Concept art for a comic I'm doing for an art class. This is a bit of a look into my process for refining character designs.
CW: Headless reanimated corpse, nudity.
I'm still not very confident in my abilities to create full comics, but I'm trying to get into the habit of making a page a day, starting March. Whether it's one continues month-long comic or scattered practice pages, we'll see!
Second half of a commission for my dear friend Jasmine, this is the final version of the zombie token to use in Magic the Gathering.
The overall energy and vibe was themed after the Rakdos circus card set and the card 'Altar of Dementia' which made it into the background as a nod to the cards importance to the deck.
Below the cut are the sketches made to find the final pose and pattern for the characters outfit, please note these also show the character without their head on their body. Also included is the Altar on it's own.
There were a couple sketches made before we landed on the kneeling pose, primarily the aim was for something fun with a dark twist to fit the decks color scheme and the group the energy was specifically pulling from. Color was a mixed bag of choices with how the deck used multiple colors, dark ones specifically.
The choice of going more with a classic red and black jester theme really worked out well in the end and gave the piece a nice vibrant yet also dark feeling. Meanwhile when it came to the altar I really just went for a rough paint with how it was going to be mostly hidden behind the jester, still I put a nice amount of work into it so it feels wrong not to share it uncovered even if it's not finished.