AVATAR – 2d – Cobaltblue – ‘Nikki: the resurrected soldier’

[cobaltblue]

Hi Guys,
This is my entry for the avatar 2d category.
Nikki: the ressurected soldier.
attached image is a sketch of her features.
Im still doing the pose for her where she is in a battle somewhere in the galaxy
and the story of the image will be updated soon.
meanwhile pls comment on my idea or give suggestions. thanks.

[mr_carl]

well you have a nice start here but there isn't much to crit just yet so I will wait till next update.

[cobaltblue]

thanks mr.carl for your message.

update: color study
splashed some colors so I'll have a guide for the final painting,
Im almost done with the "pose" sketch, will upload it soon.

[cobaltblue]

Attached image will be my composition,
I put her in a pose where she uses her vital parts/weapon: her left hand missle launcher and the right arm extruding spike, aside from her jet engine leg.
Background is a space/galaxy landscape.

[mr_carl]

Nice action packed image and I really like the pink hair, makes here look relay girly and offcourse the other girly parts make here look girly
Looking foreword to the coloured one.

[cobaltblue]

hehe,thanks mr.carl for noticing

update: below, a small update to start my painting..

[cobaltblue]

update: some more paint work mainly on d background:

[Jibberwocky]

You work pretty fast, man. When I saw the thread posted so late I figured you'd never make it. Looks like my assessment was faulty. Good luck!

[cobaltblue]

hey jibberwocky, nice to see u here, thanks for d comment, working as fast as I can,

update: added detail on feet/leg, to test some detailing strokes.

[cobaltblue]

update: started to paint the head, since I think its one of d important parts of my composition, dont want to rushly paint d head later,hehe, the hair took quite a long time.
As I paint I simultaneously erase the sketch/lines.
more updates soon.

[cobaltblue]

update:
painted the body, right leg and left hand, mini missles.
plan to finish her tommorow early morning then proceed with the villain then the spaceships the next day

[Jibberwocky]

Looking good. I like all the torn patches with exposed wires poking through.

[cobaltblue]

thanks Jibberwocky.

update: finished her right arm, blades and d spikes, starting to do her villain now, basically the main subject, Nikki is finished now, after I do all the other elements may do some more touch ups.

[mr_carl]

Looking great, I also like the ripped parts and Nikki turns out great with the pink hair and all.

[Lynette-3dt]

Looking great!

I did just think I'd mention something though that I've learned from having read hundreds and hundreds of making ofs over the past few years, and that's that when working in 2d, working on your canvas evenly often yields great results, as that way the level of detail in all areas is equal, and you can work out problems at each level of detail. I've noticed that you seem to be working on an area at a time, and so thought I'd mention a different kind of workflow to you (and everyone else reading) so that perhaps you can try it out in your next piece?

Whatever works best for you at the end of the day is the best way to go of course, but I thought I'd quickly mention this as it's something I read from 2d artists alot so thought it might be helpful for the future