I recently jumped into one of the challenges over at ArtOrder.blogspot.com. The objective was to design a character starting with silhouette, go to detail, then color, and ultimately work up to a book cover, using a provided template. The specifics and requirements of the challenge are here:
http://artorder.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-challenge.html
The character being addressed is the Mayan god of wind, storm, and fire: Hurakan.
And off we go!
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| 1. Character Silhouettes |
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| 2. Character Thumbnails |
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| 3. B&W Character Detail, Book Cover Thumbnails |
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4. Character Color Rough, B&W Book Cover Detail
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| 5. Final Character, Book Cover Color Rough |
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| 6. Final Book Cover + Art |
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| And here's the cleaned-up version without the template and required formatting... |
