The Darksiders franchise is, for the most part, a big, spike-covered sausage party. Enter the Maker Shaman, the first pitch for whom was somewhere in between a peacock and a belly dancer. People weren't too jazzed about her.
(I'm including the lights-only version here because I like it better than the color version.)
Round 2 is difficult for me to talk about, because the inspiration was a girl I was crazy about at the time. Man, was she something. A healer in her own right. Ultimately, the design, much like my relationship with the girl, was too ambitious and didn't gain enough traction. I look back on both and think, "How beautiful. I put a lot of myself into this, and it was so worth it."
Round 3 : More simple?
Round 4 : Well, how about these?
Round 5 : Number 3 from the previous round got a good reaction, so I worked that up a bit more...
...but, no dice. Joe had something different in mind, so, like the dutiful henchman I am, I did a clean and turn of it. Then Avery Coleman did a paintery clean of my clean, and that was that.
Making a concept is a bit like building a relationship. Sometimes, despite your best efforts and intentions, they go in another direction. But, in most cases, it's for the best. Here's looking at you, kid.
(I'm including the lights-only version here because I like it better than the color version.)
Round 2 is difficult for me to talk about, because the inspiration was a girl I was crazy about at the time. Man, was she something. A healer in her own right. Ultimately, the design, much like my relationship with the girl, was too ambitious and didn't gain enough traction. I look back on both and think, "How beautiful. I put a lot of myself into this, and it was so worth it."
Round 3 : More simple?
Round 4 : Well, how about these?
Round 5 : Number 3 from the previous round got a good reaction, so I worked that up a bit more...
...but, no dice. Joe had something different in mind, so, like the dutiful henchman I am, I did a clean and turn of it. Then Avery Coleman did a paintery clean of my clean, and that was that.
Making a concept is a bit like building a relationship. Sometimes, despite your best efforts and intentions, they go in another direction. But, in most cases, it's for the best. Here's looking at you, kid.
3 comments:
Amazing work! I lik to quantity of details in this characters! Very good work.
Thanks so much for all the sharing Paul. This is great stuff.
Good work, Paul! Very, good work
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