Shroud of the Avatar: Pen of the Avatar, July 31, 2013
Portalarium concept artist treated us to another Pen of the Avatar session on Google+ yesterday. This week, his work focused on the female Avatar, who has been conceptualized as a ranged class.
And as has become our wont at the Codex, here are a selection of stills from the session:
-
- The initial work, carried forward from the previous session.
-
- Details, details.
-
- Kneepads!
-
- Adding detail to the dagger blades…
-
- …and to the hilts as well.
-
- A basic quiver.
-
- A flowing cape.
-
- And the final sketch, more or less.
The male avatar also got a bit of attention:
-
- Oops…someone erased a bit.
-
- Dressing down.
-
- Armouring up!
Lum the Mad also turned in an appearance during the session; enjoy the sight of him peering out of the bottom-left corner of the video at the start!
And if you’re a Developer-level backer or better, you can also find threads on the Shroud of the Avatar forums wherein Isaac Oster chronicles his work on the female Avatar 3D model and Geoff Mellon does the same for his work on the male Avatar model.
The protruding nipples are a bit much for concept art. Were they completely bared I could understand, but the character clearly has inadequate dress if her nipples show through the fabric. Nudity is excellent, but the context must be believable. No one runs around in their underwear.
This may be what a baby feels like being in a car seat: http://youtu.be/6e-LF21yFWM Hell if I know.