did some character sheets to serve as a reference for Rosamine (B-plot protagonist) and Arktias (A-Plot and Main protagonist).
brainstormed crown ideas for arktias. wanted it to emulate a halo while also looking slightly roman/greek/byzantine or middle eastern since those were her cultural inspirations.
recieved a secret santa of my character rosamine in a ball gown and liked it so much i sketched my own version while on call with some friends. i am unlikely to include this in my final work however
sketched Rosamine’s pose for a later portrait. this would be her being sworn into the presidency.
started designing the leader of the Ophiran faction and deuteragonist in the B-Plot
started on a royal family portrait. showed distance between Jhandra and her son Lucien while also ensuring everyone looked appropriately uncomfortable and miserable since the family dynamic is not a happy one. will finish this later.
costume designs for pre-teen/teenaged rosamine (left) and marilysa (right). marilysa doesnt wear the traditional silvermere colours because she is engaged to the royal heir and shes very proud of this (hence the reds and pinks)
was thinking about the relationship between arktias and lucien before the story and how they would play together. i had the thought that lucien would dress up as a knight or king and proclaim that arktias would one day be his “grand wizard” or prophet and together they would pretend to beat dragons etc. maybe mari would play with them and play princess while rosamine was relegated to playing an evil witch (a role she didn’t embrace with much enthusiasm). it was fun to think about these character dynamics and i look forward to finishing this piece
thought about lucien and how it might be cool for him to have scarring that causes him to cover his face, much like the leper king, baldwin IV of Jerusalem
wanted to improve at drawing dark skin so i drew polaris, one of my characters (B-Plot, protégé to Rosamine and youngest brother of the starling family. a talented engineer and wielder of arcane magic). enjoyed it so much i drew arktias (protagonist) and zimul (A-Plot, friend of Arktias from Maudin and wielder of Wild earthen magic that allows him to shapeshift)
designed a propaganda poster for rosamine, will clean up this draft later.
thought in-depth about how the magic system would function and figured out 6 major schools of magic: holy (creation light, prophecy and healing etc), earthen (weather, druidic/shamanic etc), arcane (runic, wizardy, mathematic), hallow (necrotic and dead magic), demonic (not just traditional demonic aesthetic, but rather maths/physics breaking magic considered dangerous and outlawed. 7 hells for 7 styles of demonic magic, one of which is the traditional fire-and-brimstone with little devils hell) and finally void (entropy/universal decay. heat death of the universe/nothingness, fear and nightmares, psychological horror)
expanded on hallow magic. beings are split into 3 main components: body, soul (memory, empathy, love) and spirit (mind, intelligence, consciousness). necrotic hallowed are those who linger while missing one or more of these components.
for example:
then i designed wraith/shades (left), wanderers (middle) and ghosts (right) with face closeups and props.
then started on designing wisps and thought about how they may be stored in a lantern
personal work
did a secret santa project for a friend and drew Arknights character ‘Chongyue’ at her request.
saw Wicked on west end, and then the movie, and did some drawings
watched some old doctor who with a friend and drew some characters for her