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Character Art - Final Submission

1/10/2010

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Planning

"A gang is a group of three or more people who, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity." ◘

With the basic definition of a gang nailed down, I commenced browsing various Internet search engines to find more information about pre-1960 gangs. I was first about to settle for some classic Caribbean pirates, but after some more reading I eventually ended up going for the Norse Vikings. They were kinda the pirates of Scandinavia anyways - it was just way easier to find reference images I could use.

I then went to find a story I could use for inspiration - yet again searching through multiple texts. I eventually found and decided to use the story of Olaf Tryggvason, who was the king of Norway from 995 to 1000, he also played an important part in the conversion of the Vikings to Christianity.

Character Analysis

Name: Edgar Æirikson
Age: 12
Personality: Committed, selfless and clumsy

Edgar is a 12 years old boy living in a Norwegian viking village around the year 1000. He lives alone with his father who is the town's local blacksmith. His mother disappeared a couple of years ago in the midst of a viking raid. Nobody know what really happened.
Edgar's dream is to become the mightiest viking warrior there is.

Concept and Model Sheet

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Final concept render
The final concept/model sheet image was drawn both by mouse and tablet. This mainly due to bringing and installing my monitor tablet to the school computer isn't worth the hassle.
The green and orange colors were subconsciously added before we learned about the power of complementary colors. I used those because it looked nice with the character design and at the same time were quite close to my reference art. Of course, upon learning about the importance of colors, the image suddenly appeared a whole lot better.
I enjoy 3D modeling far more than drawing concept art and used about a day on making all three of these accessories. Box- and partly subdivision-modeled, rendered with V-Ray. Wire and color renders can be found a couple of posts below this one.
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Kayla link
9/4/2019 06:29:02

Found this link from Google, thanks for sharing.

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