Visual inspirations I: Sol
Design inspirations for the main character, Para Sol. Brace yourself, lot of images!!
Clothings/ Overall character imaging
Usually, hipon and i gathered lot of references even before i begin to sketch. Most of them are just by googling away. I love casual and modern clothes, hipon usually aim for korean fashions simple, something tribal and abstract.
A navajo pattern and ancient symbol for sun used for Sol's poncho, umbrella and bandana, or wherever they fit.
one Final Fantasy III class for poncho idea.
Freya from Final Fantasy IX's costume for overall image, but we need something more sporty, slightly futuristic and compact looking, like Blue from Gunstar Super Heroes.
the result:
Weapon/ the "Arms"
Just fancy gun/sword umbrellas, never think they would even existed but they actually are! Also i never thought flame thrower would be that cool. I had never researched/ put interest on weaponry/gunnery before.
the result:
Drawing Style/ Character Proportion
SaGa Frontier 2's duel battle's sprites. I always liked this kind of proportion.
SaGa Frontier's chibi illustrations. I've always wanted sketchy and rough style with abstract feel, it almost never happened haha.
Character above is also named Blue btw, i never intended to post 2 Blue characters on the same page. :v
the results:
Posing
A character illustration from Elsword, and Zero's sprite from Megaman X4. (i suppose?) I wanted a slightly cocky pose, weapon hand's behind the body.
the results:
Phew. That's long enough already! I'll write more of this when i'm on the mood, lol. Thanks for tuning in. Cya later?
~ lazcht
