to do an Orc one if time permits. More updates soon

[MattiaNelli]

Some more details, and a first color study.
I think he should be more scary, as a death knight... I'll work more on the armor, there are many parts that are to be defined.

[Kaelas]

o damn, dindt noticed of this contest before, i guess is a little late but i gonna try to participate anyways

have reviewed the 15 pages of this post and u guys have done a very nice job congratz everybody

[Absorber]

(Dont know if my previous reply was added to the thread, my internet sux at the moment)

- Hi everyone!
Gone trough all the pages of the topic, and seen a very nice progress and some veryvery nice entry's

Definitly inspiring and unfortunaly the deadline is way to close for me.
Maybe ill join the next fun mini.

First im off to recon the forum a bit. Cya

[Davek]

Blending the figure and the background here-
I'm fairly happy about the background change. It was a good call!

I'm planning to finish this off on my next update.
Things to do next; effects and heavier gears all around, and More Spikes!!
Once again, it's been a great ride so far.



Thank you, artists.
Cheers-

112608
DaveK-

[sprouty]

so freaking sweet davek! I really liked the idea of a white skinned orc you were going for before but green is appropriate too

[kessler]

TROLL!

[kessler]

ok here is a revised sketch. bed time. weeeeeeeee

[dwinbotp]

some progress on the Orc...plan to paint him nekkid first, just to add the pieces of armor later on to speed things up.

[fish]

@ Kalabre
Thx!
I am not too fast as usual, only 'couse i inspired by this fantastic pictures.

@ Davek
I really love your style, especially your background and enviroment arts-but this orc is awesome!

If somebody have any idea to my background colors, pls share with me!

[GRMC]

Yo Hi, everybody, its really hot here. All the death knights R great, I`m sketching my one right now ....

[Krazy8]

Here is my concept for the 2d Art. I will also be doing this in 3D as well.

[GRMC]

Yeah! here is my step #001


And crits are welcome :inocent:

[SpikeCB]

Oh boy this is like "aweso-m-adness" so many great entries here.

Its gettin late and I'm extremely tired. So, I keep this short.

Update:

( those are belts on the shoulder plates, that keep the two parts of the skull together )

nighties

[balasa]

wow all the entries so far are great. this is the first time i've been back ever since the last dominance war

[dkvdeeto]

Cold: its a shame u didnt finish the unholy orc death knight.. everyone voted for that one,, ... (even though your elven knight is cool, w the "secret" message.. )

Hellstern: that is way cool details man.. lookin forward for the colors :thumb:

SLIDE_Helena: great knight,, im curious what she looks like without her hood... hmmmm...

NicholasTey: nice WIP,, reminds me of spawn..

SecondBanana: hmmm,, trolls.... the one and only in this thread... cool

dwinbotp: dude,, the first one reminds me of odin,, the orc's awesome too... cant wait for the final submission...

yaril: thats one helluva orc... you gotta teach me dude..

Bluefley: i always loved your colors,, very eye catching...

[dwinbotp]

dkvdeeto: LOL, come to think of it, you're right! Now if only there was a six-legged horse lying about, I'd show it to Square-Enix instead

Started with armor details on my DK Orc,here's what I have so far. Time to catch some shut-eye....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[dkvdeeto]

a little update...