#gunvolt art study

Bodies

Faces

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Notes:

The arms are shorter than the legs

The hands go to around the upper thigh

The length from the eyes to the nose and chin depend on how big the eyes are

The lengths from the head from the hips is around 2-3 heads

There’s at least 2 concept artists

Younger characters like Zonda, Joule, and Xiao have bigger eyes

It seems like the eyes are in relation the maturity see Gunvolt when compared to Asimov

(edit: I really should have expanded on this. Gunvolt and Copen are the most visible but a lot of the younger characters have bigger eyes that take up more of the face. It makes them look younger and more expressive when compared to Asimov whose eyes are much smaller in comparison which, when combined with his face shape makes him look like a grown man. There are some outliers (see Nori but that’s probably galgun related) but it’s typically consistent with this

Eye shapes are also related to character (see Copen having d-shaped eyes which gives him an rbf)

The main leads are just short lol (5’3 and 5’5 respectively)

Cg arts (mostly gv2)

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The city is used to lead the eyes to the characters

The primary character of focus takes up the most space (around 2-3 squares)

Using rule of thirds the primary character will take up the middle or at the very least use it

More than one character can be in a cg and are usually placed by importance eg the Gunvolt and Zonda ones

Color is very important both for the bosses and the main character(s)

Depending on the character it’s either a main color or an accent (Asroc literally just has it on his hat)

They don’t actually use white (no seriously color pick Copen’s hair)

Gradients are everywhere particularly the hair, clothing, and skin (I recommend using a clipping layer)

It’s also important to note that bosses will have their color on their armed forms BUT the powers don’t have to match color wise (Milas)

Shading seems to go colder for darks and warmer for lights

They also use black for shading

Metal is shaded differently

Practice

Do the flats first and then use a clipping layer

Keep fabrics in mind