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Published: 2017-12-04 17:14:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2078; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 0
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Welcome my original character, Saiyre, a simple thief turned warrior. Set in my sci-fi fantasy world, Aetea, she loses memories of her previous world and embarks on a journey to settle the dark forces in a world unknown. During her transition from the old world, she loses her hearing completely and with the help of her master, Roahn, she develops advanced hearing aides that syncs with her arm brace and eventually an ancient spear. A foreigner to this world, Saiyre initially doesn't exhibit affinity for superpowers granted by AE (aether enhancement) chips - she must rely on her instinct, technology, and physical prowess to defend herself.I've been fiddling with her design, story, and name for almost a decade of my life. My first attempt of her design was in 2010 (time flies, omg). Look how far my girl has come. I've been trying to fit her design based on her history - like, how do you look like a rogue but also a warrior at the same time?
Here's her full design. She has a few more pieces of armor, but I didn't want to add them for aesthetic purposes. And...maybe laziness.
Edit: Made some edits thanks to feedback. Will fix hands further later.
Edit2: Last one, I promise! Finally decided on a simple but prominent look for her earpiece. Also added glow to her light up accessories.
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I like the character design, would have loved to see that shoulderpad on her, too ^^ There are a few things in her anatomy that look off to me, but I understand if you don't want critique on a finished work.
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Oh please let me know! I make up most of my anatomy because I can never find the right references.
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Have you tried going the selfie-reference way? That's usually what I do when I can't get a good reference. Either that or a mirror for simpler poses when I'm just struggling with a specific part. In this one the anatomy is actually pretty good for no reference used. The proportions are good but just that much slightly off for it to throw me off without being explicitly visible. My first instinct tells me the head and the hands are a bit too small. SOrry, I know this is too vague to be of any help. More specifically however, is that her chest is inclined in the opposite way of her shoulders. Her left boob should be quite a bit lower. You can check it by just connecting her two shoulders and the two boobs with straight lines - shoulder line is inclined to the left and boob line to the right. That would be perfectly ok if she had her left arm up in the air but since it's pretty relaxed by her body there is no reason for one boob to be higher than the other. And second thing is her right armpit. There is a horizontal crease there where the chest muscle connects to the shoulder instead of the skin simply folding down. DOn't think I can accurately explain it without visual aid. It isn't really a big deal especially when you're going for semi-realism but I'm mentioning it because it's pretty center on the whole image and it's fairly noticeable (for example the neck and the collarbones could be tweaked to be more realistic but they aren't as noticeable).
Overall, I think the areas where you can contribute the most from references are the arms and hands (who can't, am I right), especially when you're going for a dual light source, it can get tricky. That's pretty duh for the hands, but the forearms can also turn out weird if you don't take into account that the two bones twist and can look totally different with different rotation angles of the arm.
Anyway, end of rant. By the way, if you'd rather get feedback before finishing a drawing you can join us in the project art discord server (in my signature) and post WIPs for people to help out. It's an awesome community.
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Wow I really appreciate that! I will definitely put those thoughts into my next piece. And the discord sounds great! I did istebraks daily portrait challenge, where you draw a portrait everyday and the art community critiques you, and that really helped me out. Thank you!
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Really like the new additions, they look super cool. Also I seem to have deleted this comment without replying O.o Beats me. Anyway, if you decide to join the server, poke me, I use the same avatar there.
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Can't find ya. Note me your screenname?
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Sorry for the late reply, I've been travelling 
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I found you and sent you a friend request. ^^
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