finally got some time to do personal art again, so back to working on Fox designs 🦊

started on a witch that i will probably not finish 🤣

making this one low poly only 

very WIP!

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super wip still, just a color test with gradient maps on the wip greyscale, not sure which i like, thoughts?

  

weekend project! super wip, still feeling out the direction. have the chain mail mesh turned off, not happy with it yet.

jumped back to work on my witch the other day, most of it are still gradient maps on top of greyscale, except for the face, hair, and crystals. so, lots to do!

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another old one from early 2016? D: i actually kind of love this one still.

Mal's story:
this is Mallory Reynolds, Mal for short, she is a pilot for fat pony delivery service, along side her navigator/mechanic who is a cat (for now).
Mal and Mr. Cat (nameless) live with her old high society grandmother who even though dresses extravagantly at her old age is very supportive of her little granddaughter taking on a courier job.
Mal's parents died when she was very little, her father in the on going civil war and her mother from the mysterious incurable illness that that transforms the person into uncontrollable flesh eating monster. this *illness* started right before the war a few decades back and has been popping up more and more causing towns to be destroyed in a single night.

during one of their jobs, Mal and Mr. Cat meet a man who claims he has a map to THE cure. as they were trying to get away from the men who attacked them, the man took on serious injuries protecting Mal. before dying he tells them they must not give the map to anyone and have to follow it to find the cure and bring it to the capitals' high priestess for she alone can replicate it and stop this plague.

so this is an early idea for Mal, she's a little tomboyish, being raised with nobility and seeing how they treat average people made her turn away from the luxuries of their world. she started flying at a young age when her uncle saw she had an interest for planes so he taught her everything he knew. her goal was to save up enough to buy one of the top of the line fighter planes, until now she's been flying the fixed up plane her father used.

Mal:

Narr's story:

renamed Mr. Cat to Einarr, and he goes by "Narr"

a few years before dying from the illness, and while being pregnant with Mal, her mom worked at the capital's research and development labs where she was trying to bio-engineer higher intelligence and communication skills into domesticated animals for spying purposes in the war.
first promising generation of animals were engineered with a synthetic genome that would mutate their DNA to allow them to be capable of human speech. After that and many more failed attempts, they hit a wall, the animals were able to talk, but it was very hard for most of them to remember and take simple commands, they stayed at a very child-like minded state.
the second successful generation was engineered with a stronger *mostly* synthetic human-like genome. this changed their form greatly, not only did most of their intelligence increased to be able to take commands, but they became upright and class 1 sentient (same level as humanoids). this became a massive breakthrough and an issue because being in a class 1 level meant they now have full rights as any other person.
before a proper law could be placed to protect the new SSC1 animals, they created generation three using an "unknown origin" genome. G3 looked and acted almost identical to G2, but when angered or frightened they activated a berserk mode for self defense and killing everything in sight. this marked them for immediate extermination and the R&D project was shutdown for the improper miss treatment of a C1 species and engineering using "unknown origin" genome that caused the loss of many scientists.
Narr is the last surviving G3, Mal's mother was his "handler" and believed there would be a way to control their berserk mode. in the final days' chaos she rescued him and re-assigned him as Generation 2 Sentient Species Class 1 Feline (G2-SSC1F).
the remaining G1s and G2s were let go after laws were written in to protect them, and they were taken/adopted in by families (many nobles that thought it was amazing to have talking animals) or helped by the capital to gain home and find proper employment.
Narr grew up as an older brother figure to Mal and was fully accepted into their family upon his arrival. Mal's mom created a chip that helped Narr get full control of his berserk mode, which also enables him to protect Mal and himself only in extreme circumstances. if people find out he is a G3 or people assumed G2's have the same capabilities, they'll be hunted down and relocated and possibly be sold on the black market for further experimentation to be used as weapons.

there is more but that would start giving the ending away >:D

this is the concept i went with, very inspired by zoopotia stuff <3

where i left off, need some polish (rework some areas), concept ship and build it, rig/skin, set up a scene...but didn't care to concept the ship at the time sooo ...>_>;

this is back from my unfinished Art War 1 in 2016? going to try and update my blog with all/most of my WIPs ... maybe bring this back after a redesign >_>

back story:

this is one of the ruling rose sisters of the north, their bloodline spans thousands of years back to the true elven tribes of old who lived in the frozen tundra after they were forced from their homes. they prayed to the rose goddess and she brought them out of their depths of despair and warmed their hearts. for that they promised to forever love and worship the goddess and since then their world turned to crystal palaces and gardens of forever scented flowers.
life and spirit came back to the ancient race and even though everyone became blissfully happy living their lives, the chosen royals were always taught to remember what use to be, what is, and what could be. three chosen marked sisters rule at a time, first, the compassionate mother who loves the people, second, the diplomatic scholar who teaches them, and third, the rose warrior who protects them. each fulfilling their roles to keep their people safe from the hands of those who look to destroy them.

the rose warrior, beautifully adorned in shining armour, accented with feathers, rich fabrics, and roses from head to toe. she wields a magical weapon called the thorn blade that holds the strength of all the warriors before her and with their power, they protect their people.

concepts:

inspiration:

WIP

was finalizing concept on top of the sculpt: 

adding the detail to armour: 

made a mini breakdown:

i was going to only do a few shots and then i went down memory lane D:
some of my favorite/nostalgic and work pieces from 2010-2019. 

jumped back to working on my norse girl, checking how gradients are working with her greyscale (still painting in greyscale :D ) & painted up the skin. lower chainmail alpha is super wip.