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Sketches and Studies - Zeno Face & Body

I mentioned the face/body studies I did of him a while ago, so I'm finally posting them; it might help other artists or just be generally interesting.

my mentor taught me to break everything down in shapes to get someone's likeness, but we do have very different drawing styles - she's more stylized and I'm more realistic. even so, it's a valuable lesson for all styles, and I learned how to do these studies.

added some notes of what I think is important to keep in mind with his design - Zeno is very interesting because, as noted, he has a lot of square shapes, suggesting strength and reliability, and rounder ones, suggesting an edge of softness; both quite unlikely for villain/evil characters. his design is very, very interesting to me; quite intentionally contradictory, I think.

Note: I honestly do think UC's aura deserves S-tier and it's not just because it's Wesker..!! And I would have put RE7 on S-tier if it showed the original promotional art.

Sketches and Studies - Wesker Face & Body (pre-remake)

since I worked on Zeno, here's a version for Wesker.

he is a little more complicated because the models back then weren't as realistic as models right now: some things, you have to fill-in the gaps with your own knowledge.

regarding his face, Wesker has a much sharper look, with lots of triangles and squares, and thin features (which bring out more of his sharpness).

regarding his body, it's complicated, like I've said before. due to limitations at the time, characters were naturally blocky and stiff - so my analysis was more on a sense of identifying his key features between models and making a list of what to have in mind to have a likeness of him.

turns out, the most distinct points are his very, very broad shoulders and inverted triangle shape; and long, lean legs, with calves being the same width as his thighs. even if he is very strong, he is most importantly lean (not bulky like Chris or Leon); and features like thinner wrists, ankles and waist accentuate that tall and lean figure. put it together with the broad shoulders, he looks quite imposing, powerful and agile (let's not forget, the man is the size of a lamp post)