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WOW! Looking nice!! One observation on the Empress (and I realize you're just sort of roughing things in at this point) - her robes are white, like the healers, with a simple gold collar around her neck. But I definitely like your style! :)
Amrao - HOLY COW! That's amazing! You've put a heck of a lot of work into this, obviously. I think it looks great, although I'll make an observation or two, if you like. On the talons, they're basically long, sharp fingernails, rather than a single big claw sort of thing. Regarding "civilians" - the Kreelans are divided into two major groups (and all female in this age): warriors and clawless ones. Even young warriors, children, wear armor, while the clawless ones wear robes, colored according to caste (e.g., white for the healers, black for armorers, blue for builders). The armor is all black, metal plate over leather-like material; the priestesses have the rune of their order in the breastplate. Regarding the skin color, the second from the left in your character design hits the mark dead on. :-) On Reza's facial design, I'll let you in on a little secret: while he's a descendant of Ichiro Sato, he doesn't really have oriental features. More like Hrithik Roshan - he was sort of my mental model for Reza. I like the rendering of Esah-Zhurah, except for the clothing: she's a warrior, and should be in bad-ass armor, lol! Anyway, please don't take any of that as criticism - your work is amazing! :-)
Ah I'm glad you liked it! Sorry for the discrepancies between what I drew and what is canon, I was working on a tight deadline and got dragged so far out my comfort zone for this that I was pretty much a zombie for that month lol ^^; On Reza's ethnicity: I knew I was probably going too oriental for someone who should look ethnically ambiguous, but a recent discussion between me and my art friends about most protagonists in scifi movies being rugged, mid 20's to 30's white guys prompted me to change it up a little. Haha, I didn't know he was a descendant of Ichiro Sato though! That's really cool.
My email for art purposes is amraoart@gmail.com, feel free to contact me if you have an idea for an illustration or poster that I could make for your worlds. Hopefully I'll be a fully matured artist in a couple of years, but right now I'd love to practice with you in return for exposure. Usually I charge at least $300 for full illustrations, but I feel that the world of Kreelans is a great learning experience and almost my own passion project, so I wouldn't feel right charging for that. By right now, I mean from now until the end of this summer, when I'll be starting college.
It would have been nice (and resulted in a more accurate depiction) if we could have communicated throughout this whole thing so you could handpick variations and correct me along the way, but this time, time didn't allow for that unfortunately.
Thankyou again for letting me base my portfolio around your book! I learned a lot.
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WOW! Looking nice!! One observation on the Empress (and I realize you're just sort of roughing things in at this point) - her robes are white, like the healers, with a simple gold collar around her neck. But I definitely like your style! :)
Amrao - HOLY COW! That's amazing! You've put a heck of a lot of work into this, obviously. I think it looks great, although I'll make an observation or two, if you like. On the talons, they're basically long, sharp fingernails, rather than a single big claw sort of thing. Regarding "civilians" - the Kreelans are divided into two major groups (and all female in this age): warriors and clawless ones. Even young warriors, children, wear armor, while the clawless ones wear robes, colored according to caste (e.g., white for the healers, black for armorers, blue for builders). The armor is all black, metal plate over leather-like material; the priestesses have the rune of their order in the breastplate. Regarding the skin color, the second from the left in your character design hits the mark dead on. :-) On Reza's facial design, I'll let you in on a little secret: while he's a descendant of Ichiro Sato, he doesn't really have oriental features. More like Hrithik Roshan - he was sort of my mental model for Reza. I like the rendering of Esah-Zhurah, except for the clothing: she's a warrior, and should be in bad-ass armor, lol! Anyway, please don't take any of that as criticism - your work is amazing! :-)
Ah I'm glad you liked it! Sorry for the discrepancies between what I drew and what is canon, I was working on a tight deadline and got dragged so far out my comfort zone for this that I was pretty much a zombie for that month lol ^^; On Reza's ethnicity: I knew I was probably going too oriental for someone who should look ethnically ambiguous, but a recent discussion between me and my art friends about most protagonists in scifi movies being rugged, mid 20's to 30's white guys prompted me to change it up a little. Haha, I didn't know he was a descendant of Ichiro Sato though! That's really cool. My email for art purposes is amraoart@gmail.com, feel free to contact me if you have an idea for an illustration or poster that I could make for your worlds. Hopefully I'll be a fully matured artist in a couple of years, but right now I'd love to practice with you in return for exposure. Usually I charge at least $300 for full illustrations, but I feel that the world of Kreelans is a great learning experience and almost my own passion project, so I wouldn't feel right charging for that. By right now, I mean from now until the end of this summer, when I'll be starting college.
It would have been nice (and resulted in a more accurate depiction) if we could have communicated throughout this whole thing so you could handpick variations and correct me along the way, but this time, time didn't allow for that unfortunately.
Thankyou again for letting me base my portfolio around your book! I learned a lot.
I'll update you again when I'm finished! (mid-February 2017)