I want to try something new, that I feel could be beneficial for other artists interested in character creation for games. So from tonight I’m aiming to create a Roman character, and will blog about the process, showing breakdowns at stages throughout. It might be a long process I also work full time. But will devote my spare time to it and detail the creative process so others may learn some techniques in character creation. At some point through the next few months also I hope to begin a youtube channel with short tutorials on the creative process, to again help, with bitesize tips that will help the reader/viewer also grow as artists as well as myself through this journey.
So to begin -
Last night I spent about 3 hours researching what I was after in my character, using google image search and Artstation. I have been quite inspired by Ryse, as well as other unique roman soldier characters found on Artstation, and the uniforms typically shown on image searches.
I use PURE REF, for my reference hunt. I can happily copy and paste images into it, organise them, and zoom in and out into the various images.
Initially I was imagining a roman riding a chariot however I also want to really go a little wild with the detail, which would be lost if you never get to see the character up close. So cut down my vision to a soldier again. Which this morning I went back to, and selected the images that pleased me the most, that I could be inspired for in the creation process.
That's it for today, more over the next few days....